Going Home

In March, right before we left Ohio, I posted a blog about how sad I was to leave our home, our friends and our family and that while I was excited about our adventure, I was very apprehensive about leaving everything we know behind. We thought we were going to be gone for at least two years, maybe even a little longer. Now, with our circumstances changing, I find myself sitting here in our house in England thinking about moving back home. As much fun as we have had here as a family, there is no sadness at all about leaving England. Maybe that would have been different if we had been here for several years, we may have had more permanent connections by then. There are a few people that I will miss here - some wonderful mums I have become friends with from Bean's school and my next door neighbor that I have coffee with every week. But we will all keep in touch over Facebook and email and they are even throwing me a going away party next week. And there were a few places I still would have liked to have visited. However, I can't wait to be back home. I got so excited while packing some things up when I found my Columbus Zoo membership card, my Barnes and Noble and Graeters Reward Cards. It is not because I have "missed" those places specifically, it is because they are my "familiar". I was happy the other night thinking about going to Target to pick up some stuff we will need for our house when we get back. I can't wait to see our family and get together with our friends. I can't wait to get Maggie back. I just can't wait . It is unanimous in this house - daddy, Bean and Gerbie, we are all so excited. Gerbie can't wait to see her BFF - she literally talks about her every day. She can't wait to be back in school with her when we return. Bean has really missed her friends and is talking about all the fun things she wants to do with them when we get home. I am truly glad we came here, this was an opportunity I would not have missed for the world, but I am so glad to be going home.