This is Home

Born in the frigid winters, dairy-loving state of Wisconsin, my passion for the dairy industry and dairy cattle was born there.  Spending only a short time of my life there, a little less than the first year of my life, I still feel like I'm at home whenever I travel to Wisconsin. 

Speaking of the feeling of being at home, I recently traveled to Wisconsin for the World Dairy Expo and in a couple weeks will leave the states for the FIRST time and travel to The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.  I'm not sure if I will enjoy my trip out of the states, but am certainly looking forward to this new adventure for me.  I'm not sure I'll feel like I'm at home when I am in Toronto!


It is silly sometimes, I refer to my college apartment as home. It seems like home at times...I mean I only spend 4.5 days a week at it, the rest of the week I either travel to Illinois to work or the place where I truly feel at home.  But, at times I catch myself and think...hmmm..did I really just say I have to go home (referring to Purdue)?

And then there are the numerous days in my life where I want to get out of Indiana....go travel and see the other 49 states. I have even said that I will not apply for a job in Indiana...which is still true to this day but I believe I have landed a job for when I graduate from Purdue in May 2012 in the neighboring state of Illinois with some pretty special people!  

Having an experience this summer, unlike any other, I have felt extremely torn about the possibility of living in a different state than my family and my niece who was just born in July 2011.  The prettiest baby I have ever seen...I struggle to stay away from her! 

No matter how much I don't like it...Indiana is my home.  It has been for the past 21 years and will always be home no matter how many miles away from it I live.  My family is in Indiana...most of my friends and loved ones are here as well.  I won't have to live here my whole life to know this is home...but knowing that I have a place in northern Indiana makes me get that warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

 Home is where the heart is.


 

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  1. WhitneyOctober 27, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    Ads says she wants Aunt Loco to stay in Indiana! We love you, Court!

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