Homesick after the holidays

freshman1990
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:51:29 +0000

I’m also a freshman and kinda dealing with the same thing as you except I’m only a few hours from home. I still don’t plan on going home at all. I was very homesick the first few weeks. I’m going into my third. I do feel it’s hard after being home for a while. I had a 6 week break. I found a small club that I’m really interested in and have meet some people who I really like. In college you keep making friends. You have made connections and I’m sure you’ll meet someone you really like soon. My sister is the perfect example. she is a senior in college. She never comes home, never calls, is supper supper involved and has tons of friends. She has more friends than I can imagine. She recently told me that she didn’t feel like she made any close friends for a least a semester or so. I kinda have the opposite problem. I meet a handful of people I really liked and we all got really close and hang out all the time. They are some of the best friends i’ve ever meet, but now I’m having trouble meeting more people because I don’t have a lot of friends. But, I have meet a lot more people this quarter becuase I have become more active in the club I mentioned. I would suggest telling your parents. They can be a great support system. I don’t like to talk about this sorta thing with friends so I call home when I feel down. It can be nice to call home in the evening, email frequently or use video chat. They care about you and would want to help you through this. Maybe they’ll come visit you or send care packages. It is always nice to have atleat one person to talk. Also, one thing I have been doing a lot this quarter to meet more people, is to take advantage of every oppertunity. If someone invites you somewhere, go whether you really want to or not because you may meet more people through them. I know what you mean about the evenings. My rommate didn’t come back so I always get homesick in the evenings. Sometimes I go to the library to do homework and that kinda takes my mind off it.