I have experienced some country when I was young in Japan, but nothing like what I experienced over the fall break. I ended up staying with a few friends, which happened to live in the middle of nowhere. Cornfields left and right, animals in the backyard, and barely any signal. I grew up in the city where I always had buildings surrounding me and no yard.
In Japan you can't even see a few kilometers out because of all the mountains, hills, and buildings, but you can see out for miles in Indiana (even though it was mainly just corn). I enjoyed the difference though, and thought about how life was different from there compared to where I'm from. At night it was pitch black, and absolute silence except for the occasional coyote howls. I'm used to a little red in the sky because of the city lights and cars or trains passing by.
I miss the ten hours of sleep I got mostly every night because of the break. I miss it....
I understand what you went through. It is totally normal. Every summer I used to go stay in my grandma's farm. It's a nice and quiet place. During my stays, I would feel no stress; I could kick back, relax and forget about everything. I would be able to sleep a lot and most importantly I would really enjoy the feeling of not smelling the foul smell of air pollution in my nostril.
ReplyDeleteI just described the first two days, then after that the less fun part comes: you get bored. And you get bored A lot. Trust me.
After endlessly channel and web surfing, you’ll end up asking yourself:” what can I do?” over and over again. Last year I got so bored that I read through three thriller novels my grandma had in her bookshelf in less than a week and a half (I don’t read a lot).
At the end of my stay, I couldn’t wait to go back to school and get busy and stressed out again.
(jayne)
Haha, I think the boredom Amon refers too is accurate:) But that can be true even in a big city if you don't have enough money to enjoy all the fun stuff around... I can't tell you how many international students have told me how disappointed they were coming to West Lafayette after only seeing movies of big cities like New York and LA. While not exactly rural, WL doesn't have a whole lot going on either~
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