This last weekend that I am in the States I am giving normalcy a great big hug goodbye. Bruno wanted to give me a very special weekend, to see me off with fond memories, but I already have those! It is the Sunday morning breakfast and Saturday night before playing video games with him that I will miss, not some trip to a hotel or special day out at the museums or zoos. The day to day routine of time together and time spent doing the little hobbies that fill my time when homework does not is what I will miss when I am away; when I am at Oxford I will be enveloped in 'special' and for my last days here I want normal.
To all the students who may read this before going abroad themselves, this is my advice: give normal a big hug before you go! Let the last days you spend with family and friends be as they always are. It will be the last dose of normal you might have for a long time. Cherish it. I know I am cherishing it - and so I leave you to get back to it!
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