Because Even in Scotland, it Can't Rain Forever.

Because Even in Scotland, it Can't Rain Forever.

They warn you that this feeling is coming. "It isn't just a vacation in Europe for a semester", they say, "you will experience a time when the fun stops and the culture-shock sets in" (pfft, what do they know anyway, right? I know myself and I'll be having too much fun to notice... or so I've been telling myself for months now).

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I Never Knew that I Could Feel Homesick Before I Have Even Left, Especially for a Place that Isn't Actually My Home.

I Never Knew that I Could Feel Homesick Before I Have Even Left, Especially for a Place that Isn't Actually My Home.

It's after 3 A.M. during finals week. When you consider the amount of hours I've dedicated to completing work over the last 14 days and the lack of proper nutrition or sleep I've gotten lately (things not unfamiliar to any college student this time of year), it'd be expected that I'd be passed out from a crippling combo of exhaustion, stress, dehydration and caffeine withdrawal by now, but alas I'm wide awake.

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