Although I did enjoy the holiday season, I would be lying if I said that it didn’t get to the point where it seemed really long. I think that the reason this holiday season seemed so long was because I was away from home for so long. I’m currently in college in Oklahoma, and as soon as my finals were over, I packed up with my family and headed up in a rental car to New Jersey. We have a lot of family members throughout New Jersey, so it was nice getting to see all of them.

However, the reason that things got long was because we were in New Jersey for a full two weeks. It’s nice getting to spend a lot of time with your family members, but after about a week of being away, I definitely started to notice that I was getting extremely homesick.

While the second week of my trip seemed to drag on forever, being away from home for so long did have its benefits. I have a great group of friends who really care about me, and because they had missed me so much while I was gone, they threw an awesome welcome home party for me when I got back!