Reflection

It has been pretty darn quiet around here.  The semester ended and everyone took off for home this past weekend.  I had a work Christmas party and a wedding to go to so the solitude didn't really hit until today. 

It has made me reflect on when I first moved to Utah and I didn't know anyone.  I had great roommates but when I first moved in one was engaged, another dating and almost engaged, and the last started dating a few weeks later.  All I did was work so it made for a lot of alone time. 

The only reason I am going to survive the next few days until I get to go home is because my good friend Allison is also staying in town and we've got a few things planned.  I don't even know how I got through that first winter here. I felt so alone. 

But what I am really thinking about right now is how great I normally have it.  I have a great roommate that thinks I make the cut to do fun stuff with, I have a boyfriend, and I have lots of friends in my ward and outside of it.  I have a very good social network.  And not only that, but I have a loving family who get excited when I come home, and more often than not provide the way for me to get there. 

I have to be honest and say that I take it for granted.  I don't often feel alone and that is a blessing.  But it makes me realize that I need to be more aware of people who feel alone on a regular basis and that I can do something about it, because even though it's not really that bad this week, I still don't like it. 

Anyway, that's about it. I can't wait until Friday when I get to go home!