I cannot tell you how sad I have been this week. I don't want to leave this place or leave my host mom. I could of course do without the classes, but I am going to miss my host mom and this place so much. It's really felt like home this past semester and I cannot believe the semester is drawing to a close. I'm ready to cry now just from being so close to the end of the semester, I cannot imagine how I feel when I have to actually say goodbye. Next semester being back at Loras is becoming more real and I'm absolutely dreading it. Class signup is coming, housing signup is coming, and all I want to do is not think about it. I don't want the reminders that I have to leave. I don't even want to plan my adventures alone because that means I have to admit I'm leaving soon. I also just got invited to have breakfast with President Collins this semester, so I'm so glad the school knows I'm out of the country. They really outta have a list of abroaders or something.... Anyhoo, I don't want the reminder I have to go back. I never thought Spain would gain just a major part of my heart in the time I've spent here, but boy did it grab my heart and I'm not sure its gonna let go.
This week at my volunteer, I was reminded my time is drawing to a close when I was asked to talk in English with one of the ladies there since she knew English. While we were chatting, we both kept forgetting we were supposed to be talking in English and we kept switching back to Spanish. We had a hoot though and I realized, I have 2 more times going to my volunteer and I am going to miss playing games with the older adults and listening to them chat, pretending to understand, or actually understanding them. This lady was the only one I actually understand there. I also realized from our conversation just how accumulated to Spain I am, being able to follow a conversation and have a hard time staying in English. I can hold a conversation in Spanish, and that's a huge accomplishment for me.
This week at my internship, I cannot say that I'm going to miss it. We talked about negative and positive feedback and how it affects people on Monday and then had a book discussion over a book I would definitely read in a future life (or just in the future). On Thursday we danced the thriller three times in a row and I must say I greatly have that dance down. I don't think I need anymore practice for that! Mary and I discussed pulling out the High School Musical dance moves for our final Thursday next week. We also watched some weird war movie, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, on Thursday and I was not impressed. On Friday we just sat around and watched people watch other people because they didn't want to work on their English worksheets. I am going to miss some of the people at internship, but I don't think I'll miss it greatly.
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