And then I get homesick…

For anyone who has been in a long distance relationship, it is a dream come true to be physically with the significant other. So it’s now been a month through my long Dubai vacation. An entire month of being married AND physically together, in the same time zone, with Dodong. A dream come true for me. While I am enjoying it thoroughly, I find myself very homesick already. Here are the telltale signs that I am officially homesick…

I'm crazy craving for our home cooking.

I’ve asked my dad for some of the recipes I love from home because I do plan to replicate them over here. I do miss having decent breakfasts with heaps of rice (white rice, garlic rice or fried rice) and fried meats (tapa, tocino, bacon – yes pork bacon! – sausages, etc) with eggs. Dodong is so not a breakfast person. I do miss Sunday lunches with the entire clan. And I mean a good 30-ish people in the clan. Now, it’s just our little family: Dodong and myself. It’s not just the good food, but the chatter, the laughter of people I love around me. It’s Home and the Cooking I do miss.

I am obsessed with my Blackberry

Dodong almost hates my Blackberry and wants to throw it out the window very soon. But my Blackberry is my lifeline to my friends back in Manila and one in New York City. The Blackberry Messenger (BBM) is just so convenient for me to get in touch with them. Anytime and anywhere! So my Blackberry is stuck to my hip as long as I am here. Dodong is just dealing with it. He will surely laugh out loud if I ended up tripping over because I keep on BBMing. Hehehe!

I long for human connection.

I do love the internet and it’s amazing powers to connect people from all over the world without leaving the comfort of home. But then I miss real people.

This is what Dodong finds sooo strange about me. He knows very well that I am such an introvert. And now, the introvert me is longing for friends in a foreign land. Yes, I said I need to have friends ASAP. And this does not include Dodong’s friends, who by association will be my friends as well. I want my OWN set of friends…like the ones I have back home. Friends

I love my husband very much, but my life here does not revolve around him. I guess I was just used to having my own life. I don’t want to lose myself in this marriage.

I know that this is part and parcel of what I signed up for and I have to suck it all in. And to think this is only the practice run! What would happen when the time comes that I will soon permanently be away from my family and friends back in Manila?!? Oh man. How to get over this…

 

Love the distance,

Inday I. Nagintay