Huge Change

This semester is a huge change in my life. I had so much doubt right before I left for this trip. I not only was leaving my friends and family at home for school, I was leaving everything I have known for the past three years. How could that not be a hard and scary change?

As excited as I was for this trip I can honestly say part of me did not want to go due to the fact that I would be missing out on so much back in the states. I traded half of my senior year with some of my best friends to leave the country and be with people I don’t really know in that way. I have left all parts of my comfort zone.

Before I go on more about this I know what you all are thinking…”but you’re in Florence, Italy one of the greatest places” “think about all the cool things you’ll experience” “you’re going to have a blast”… I get it and I understand however no one can really know what this is like until you do it.

I am so beyond grateful to have this opportunity and experience but it was and still is difficult. As much as I don’t want to admit it, I have had moments of homesickness. I see all of my friends at home having a blast at football games and I can’t help but think that I don’t get to experience that in my last year of college. I’m over here wondering who is actually missing out, is it me? Or is it everyone back at home?

With all the change I have been experiencing, there are things that are becoming normal as I live the Florentine lifestyle.