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" Thanksgiving with my family was incredibly fun. Being in college and not living with my family really makes me appreciate my family a lot more. When I got home I was excited to be at my house and in my room. I spent a long time just looking through all of the stuff that I had decided to leave behind. Even though I haven&amp;#039;t been gone for very long and only live forty-five minutes away it still seemed strange to be in my hometown and to see people from high school.  Just going to Target in town was an experience. I talked to everyone who had gone to my high school and all social barriers were down, we were suddenly friends. It was even more exciting to see the people I had been friends with in high school that I hadn&amp;#039;t really kept in touch with. I could fall right back in to the old jokes and fun times we had together. It seemed like my life at college was on hold for a few days so I could soak up the spirit of my hometown.  I also realized how small my town really is. I grew up assuming I lived in a suburb of Minneapolis, but when I saw the tractors, farms, and cows all around me I realized how far from the cities I really was! Hanging out with my cousins and playing games with my family was even more fun than usual just because I wasn&amp;#039;t used to seeing them.  My Thanksgiving was really fun, but as great as it was to see everyone I still was ready to come back to school and to my new life. I missed my dorm and friends, and the freedom I have. It&amp;#039;s nice to go back home from time to time but I really feel like school is becoming a wonderful home of it&amp;#039;s own. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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