I walked here...like, from my home...
...then I sat outside and split a meal of Paella with my beautiful roommate,
got a large cone full of white chocolate & coffee gelato, and then took the metro to the bus
which would bring us to our humble abode.
I needed tonight. One month in and the stress of all the new begins to fade and the comfort you prayed for finally begins to set in.
"Ah, I know this place..."
What a reassurance to feel this way.
Reality sets in as well, thoughts don't race around in my head as fast as they did when I just arrived here. I'm able to let some thoughts linger a bit longer now and actually look at them for a while. Home...oh home.
I keep saying how blessed I feel to have something, someone, some place that I miss so much. I do "miss" and recently, like when I heard my mom or my dad's voice over the phone, my eyes filled with tears and my throat did that clench thing--this is new for Portugal. I've been so ready to get out and explore and discover for my own, but as comfort sets in emotions surface. I am here and so happy to be, but I would be pretty happy to be there too. What a gift.
That's all for today.
-Tan
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