54 Days, 6 Hours, 53 Minutes, 31 Seconds:

A little background on my life and my family; both my parents are from Mexico, both came from families of 11 or more, grew up and worked on the farm. My parents are very old school and traditional, so you can just imagine how difficult it was for my oldest sibling. I am the youngest of 5 and my oldest sister is 38. Yea I know my parents are quit old. They never understood why someone would go to school in another state or go across the country and until myself all my siblings commuted to school.

It was a really hard transition leaving home for college, not only for myself but for majority of my family if not all. And to top it all off, my mom had the hardest time adjusting to it since I am the baby of the family.

I would have to say this is the worst year so far, when it comes to being homesick. I believe the reason is because I don’t have my family with me while I am dealing with all of my injuries (double sprain on my left ankle, exterior and interior bone spur in my left ankle, and fractured my fifth metatarsal with a sprain on my right foot).

 I cannot wait till the day I go back home. I even downloaded an application called T-Zero that can count down the months, days, minutes, and even seconds till the day I leave. I miss my family very much. I plan to do a lot of touristy stuff while I am home deciding what to do for the next school year, such as visiting China Town in LA, going to Beverly Hills and taking that tour of Universal Studios and many more. I want to start taking advantage of all that California offers. I want to take my mom with me as much as she is able to do. There is a lot I haven’t done but there is way more that she will never get the chance to do, so I want to give her all I can. That’s what I am looking forward to being home. And of course just being with my family and best friends.