So I have 2 more weeks left before I head back to America, speaking English, eating chipotle and being with my friends and family and while I know it will be sad to leave this place and this crazy experience I am really ready to get back. These past couple weeks I've been busy with homework, a program trip to La Serena which we called Spring Break 2010, and then last week Daniel came to visit me! My host family is great, but I can't help but feel that I've been spending so much time with my friends or in my room that I don't spend that much time with them anymore. My mom keeps asking me to come to her store (it's officially open and so great!) and just sit with her and her friends and hang out, but between homework, hanging out with friends, and dexter season 5...(okay not an excuse) I haven't really done that yet and at the end of the day I'm really ready to get back to my real family!
Last week with Daniel was so incredible and we had the best week ever. Between exploring sand dunes, going to the beach, eating at crazy restaurants, (one didn't even have a menu), introducing him to my host family and friends, staying out until 4am at a dance club that was mostly 35 year olds and up, singing karaoke, eating our body weight in ice cream, taking him to two of my classes, and exploring valparaiso, it was so hard to see him go but I know i'll be back at kenyon in no time! While I really appreciate my experience in Chile it also makes me appreciate Kenyon more and realize that I shouldn't take it for granted. I miss my friends, miss the deli, lacrosse, dance parties at the cove, and I even miss the library sometimes! I can't wait to get back and tell everyone about my crazy experiences and hear about what i've missed at school!
lost my camera so this is one of the 3 pictures I actually have to prove that Daniel actually made it here :)
This next week is finals week so I have a lot of work to do, but unlike the states everything is super disorganized for example I have emailed my history teacher 3 times asking him for the topic on our paper and he has yet to respond... I did however have my last photo class today (and for those of you that don't know I actually had nightmares about that class because I got an F on my first assignment) and I passed the class! I'm actually really proud of myself because there were so many times that I was thinking about just not going anymore and accepting the F because the teacher was so hard and really didn't like explaining concepts again and again to us foreign students, but I did it and I worked really hard and while I ended up with only a C+ I feel really proud of myself for not giving up and plowing through because in the end it was worth it. I took a class in a different country, in a different language, with a teacher that basically made us teach ourselves how to do everything, but I did it!! Now i just need to finish up 3 more papers and the at 6:45AM on Thursday morning I'm off to Patagonia with my dad to camp for 6 days in Torres del Paine! So excited, but so many things to do before hand! yikes! Okay enough procrastination, but I miss you all and good luck with finals and i'll see you all soon!! xoxo
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