{"id":17,"date":"2021-11-30T16:15:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miaburgio.me.holycross.edu\/?p=17"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:15:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:15:21","slug":"the-home-stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/2021\/11\/30\/the-home-stretch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Home Stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Time has Flown by&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>I cannot believe that we are already approaching the end of the semester and finals. There are only two weeks left of classes! I just came back from a relaxing and enjoyable break seeing my family and my friends in Buffalo, but, I have to say, I really missed Holy Cross.<\/p>\n<p>While the transition accompanied by the distance from Holy Cross to Buffalo has not been easy at times, when I went home for Thanksgiving break, I really missed being here. That&#8217;s when I realized that Holy Cross was becoming my second home. It is not an either-or relationship between my home in Buffalo and my home at Holy Cross, but, rather, it is a both-and relationship. I enjoy the sense of home I feel in Buffalo, and I enjoy the sense of home I feel at Holy Cross. I was excited to return, and arrival back on campus felt incredible.<\/p>\n<p>These next two weeks of classes are bittersweet. As the work piles on, I am studying and working hard to finish the year strong, as we all are. However, I will miss all of my friends that I have made thus far and the connections I possess as I head into winter break and change classes for the spring. Right now, however, I am focusing on the fun I can have in the moment with my newfound family at Holy Cross before we have to depart and say goodbye for winter break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time has Flown by&#8230; I cannot believe that we are already approaching the end of the semester and finals. There are only two weeks left of classes! I just came back from a relaxing and enjoyable break seeing my family and my friends in Buffalo, but, I have to say, I really missed Holy Cross. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/2021\/11\/30\/the-home-stretch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Home Stretch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,5,8,9,17,18],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anticipation","tag-excitement","tag-finals","tag-friends","tag-thanksgiving","tag-winter-break"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/miaburgio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}