michigan, our michigan

got back home to michigan yesterday afternoon and everything looked so small and felt so strange. it's weird coming back to suburbia when you've been in a city for the last few months. it was such a short amount of time but what i accomplished, who i met, the things i did - it all felt so concentrated. 10 weeks... gosh it feels like a dream... so much happened in such little time. it's hard to accept that it's over. *sigh* i loved my summer in d.c.

coming home is always nice though. there's something about familiarity and tradition that's very comforting... my mom is at mrs. oh's, making indian and korean food for a potluck they're having over the weekend. it's cute watching them laugh and joke around - two little asian women living in troy. and it's nice to see mrs. oh. i've always liked her a lot. and last night i spent the night at my sister's apartment. we fell asleep after watching project runway. i haven't done that with her in months.

comfort is dangerous though. for me, and i think for most people, when things get comfortable, we don't want to move, or change, or question. it'd be harder for me to pursue certain things if i was comfortable most of the time. maybe that's why i like to make things a little hard on myself. take the hard classes, go the road less traveled - it's more difficult but the struggle makes it valuable. i realize that sometimes i don't get things as easily as others do, but in the end i think it's even better.

i don't know how the topic of this post strayed so far, but i can say that it's a good foundation for my next post. i just made a big decision - a career and life-changing decision that a few of you already know about. and i guess to stay in step with the theme, it's one that takes me away from some incredibly comfortable aspects of my life. like i said before though, in the end, i think it'll be even better.