I've spent very little of the past four days the little home that Yoshi & live in.
Between being at places where I felt "at home..." the office all day yesterday, at my aunt/uncle's house on Thanksgiving, visiting Shelli's home, and staying at my parents' home in Orange County for a couple of nights... I actually spent the bulk of my Thanksgiving Holiday outside of my *own* home.
I don't remember at what point I stopped thinking of my parents' home (the house I basically grew up in) as "home." Sometimes I still call that house "home-home," but I usually call it my parents' place now.
Before moving into the place we're living now (we rent a small guest house), we were living in a condo with yoshi's family. Before that yoshi and I kept separate apartments (we both had roommates though), but spent all our time together at one place or the other. I always referred to these places as "my apartment" or "the condo," and even when I called it "home," it never really felt like what I thought "home" should feel like.
I realized this weekend that while there will always be a part of me that considers the house in Orange County "home," that my home now is in L.A. with Yoshi. I'm looking forward to the future that we will build together... and despite any house we may actually *buy* in the future, I feel like this is our first "home" together and the thought of this makes me genuinely happy.
The only thing that is missing from our home tonight is Yoshi. Oh, and a doggie of our own.
(Hurry home, Hunny!)
Posted by jozjozjoz at November 30, 2003 06:38 PMyeah, it's home. i still call my mom's place home cuz that's where my dog is, but our little house is home. and i'll be home just as soon as my dad and i take care of some stuff with my car, i promise! I love you!
Posted by: Yoshi! at December 1, 2003 01:08 AMit takes some adjusting to i reckon, all this home and home-home business : )
abs x
Posted by: abs at December 1, 2003 03:35 AMoh the things we did with yoshi at dinner on saturday--your eyes would just pop open! :)
Posted by: stkyrice at December 1, 2003 11:25 AMstkyrice,
You guys had BETTER watch it! I already told you, you cannot keep my Hunny!
Posted by: :: jozjozjoz :: at December 1, 2003 12:12 PM"but I usually call it my parents' place now."
Heh.. isnt funny how tha works? I had always wondered at what age I would start doing that :)
Posted by: Paul at December 9, 2003 06:40 AM
That, was probably the sweetest entry I've read :) It's great to see you have that feeling and that you have it with someone you love :) I'm longing for that place that I can call "home" one day, although I've been calling my apartment "home" now...i understand what you mean by it and I still am looking for that :)
Posted by: Meeta at November 30, 2003 07:54 PM