A wee bit sad...

I am not very good at asking for support or even admitting that I am having a hard time, but with Thanksgiving coming up, I am feeling a bit sad and really missing my family, especially my mom and dad. I am really happy here and I am in the best relationship I could ever imagine. We have had, and still do have stressful times, but never related to how we get along with each other. A bit of stress with money, a bit with his ex-wife, a bit with this immigration stuff, but other than that we have a ton to be thankful for. We have each other and families that love us! Peter, my guy, took off Thursday and Friday to spend extra time with me because he knows that I am a bit down and with cooking and eating some of my favorite holiday foods on Thursday and some retail therapy on Friday, I'll get through it.


I know that most people here are in my same boat, so I thought I would reach out for a little on-line "hug" and hear how others are feeling.

 Pamela

 

very good thoughts to you!

I hope you have a great Thanksgiving and just put in all of those calls to home and hopefully that will help!!! 

I have my ups and my downs....  It is a bit wierd having gone from a busy life in NYC to spending every day alone and unpacking.  Right now, I'm enjoying the quiet, reflecting time, but do at times miss the human interaction!!  I find that the only people I spend time talking to are those at home and my husband!!  (And all of you online!)  I have those odd times where things just hit me....  Like the other day, I was listening to the soundtrack to Rent and it reminded me of when I went to see it with a friend in NYC and I just started crying all by myself in front of the fire at 10am on a Wednesday morning!!!  Pretty pathetic, I know!!!!!

Panela, you're lucky your partner can stay home and it sounds like you're going to have Black Friday, which I think is great!!!  My husband has taken off so much time for the wedding that he can't take off that day, so I'm somewhat dreading Thanksgiving alone until he gets home.  I think that day I'll be feeling pretty lonely....

So, hugs to everyone out there and at least we have this board - it's the best!!!!!!

Pamela, Hugs to you!  Just being able to eat Turkey and stuffing and everything else always helps me on Thanksgiving here in England!  The cranberry sauce alone cheers me up

It's really sweet that your guy is taking off for Thanksgiving. I'm just going to try to act like its just another day for me. I don't think I will be watching American news channels then.   Since my kids will be celebrating the day with my ex-husband, it will feel really strange to call back to the States to talk to them,so I think I will call on Wednesday and Friday, and not on Thursday.

Thank you! I went to my yoga class, came home and ate some candy corn!!  I am feeling a bit better now.

Thank you for all of your kind words!

Thinking about you and hoping that your Thanksgiving turns out to be a good day for you. 

Pamela, you sound like me. I just moved here in June and it's very strange because most days i feel great. I am starting to do temporary work and getting my experiene here and things. I dont have any friends here yet, but here's hoping. I wanst really missing anyone at home until Thanksgiving. My parents called and my dad said he'd hold the phone over the food so I could smell it.   My mom is an EXCELLENT cook and  I always love her turkey and rice with the turkey gravy. so next year i am going home for thanksgiving. but I love it here and I love being with my husband, its just so hard to restart EVERYTHING over again.  Especially when you are used to moving with your friend  or family  and now you only know a hand full of people.
  I hope yoru holiday still went well.
*HUGS*
 Shala

Thank you, Shala. I had a very nice Thanksgiving with my man and some friends. I don't have the problem of missing my mom's cooking, however, if I did, I could have simply burned the turkey and leave salt out of everything.  I did miss just being with them, though.
We all have our rough days and I have found that the support on this site is really helpful!

if you like spicey food you can come to my mom's house. She cooks great!
 i am so glad you had a nice time. Isnt it funny how when you are m in a moment.. the next changes and everything that was bad before seems so small.

  Shala

Just saw this!
Hope you are feeling better Pamela! Big hugs!!

Thank you guys so much! I am feeling much better. Had some retail therapy and a nice weekend.

The most difficult thing for me really, is having so much time on my hands. But I do know that one day I will look back on this time and think how lucky I was to have had a 2 year vacation!!

oohhh!!!!  Retail therapy!!!  Do tell...  What did you buy??  I LOVE retail therapy!!!!

I bought a very cute cream angora-ish off the shoulder sweater, a really cute black cotton button up top, a silk cami-top from gap. Also, bought some yarn for knitting and a bunch of house stuff from the TK Maxx home store. Cute basket, desk lamp, some kitchen stuff...that store is so great!! Peter got a bunch of stuff too.
It was great fun!

That all sounds great!! I need some retail therapy!!