Terribly homesick...

...right now.  Trying to assuage the feelings by looking for music that I have missed hearing...Don McLean (Vincent & American Pie), Bonnie Prince Billy (I See a Darkness & The Way -- although the first was not his best version), and may have to resort to, yes, Johnny & June Cash...

sigh

Carolyn B

Oh no.  That's bad.  When the Johny Cash comes out.  Hugs.

Go to Starbucks, or a mall.  Have Chili for supper, find a Subways.  I think there's a Waltons marathon on The Hallmark Channel if you get Digital.   

But in other words, do whatever it takes to  make you happy.

Well...I'm more of a homebody really.  There will never be another Johnny...

Carolyn B

Aaaaw, Carolyn, I'm so sorry! Make yourself a grilled cheese sammidge and watch Law & Order.

It's an interesting thing to see the various comfort recommendations made by everyone.  Thanks!  Mmmmm -- me, I'm still on the Johnny Cash trail...well, that and wishing that I could talk with my mom or grandma.

Carolyn B

If you have Sky TV go to channel 127 or 127 tonight and you will see all your good old stand by American sit coms. Also channel 112 and 113 have Will and Grace double bill on Sunday night.   

Buy toffee popcorn and your favorite fizzy drink (for me it's diet pepsi) and watch the stupidest comedies you can find back to back...'There's Something about Mary' and 'Office Space', for example.

Or, get out of the house and walk around marvelling at the fact that you're in England. Look at the houses, the roundabouts, listen to the accents and try to recapture some of the mystique that brought you here to begin with.

Or, have a pamper day...get the DH to give you a bodybrush and a massage and have a hot shower or deep bubble bath, then give yourself a pedicure and do some strutting for him in some black hold-ups. Wahey!!

Nothing wrong with Johnny & June. 

I even have some of Johnny's early recordings on original Sun 45s on my shelves.     

Nothing wrong with Johnny & June. 

Yep!  Love Johnny Cash.  Soon there will be a Johnny Cash revival when the movie comes out (Joaquin Phoenix as Cash, Reese as June).

I'm sorry about your homesickness, carolyn.  Carla gave fantastic suggestions.  Everyone has their own way of finding comfort.  Sometimes there is simply nothing to 'do' about homesickness, to try to make it go away.  Sometimes it is enough just to be homesick.  Kinda like missing someone, you just miss them.  And that's enough.

Hopefully, the homesickness will pass.  I love Johnny Cash, very good choice!!

Good vibes sent to you........

Thanks for all of your good thoughts & suggestions!  Just been hard lately I guess between having a really crappy first job experience (which I quit) & grandma dying, amidst our move & all the normal stuff.

On the Johnny Cash side -- I did manage to acquire a good recording of 'As Long As the Grass Will Grow' -- which I'd been wanting.  Last time I was visiting my best friend in the States, he gave me a true compliment that 'Normally I really don't like to hear you sing along with songs (on the radio, on the CD)...but your voice really fits in that one (singing June's part)'  Which coming from him is a real compliment -- considering he's also my last ex-boyfriend & would normally go out of his way NOT to compliment me on anything.  Hee hee.

By the end of the day, I had moved on to the Dresden Dolls...so I think I found my sense of humor again.

Carolyn B

When i'm homesick i tend to get on the phone.....alot. 

then i play some jummy buffett and steve miller and dave matthews.....take a long walk in my local park (regents park) and realize that as much as i miss home and everyone back home....this feels good for now too. 

good luck to you, happy to hear you're a little better.

now bake up a batch of brownies or make a sundae!

Yeah -- I guess I don't really talk on the phone much (lucky for husband!).  It's just kind of a letdown for me, talking on the phone, when you know how much better it would feel to be there with the person -- seeing their face, being able to hug each other & stuff.  Or you know, even just the feel of the place -- the emotional subtext it has for you.

This is what helped me, today.  The music, for one -- 'cause that helped me into a more creative state of mind.  My husband gave me a little talking-to -- 'What is wrong with you today?!?!'  So that kind of kicked me into gear, getting some cleaning & stuff done around the house.  Plus, he got to feel superior   'cause I taunted him into a game of Scrabble by reminding him how badly I'd whupped his bum last time...and of course, he won today.  (Which he usually does anyway.)  So we had fun together.   Then he cooked!

PS -- Yesterday, I had kind of bad hissy-fit when I slipped & fell face down into the mud on our hike.  So that kind of led into today --- heh.  I mean, I had mud in my teeth, all over my clothes, from head to toe...

Just a quick note to say thanks again for everyone's suggestions & support on Sunday.   I think I'm pulling out of the fugue.  (Also to compound all the other things that were going on -- I was very PMS-ey and I am going through Paxil withdrawal -- night sweats, but luckily no head zapping going on!)

Carolyn

I am feeling horribly homesick today....the sort where you just want to sit and cry and fantasize about packing up all your bags and just going.  I don't know what brought it on, but probably the loooooooooooooong hours my husband has been having to put in at work.  I'm lonely.   :\\\'(