does this mean i'm really staying?

so i finally hung a couple pictures that had been on my floor for about five months. i almost cried when i put the hooks in the wall because somehow those two hooks meant that i'm staying here. don't get my wrong. i love mass and i love being with my friends and do occasionally like my students. but i'm here. and everyone else in the world is "there." it was just a tough feeling. i know this is where i'm supposed to be and what i'm doing is exactly what i'm supposed to do, but two hooks for two pictures finally made me realize: this is my home now.