Friday Five

Time once again for the Friday Five (this time, on Friday morning!).

1. What makes you homesick?
When I’m away on business, it’s seeing families with little kids, esp. if they’re Katherine’s age.

2. Where is “home” for you? Is it where you are living now, or somewhere else (ie: Mom & Dad’s house, particular state/city)?
Home is right here in Colorado with Margie and Katherine.

3. What makes it home for you? People? Things?
Based on the definition above, it must be the people.

But, yeah, there are also things that make it home. When we first moved out here, in stages, we were a year in the Love Shed (a tiny, one bedroom, furnished, efficiency apartment), waiting for my condo to sell (which it finally did, at a ruinously low price), and I’ll tell you it was Christmas in January when we finally moved into our Real House and got to unpack All of Our Stuff. Books we’d missed. Artwork. Favorite coffee mugs. Games. Videos.

The things aren’t the important part. They’re the icing on the cake. On the other hand, sometimes you just want to scrape the icing off and eat it.

“Home … home is where you wear your hat! Feel so break-up, I wanna go home!”
     — Lord John Whorfin

4. Where is the furthest you’ve been from home, miles-wise?
The first trip I made to the British Isles (combo vacation and business), I was still in California. How far is that?

By the end of that trip, three weeks all told, I was desperately homesick. I wanted home cooking. I wanted home TV. I wanted my own bed, my own shower, my own books, my own routine.

5. What are your plans for this weekend?
Yeesh. Continue cleaning the basement, and sifting through boxes uploaded to the living room. Star Wars game tonight. Not much else explicitly on the agenda, but I’m sure Sunday night will roll around way too soon …