One Month Home

So it's been about 2 weeks since my last entry, and as of tonight at around 8 or so, it will officially be a whole month since I have touched down back in Ohio. It all seems so surreal. I would love to keep this blog going, because in a lot of ways I think it's really helpful and therapeutic and not too mention fun to look back at many of the posts. However, I feel as if nothing exciting is happening in my life since I have been home, so there is nothing to really write about. When I try to think just a month ago I was living in Germany, everything seems like a dream. It's hard to describe, but it's just a complete 180 in the sense of how life has changed since returning to the US. And it's not that I think one is better than the other (referring to the US and Germany), but each have their own pros and cons. But one thing is for sure: I miss the Ubahn. I would often find that my time spent waiting for, or riding the ubahn or buses or trains in Germany were some of my favorite. I know that sounds insane, but to be honest it was always a time where I could just listen to music and collect my thoughts. And I enjoyed that. I think one of the other reasons adjustment back to American life has been difficult in some ways is because I haven't really been able to see/spend time with my friends that I missed so dearly while over there. It is nice to be just a text away from all of them again, but I think I won't really get back into the groove of enjoying everyday life here until I am able to arrange more meet-ups with my friends. But with them being scattered all over the East Coast, and me still without a steady income, I'm not able to take the time to go out to DC and see most of the people that I can honestly say I have missed every second since the day I left Morgantown on graduation day in May of 2009. I'm still trying to figure out what my next step will be. I would love to get my Masters, but just don't know if it will be worth all the debt from student loans that I would most likely need to take out to achieve. I also looked into a program at Uni Bonn back in Germany, and as much as I would love to do it, and think I would be a great fit for it, I just don't know if a job/career would come out of it, and without that, is it worth it financially? I just don't know. If you couldn't guess, I feel very confused with my life right now. With where I should be going or headed and what I should be doing. I know it will eventually all fall into place, I just wish it would hurry up ;)

Alright, I'm going to get back to cleaning up the house a little bit. My good friend Dan that I met while at WVU, who now lives in Cincinnati, is coming up to Columbus for a visit this weekend, and I'm really excited to see an old friend. So back to tidying up! Hope all is well with everyone that is reading this, no matter where you are--and hopefully you're not snowed in like I am here in Ohio. xoxo MegLett