I'm finally updating my blog!
Reason? My mother is blackmailing me. This is for you mom. <3
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So I was talking to my mom over skype recently and she asked
me a question that I have purposefully been avoiding answering over e-mails.
“Why haven’t you updated your blog?”
I thought I could just ignore her and pretend I didn’t hear the question, ruffle a potato chip bag near the mic and pretend we had a bad connection or something...
But then she asked again “Why haven’t you updated your blog?”
I’ve been busy.
I got grounded.
I haven’t had Internet connection
Keyboards broken.
Someone stole my camera.
Pictures won’t load.
I forgot how to speak English..
I’ve decided to become Amish and am no longer using modern
day things.
Although I have had some of those issues recently, what it really boils down to is that I'm lazy. Simple as that. I would honestly rather be doing
something else even if it was just watching TV or counting the number of tiles
on my ceiling.
It’s not that I don’t enjoy writing my blog…I do, it helps
me reflect on what I have done and I use it as a semi creative outlet (although
I’m not that creative, I’m almost positive that my mom is the only person
reading this, because I am probably about as entertaining as a dead fish.
Actaully less. A dead fish has a function.)
Anyway so it just takes me forever to write a decent blog
entry that I am actually willing to post. I can be a bit of a perfectionist
when it comes to things that other people are going to be judging, so I actually spend more time reviewing
and revising what I wrote then actually writing it. I have a few entries that I've written but never posted because I thought they were stupid or poorly
written. And spending more than 2 hours writing a blog entry is not exactly on my list of things I like to do so, more often than not, I don't.
I've thought about just uploading a bunch of photos into an online album
for everyone to see, because that would be easy and not really take up any of
my precious tile counting time; but just a warning, the pictures would come as they are without any explanations…and some of my photos…well you'll just have to let your imagination run wild to figure them out. :)
So that would be the excuses part of this blog entry. And now it's time for goodbyes...
I'll just come out and say that I hate them. I keep trying to tell myself that it's not goodbye but simply "see you later" which in retrospect, it is. The only problem is at least in this case, I don't know when next time I will see these people are.
In the past few days I have had to say goodbye to all of the exchange students that came last August for the year program. Although I am insanely sad that they are gone, it's really cool to think though that I can now say I have friends from Belgium, Iceland, Germany, France, Italy, Thailand and other parts of the U.S.
I have become really close with a few of them and even though I already miss them, I will always have my memories and now I have a really good excuse to visit Europe! :)
But for some stupid reason I think I still think they are all here. That I hang out with them this weekend or text them when I'm bored at school, but the reality is, they are on a plane right now heading back to their "home".
So in honor of all of my amazing AFS friends here are some photos .:)
When I said goodbye to them I was like "I need to stay strong! I can't cry!"
This is my amazing chapter in San Lorenzo! This was our last chapter meeting the other night. :( (minus two Germans who aren't leaving until January.)
Left to right: Stephanie (Belgium), Me, Isabelle (chapter head), Maria (Iceland), Bernhard (Germany), Carlos (Italy).
At my friend Bernhard's going away party.
And now they're all gone....
I am getting scarily close to the one month mark and to be completely honest, I am terrified. All of a sudden I feel like I don't have any time left, because in reality these past five months have gone by faster than the speed of light and before I know it I will be back home. And the thing that frustrates me the most about it is that I don't really remember a lot of my time here. I mean sure I have a lot of amazing memories but I feel like most of the time I wasn't doing anything and now I have to make up for it in a month.
But I don't want to talk about leaving that much right now because I still have more than a month and I refuse to think about it with anyone. And when people are like "Oh my gosh, you only have one month left! Blah blah blah blah....and I'm just like
And then they drop it. :)
So I have some exciting new for you! Drum roll please!
Later in the previous mentioned Skype conversation:
"Mom have you sent my package yet?"
"I'm sending it out tomorrow, but there were a few things that wouldn't fit."
"You didn't take out any chocolate, did you?!"
"No."
"Did you fit the gifts for my host family in there?"
"...About that...I still need to go shopping for a couple of them but this is your last care package so I we can't send them to you." Oh, my heart dropped a little. My host family had really been looking forward to the little gifts from the states I told them would be coming. "So I'll just have to give it to them in person..."
If you haven't figured out what I'm talking about, I guess i'll tell you....my parents are coming to visit me! :D I am over the moon happy that they are coming. They'll be here in about 2 weeks!
Alright I need to go ahead and upload this before I change my mind and realize how weird it is...Okay bye! :)
P.S. Mother I expect you to keep on your half of the deal. Please and thank you <3
