{"id":2641,"date":"2015-11-21T00:53:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T00:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=2641"},"modified":"2015-11-21T00:53:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T00:53:58","slug":"home-is-where-the-heart-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2015\/11\/21\/home-is-where-the-heart-is\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHome is where the heart is.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s the saying, right? Home is not a physical location, it is wherever you like. Once you choose your home, it\u2019s hard to leave. It\u2019s hard to go someplace else, someplace that isn\u2019t home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanksgiving Break is coming up, so most of the school is toughing out these last few days so they can finally head home to family, friends and free food. I know some people just decided to skip out and headed home early. Me, however, I\u2019m sticking around this Thanksgiving.<\/span><\/p>\n

My excuse to my family was that I couldn\u2019t afford a plane ticket. That\u2019s not entirely the truth. Between those huge purchases at the beginning of the year and what I get from work-study, I don\u2019t have much. But I do have enough to get a plane ticket without going totally broke. So why aren\u2019t I going home this Thanksgiving?<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m already home. My heart is here.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s true that I spent my entire life in the same house. I have friends that I\u2019ve known literally my whole life. My cat and dogs\u2026 well, I miss them like Homer can eat doughnuts, which is more than any human can possibly imagine. Then there\u2019s In-n-Out. As a Californian through and through, I\u2019m not sure if I can make it much longer without my regular dose of a double-double, animal fries and a milkshake.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seriously, if anyone in California is reading this, please mail me In-n-Out. At least send me a picture with a detailed report of smell, taste and texture. I\u2019ll give you my first, second and third-born children for it. …Yeah I have a problem. Anyway, back on topic.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have all of these reasons to call that place home, but I can\u2019t, not anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

I chose UPS for a number of reasons. Its size, people, culture and individualized attention to name a few. It\u2019s just such an amazing place despite what some people may think. But one of the biggest is probably not one many people have. It\u2019s how much this place has changed me.<\/span><\/p>\n

People always say to stay true to yourself, to not change. But for there to be progress, there must be change. I love who I\u2019ve changed into. I\u2019ve grown more social. I\u2019ve started rock climbing. As of last Tuesday, I\u2019ve started playing Rugby. I work for ASUPS, not really knowing what I\u2019m doing half the time but having tons of fun. I write for the school blog. I\u2019m still really aggressive, but I\u2019m getting better- I hope. If you asked me 6 months ago that I would\u2019ve changed this much, I would\u2019ve probably just said \u201cYou\u2019re funny\u201d sarcastically and returned to my computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to go back because I don\u2019t want to return to being the person I was before. I don\u2019t want to slip back into old habits and become the old me again. That\u2019s why this is my home now. This is where the new and improved me lives. This is where my heart is.<\/span><\/p>\n

So while everyone else is rushing to home and back for Thanksgiving, I\u2019ll be relaxing, because I\u2019m already home.<\/span><\/p>\n

(But seriously though, I need In-n-Out like immediately<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s the saying, right? Home is not a physical location, it is wherever you like. Once you choose your home, it\u2019s hard to leave. It\u2019s hard to go someplace else, someplace that isn\u2019t home. Thanksgiving Break is coming up, so … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,47],"class_list":["post-2641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-home","tag-thanksgiving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641\/revisions\/2642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}