Home

When I left America and got on the plane that was headed straight for Europe, I was full of nerves. I knew that my life would drastically change, but I wasn't exactly sure how. I've now been here for 3 months - 3 months that have only felt like just a few days. It's amazing how fast time passes. It's almost scary! One minute you feel like you have all this time to accomplish everything you want to, and the next you almost feel rushed. In these past 3 months I've already traveled to many places, made many friends, experienced all kinds of foods, walked through mountains and streets and vineyards I had before only seen in pictures, learned valuable lessons through experiences I wouldn't have had elsewhere, and made memories that will last me a lifetime. When I first arrived here, I felt like a little fish in a big pond. With all my family and friends back being only a car ride away and the stability of every day life I had created for myself not being existent anymore, it was very difficult to adjust at first. The routine I had been used to was now transformed into a life most people would only hope for. Spending my days with 2 beautiful girls and then traveling as often as possible - how could I not start to fall in love with my life? I began to feel, just as I do now, that I really do have the world at my fingertips. Sometimes it's almost like I forget that I'm in Europe. That a 6 hour drive could take me to Paris. That an hour flight could take me to Italy, Spain, or Switzerland. I've already become used to this new way of living so much that I can't even imagine going home right now - thank goodness I still have another 6 months... but like I said before, times tends to slip through our fingers. Soon enough it will be another 3 months gone by without me noticing. And then another... and then I'll be back home. This is what scares me! Time flies by so fast that sometimes you feel like you could've spent it differently. Like you wasted some of the time you had. Already being over here in Europe, you'd think my time is always spent wisely - but sometimes it isn't! Sometimes I do get so used to things that I forget where I am and that it's only for a limited amount of time. I am so blessed to have been given this opportunity and these next 6 months I can't wait to live so greatly that when the time does come that I have to return home, I won't regret a single day spent in this lovely place I now call home.