Anxiety and booking flights

So, after (successfully) talking with my advisor about going home this summer, I was finally able to book my flight. I should be excited-- and I am-- but for some reason I always have a little bit of anxiety after booking a flight, especially a round-trip one. Should I have booked to stay longer? Shorter? I remember feeling the same thing immediately after booking for Christmas. Then, I only had 9 full days at home. I panicked, because I didn't feel like that'd be enough. But it was OK, when all was said and done. It felt like a long time. And this time, I'll be home for longer.

Larissa had some words of wisdom: "No time is long enough to visit."

And that's so true. Even if I were staying longer than I am, would that alleviate the anxiety about being away again that I feel now? Doubt it. Exchange students I've met here are away from home for four (4!) months, and yet they get just as homesick (if not moreso) than I do, knowing that I'm here for another 15, aside from the couple of weeks I get to sneak away for two times a year or so.

Speaking of exchange students, looks like another batch of friends I've made here is preparing to return home. It's a little depressing to think about, but I guess that's what it's like being abroad. People come and go. I remain, but soon enough I will follow suit.

Another busy week and long weekend...

Not much to post about this week, but I'll update this thing anyway. This week was extremely busy, and this weekend was extremely relaxing. I worked on multiple papers like a madman during the week, and on Friday I finally settled on one and wrote half (!) of it that day. I put it more or less on the back-burner this weekend to rest and enjoy the three-day holiday, and I'll reconvene with it bright and early tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. I plan to submit it by the end of the week/early next week.

Also in the news... am slowly putting together plans to return home this summer. It won't be for the whole summer, or even a month, but it will hopefully be for longer than Christmas. I so excited.