Well the term is over, and I’m now back in Omaha for winter break. It’s good to be home, but there is definitely some reverse adjustment to be made. Going from a shared room in a large dorm floor to a largely empty house, for instance, just seems a bit odd. Obviously it wasn’t that long ago that I was at home most of the time, but I guess that just indicates the speed to which we adjust to new surroundings. I’m sure that when I go back in January I will have readjusted to home, and the dorm situation will feel odd again.

It was also somewhat unexpected (though it shouldn’t have been) to be a part of another set of farewells as my classmates and I left for break. For the whole term everyone seemed so bent on making it through that winter break seemed like glowing freedom in the distance. I did bond with people though, and I will miss them even as I am enjoying my time at home.

I am not trying to diminish in the least the friends and family that I have in Omaha. I am very excited to be home, and I am very much looking forward to seeing everyone again. In a way I feel like I am a part of two worlds now, and I am rather partial to both of them.

Enough heavy pondering for them moment. Let me know when you are going to be in town, (assuming, of course, that you are not some random web denizen who stumbled upon this page by accident). I look forward to seeing everyone in person.
-Ben