Letters from a home sick American

Studying abroad has its up sides and its down side, but in the now it has shown its downs oh so well. But the good things include a less expensive and overall more respected education then at my pervious university. Also the chance to meet new people form around the world and the honor of representing your own country while you are abroad. All that is fine a good, but It has not stopped me from missing those things and people I have become accostume to over my life living in New England.   The sports, the holidays that will soon be coming, the friends and family that I have left behind all weigh heavy on my mind and actions. As the list of activities and course work start to mount my thought are back home, not on the semi useless accounting classes the university has put me in. I miss the season soon to start in the New England setting, fall when the leaves change and the havest starts to come. The thought of missing Thanksgiving and American football depresses me so. A phone call away is still roughly 3000 miles of open water and even if I go straight across I would be in Canada not even slightly close to the  United States boarder. I will miss the movies played on the TV for the holidays, the Bondathons and John Waynathons. Also the fact the all the money I had worked just about everyday and full days at that over the summer months is almost completely drained is not the funniest of thoughts. I dont spend my hard earned money on beers at bars and admission to clubs I spend it on food and dont feel I should spend much on my own entertainment. Talking about food I saw ears of corn inthe market the other day and bought five of them to later cook and find them to be of a strange texter and taste, I was highly disapointed. Also there doesn't seem to be any pumpkin puree anywhere in this country other then mail order.
Although these thoughts sad as they might be to my sichuation I must continue on veiwing each day as a new open day for adventure in my host city and into the education set for the collective minds of the world.  The idea of returnng to the United States after my degree shall keep me on track as I drive to feel the fall air and bright colors in the New England fall.