A Week At Home

Hi everyone! Welcome back to my brain– I mean my blog.

Typically, mid-October is the perfect time for me to plan a trip home. Living in a world surrounded by 20 year olds stressing over the same academic and social worries can be a snowballing experience. Let’s face it: when your biggest problems are “I have two exams to study for” and “I wonder what this person thinks of me,” life can’t be too bad. One train hop away, I am humbled while watching my parents scrambling to keep track of the food, the bills, their jobs, the house, my younger brother, my dog, and of course, me. This time, with the help of online classes, I get the chance to stay home for a whole week. Shout out to my parents for making the drive out to Boston to pick me up.

Sunday afternoon, I reached my oasis with great anticipation: this is the mental cleanse I’ve needed. Perhaps I put too much pressure on a location to fix my crippling overthinking and stress. However, I have enjoyed the slower pace of life at home. Even the sun seems to be in less of a hurry to get up.

Like usual, I wake up around 7am. But this time the sky is darker, and the air is colder. I am greeted by my excited four year old shih-tzu, who is ready for her morning walk.

8:30am. My mom and I eat bowls of rice for breakfast. We talk to my dad over speaker phone while he takes his morning break at work. We talk about our plans for the day. He tells us he can’t wait to come back home.

My prime work environment is the family room couch, laptop on my lap, earbuds, tall glass of water beside me. Work until it’s time to walk my dog. Work until it’s time to set the dinner table. Family dinners are a staple part of my family life, where we shout “time to eat” until everyone has arrived. Dishes are pushed and passed around the table until everyone is served. I have no trouble spilling my thoughts and questions. Sometimes we’re laughing, and sometimes we’re stressing. The theme of this week’s dinner conversations has been my grandma’s health– a reminder to me to take care of myself and cherish the present.

Conversations carry on over washing dishes, and packing the leftovers. I like to take inventory of our fridge to decide what I will have for breakfast the next morning. My dog gets her last treat of the day in exchange for kisses on the cheek. We open cups of yogurt and enjoy our ipads on the living room couch until it’s time to unwind in bed.

Sure, I could think about what I would be doing in Boston. I could also think about that when I’m back in Boston. As different as it may be, I have enjoyed this time with my family and my home.

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