Terribly homesick...

Go ahead and wallow in it a bit. Perfectly normal and valid to get homesick once in a while. I am sure I"ll be right there with you soon enough

If you have any peanut butter cravings, I brought over a ton - just ask steve to send some over and I can bring more over another time.

Let me know if there's anything I can bring you on my next visit.

Yes I am going to have start making my shopping list for you!

That's kind of you.  I don't know why I am like this- and it seems pretty stupid considering the posts in February whinging about how lonely I was and how I couldn't wait to be with him!  I am actually leaving next Wednesday to go back to the US for 2 weeks.  I am sure during those two weeks I'll be complaining how much I miss my husband.  But now that you have mentioned it, I am going to make myself a fluffernutter sandwich with a huge glass of milk and turn on Pride and Prejudice. That'll help improve my mood! 

p.s. if anyone reading this wants something from the US, I am happy to bring things back and post off to you.

cookie - I totally know what you mean.  When I'm here, I'm so often homesick for my friends & family in America.  When I'm visiting them in the States, I can't wait to get back to Steve in England.  And I think that's part of the prob - not knowing where the heck I belong anymore?

I've been in the US for 10 years and am still homesick.  It's never gone away, but it has changed dramatically in intensity.  Mine was compounded by illness and depression, but it was pretty awful for a while.  It's normal.  You go through phases of feeling more or less fixated on it.  I found that the more isolated I felt, the more I wallowed.  Being around friends, laughing, doing things I really enjoyed, getting some exercise, listening to a good radio comedy/drama helped enormously.  You can listen to many local and national radio stations online NPR, for example (I am hooked on BBC radio 1, 7, and the World Service).  If you have TV, British TV's saturated with American imports.  And one very cool way of combatting homesickness is to get involved with your area's local history: check out local history groups, books, and tours.  Learn about conservation and environmental groups in your area.  They help "plug you in" to the area you're living in so you feel more rooted and less like you're drifting.  Most of all, remember that if it doesn't get any better, there is no law preventing you and your love from living elsewhere.

Thank you for your thoughts.  I agree with you- my homesickness seems to be worse when I am sat around alone for long periods of time.  I need to get a job and/or do some sort of volunteer work or something to occupy my time.  I seem to spend a lot of time lately sat on the computer emailing friends and family and then being a bit irritated that they dont' write back as much as I want them to!  Also, it seems like lately a lot of people from home have been ill- my aunt, who is my godmother, was recently diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery yesterday in which her entire stomach was removed, my cousin upon hearing his mother's prognosis after the surgery had some sort of panic attack that made him lose feeling in his left side and collapse, my uncle on the other side of the family who I am quite close to went in for hip surgery last week, had an allergic reaction to morphine, went into a coma and suffered a heart attack!  He is now awaiting bypass surgery.  It's so weird that all this bad stuff is suddenly happening at once at home.   (should I call it home?  I guess this is my home now)

I'm afraid I refer to my apartment as home and Britain as "back home" still.  C'est la vie.  You have to go with what feels right.  You can call both home without meaning that your native turf is less important to you.  Having people being ill and not being able to do anything about it is pretty stressful by itself.  Volunteer work sounds like a wonderful thing - it would not only gain you a wider circle of friends, but you'd know that you're making a positive difference in peoples' lives, and that is not to be sniffed at.  I suffered from chronic illness for many years and am just at the point where my health's good enough for me to think that a few months down the line I should be looking at paid employment/volunteering; I do think that if I'd been fit for some kind of part-time work routine it might have helped.  The thing is that the worst of it does go away, really.  Now we're looking at moving to Britain, I realise that my closest friends are here, and that there is a great deal about America I have come to be fond of.  It crept up on me

A Walton's marathon!  Most funny.  I was just at a Hollywood memorobilia show in Burbank CA and the guy who played Jason Walton was signing autographs.

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.