Home is Where the Heart is

Miles away from the faces I love, the road I cross to get bread and milk, the red Ferrari that blasted Gotye as I embarrassingly sang and gestured, the warm ocean view, the constant phone calls from mom each day, the dates with my Nat, the familiarity of home. What is distance, Urban Dictionary candidly and simply describes it as "big, huge, ugly thing that keeps friends, Best friends, lovers and others away from each other. Distance usually causes random phrases like "I miss you!" or "My day is always worse with out you like today! " haha. That's pretty much what it is.

This last week has been emotional, emotionally draining, emotionally overwhelming and emotionally tiresome, shots of busy schedules and cocktails of Jet lag have made me drunk with fatigue. Thankfully this is day six and tomorrow I should return to normal, whatever that may be. My little town, emphasis on little, is just peachy, at first glance I felt like running in the opposite direction, after only two days of exploration and sight seeing I have come to peace with my new surroundings. Hey, New York is a train ride away, right ! In my short time I've had dinner and a show at a Japanese restaurant where cutlery is juggled and sharpened an arms length away, onion volcano's are ' doped ' is what they say here. I had lunch at a typical American Diner called Orem, as well as a Hot Dog at the Snack Shack, I met a Thai Au Pair, I watched a local play production of the rendition of Snow White, adorable, talented kids, I've had a history lesson on the American Revolution, been inside a YMCA, watched HBO and had a brand BANG with millions of Candy's and chocolates. Connecticut, one of the financially wealthiest states in the country, is overflowing with history and modernisation, people and trees and busy streets, safe and secure with tons to do.

Just for interest sake, Ice Tea is not like Lipton, it's literally tea that they have cooled and serve, a Philly Steak wrap is really not great, Root Beer tastes like liquorice, 20% tips are expected despite bad service, the South African accent apparently sounds like a mixture of the "European" and "Australian" accent, Sim cards don't exist here, Cable has over 500 channels, squirrels that are small are not babies, they are chipmunks, 25 degree Celcius is a scorcher of a day, a Written off car is "Totalled" and big ass trucks are the common means of transport. Every country, every city, is unique and splendid!