Feeling homesick is an emotion that is only multiplied under stress. I was in week 7 of this quarter and I was stressed to the max. In a frenzy, I called my mom and asked her to get me home tomorrow. I could either make the 17 hour drive or the 2 and a half hour flight home, I chose the flight. I was home by friday evening and back into my wonderful friends loving arms not soon after that. I spent every second of my time home with loved ones and I came back to CO with a much lower stress level and completely recharged. I am so blessed to have the means to go home when I really need to. I needed to see my house, my parents, my bed, my dogs, and most of all, my old friends in order reestablish sanity in my mind. I am so lucky to know such wonderful people.