Last night I drove up to the national park where I used to run all of the time, just past the little cottage I lived in for three years. I hadn't realized just how much I missed it out there until I was driving past the fields and along the coastline on a perfect summer evening. Sure, there are tons of tourists around right now but it was still so nice to drive alongside perfect views with my windows down and my hair misbehaving.

Living in town has had its advantages, no doubt about it. But there's just no comparison between living five minutes away from a breathtaking national park (and going there daily) and living in a little apartment just off one of Charlottetown's two main roads where people are loud and you don't have green fields to look out over.

Nature always makes me feel nostalgic. I think it's because deep down, I'm a wilderness kind of person. A little cabin in the middle of the woods on a mountainside with some horses, sheep, chickens, a couple of dogs, a sprinkle of kids and my one true love sounds like heaven on earth. Yes, I enjoy the convenience of the city, and I enjoy spending time downtown (back home, that is) doing stuff you can only really do in the city. But I feel pretty certain that when I get old and gray, I'm going to find me that little house in the woods and just hike and read and ride all of the time.

It also makes me miss Danny more. Driving home last night, all I could think about was what we would have done if it were just the two of us. We would've gone to the beach, had dinner and then wandered in the woods holding hands and talking about the time after, When I'm Done, that time that seems almost unreal because we've been waiting for it for so long. It seems almost unbearable right now because we're so damn close to our forever (I know that sounds cheesy, but I can't help it). As much of an adventure as vet school has been - as much as I've learned and grown as a person - I'm ready to go home. I'm ready for Thanksgiving with my family, for the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas where you're shopping and decorating and anticipating, not studying for finals before a huge drive home. I'm ready to get a house, have a garden, cook dinner every night and see Danny every day.

Even with all of the missing of home, the anticipation for the future...I'm trying to live in the moment up here. I still have to get through fourth year and all of the learning, ups and downs that comes with it. But I'm getting closer ever day.