exactly, that is the only thing you can do -
enjoy being close to home
...nothing else, because you have not really a decent chance to go home for reasons mentioned already in several posts above
As the same happened to me, I joined to come closer to home, but at the end its better to be far from home and can go home on a regular base e.g. 6on 2 off, than sitting in IST and having no chance to go home, especially if you can already see the church spire of your home and you realize NO way to go home, because of this oppresors.