Homesick....OT

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Registered: 12-02-2003
Homesick....OT
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Sun, 05-16-2004 - 10:22pm
So I am looking for a nearby campground because I wanna have a little RnR on my own the weekend after next. I have been going through and nothing looks good, nothing hits me as what I want. And I finally figured out why!

I'm SO homesick for Michigan. I miss the campgrounds I've been going to since I was a kid. I miss South Haven beach at dusk. I miss the smell of Fruity Pebbles in my neighborhood, and the hidden gems of Wetzel Lake and small towns like Mancelona. I MISS them, and I miss being able to hop in the car and drive on autopilot til I arrive at the deer park in Tekonsha. I miss Eagle Lake, and Lake Michigan, and the Kalamazoo River. I miss home, because that's always been my home. Even when I lived in Maryland and Kentucky or anywhere else, MICHIGAN was still home, too. I don't know if it's that I feel off kilter from being sick or if it's something else, but I think if a genie granted me a wish right now I'd wish to be in Michigan. And I think it would feel really good.

*sigh*

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: melodyneve
Sun, 05-16-2004 - 10:58pm

Im sorry to hear that Mel =(

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In reply to: melodyneve
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 2:34am
I think friendsick is part of what I'm feeling too. I've had the same group of friends since the 4th grade! We're all still close and I miss them. One has moved off to Florida, one to Ohio. One's a traveling nurse in Ann Arbor, and the other two are a student and an airplane mechanic in Battle Creek. Until I moved I was 3 blocks from Tree, and her family and ours had frequent bbq's, movie nights, card nights, get together's etc, often with anyone else from our "group" who could make it. We went to the drive-in in Coldwater together, and raised our kids together. By this time we'd have been to the lake a half dozen times, flown kites at Post Park, and our kids would already have their first round of scraped bicycle knees and skinned palms. I miss them so much! My "courtesy nieces" are 7, 5, and almost 3, and my kids are 9 and 6- they've all been such good friends! I miss those things immensely. I don't have a connection here the way I did there. The kids went to my old elementary school. Downtown was FULL of landmarks for me- my old stomping grounds, as Tree calls it. My high school, where I had my first date, my old bus stop. I don't have memories here, and that makes me feel lonely. I always went to my Grandfather and brother's cemeteries when the weather turned and now there's no one to do that. Mostly I guess I miss familiarity :-( I am going to head back to bed now. Hope you all have a great night.



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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: melodyneve
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 9:11am
I understand.

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