5. Fun weekends: It’s very difficult to have a sterotypical fun college weekend here. Bars and clubs are extremely expensive, and we usually have to take a cab to go anywhere. However, while I miss the social life on campus, I’ve been able to foster the social aspect of normal daily or weekly activities and appreciate each time I have been able to get away from campus.
4. Fall weather: Whenever I see pictures of the beautiful fall weather on social media, I remember that this is the first time in my life I won’t be able to experience fall. By the time I return home I’ll have lived through half a year of summer weather. But is that necessarily a bad thing? It’s going to be 80 degrees and sunny for the rest of the week.
3. Football: If I want to watch my favorite teams play, I often have to stay up well into the early morning. Sometimes when my VPN is slow, I resort to a shady online stream. The sport around here is soccer, the real football. I’ve come to appreciate the Beautiful Game, espcially considering my team back home, the Indianapolis Colts, are having a rough season.
2. Food: The first thing I’m going to eat when I return to the United States is a nice big cheeseburger. Pork and beer will be a priority too. I am not a picky eater; I usually eat anything. But no one does American food like the US of A. I have branched out and enjoyed middle eastern food and Indian food, a new favorite of mine. And whenever I complain about the dining hall food, I remember that Leo’s isn’t much better.
1. Friends & Family: It’s impossible to avoid missing my friends from home. It’s difficult realizing that when I come back I’ll only have a semester left with my senior friends and a year and a half left with my junior friends. A week from today is Thanksgiving, and it’ll be the first I spend away from my family. However, I’ve made incredible friends here, and I’m sure next semester I’ll be missing them and begging them to visit me in DC.
