driving home

in 3 days this will be my home

3 weeks in this beautiful paradise. 

i've been looking forward to this vacation for quite some time now. just last week i can remember the days were going by so slow. but isn't that how it always happens? the things you're looking forward to always feel like they take forever to come, but the things you don't want to happen always sneak up on you. 

for so long i was looking forward to going home. the comfort of my own home and my friends and family being nearby instead of 5,000 miles away. but my feelings have changed. this place has changed me and even thinking about leaving makes me very sad. have you ever been driving home from someplace and all of a sudden... you're home? you get so used to the curves of the road and the stop signs and stop lights that before you know it, you're already there. that's exactly how i've been feeling. i've become so used to my every day life here that i just feel like the days, and the weeks, and even the months, just zip by so fast that i'm already here. and before i know it, it will be the last week i leave.. and then the last day. why is it that happens? i wish we could have more hours in a day just so that we would have more time to enjoy the moments we find ourselves in. i wish i could slow down time for just a little bit, but i know of course that that will never happen. i really need to start just enjoying the places. just soak it all in. because before i know it, i'll be home. 

"i want to feel my life while i'm in it."

xoxo