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Hi. Got a question. It's more for people who've been here longer, but if anyone's got advice, it's cool.

Can't really believe I'm asking this, but - does anyone have any ideas for what to do when you miss your family? I try to talk to ma, but it doesn't always work. And I can't just keep ringing home.

[Yeah, if anyone's seen Kanji shouting into a phone, that's what he means by 'doesn't work'.]

I mean, I'm alright. It's not a big deal overall. But any tips?

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[Man, that's a lot of info. Hmm...]

Huh. Hadn't thought about the 'space of my own' thing. It's the first time I've had to share a room and I guess it really isn't helping. I don't really feel like I can stretch out and be myself much, or really put everything I have from home out where I can look at it.

I might try and write or email ma. When we talk on the phone I'm never sure what to say. And ask questions? That could work.

Edited 2014-10-08 22:07 (UTC)

If you can't have your room to yourself, you might try exploring a little and finding some other space, and spend some time there. A corner in the garden, a spot in the library, someplace you can think of as your own, in some way. Perhaps it wouldn't be as good a place to display personal effects, but it helps me, at least, to have a place to feel grounded.

[Well, he knows about finding places to ground himself - just most of the time it's a spot more literal.]

Yeah, that does make sense. It's just trying to find a good spot, I guess? Things can be so busy sometimes.
But it's definitely going to be worth a look.

Well, what sort of spots did you gravitate toward, at home?

Myself... since I was a child, I'd climb the trees around my family's estate. I've been getting acquainted with the trees around here, as well. It's not quite the same, but I've always found the limbs of a tree a comforting place. Perhaps there's something analogous for you, as well? Even if other people think it's peculiar, so long as you can go there and feel that you're in your own space.

I get you.
Before I moved, I always used to love the hills above town. I still like that sort of stuff. Somewhere I can go and look at everything. Kind of makes me feel small, but in a good way?

Man. That kind of sounds a bit mushy, doesn't it.

Nothing wrong with that. Not sure we'll find much in the way of hills on the grounds, here, but perhaps not too far away there's somewhere you'd enjoy. I'm afraid my sense of the environs is not yet very well developed.

I've been out of here a few times to check things out, yeah.

[...possibly when he really shouldn't have been, but sssh.]

Still not really sure of any good places to hang out.

Well, I'm afraid I have no great advice off the top of my head, but if there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.

Sure thing. You've given me some good ideas already.

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