that's a wrap folks
my parents fly in thursday morning. my bags are half packed. it's time to move on.
hard to believe i’m in the middle of the end. i say that because school is over and my friends are leaving, but with my parents coming and our travel plans i will still actually be in argentina until the very end of december.
i think i’m ready to move on. i had an amazing semester, i met some awesome people and i learned a lot about myself and just in general. for the first time ever the whole change/moving on thing isn’t freaking me out as much as it usually does. i don’t know if that means i’ve learned something there or if that’s because i went into this knowing it was way more temporary than my college state.
i want to come back some day, to revisit the city... maybe to work here for six months or a year, but i don’t think i would ever want to live here long term. as much as i love the hustle and bustle and crazy subte system, i like it as a visitor.
copa was a pretty sweet program over all. they gave us a lot of support and cultural information and let us free to live our lives. their class programming kind of sucked but the point of study abroad isn’t to study. i loved the experience of taking a class at uba. i wish the class had been a bit smaller and i’d had the chance to talk more but i learned to much language and so many new ideas. i printed my final paper yesterday and i get to turn it in Monday. score.
all in all i had a great experience, i’m quite satisfied with it and i’m excited to go back and start anew with all i’ve learned.
things i’m looking forward to:
-seeing my friends and meeting new people
-having access to all my clothes and not having to think about if what i’m wearing is girl-ish enough
-being able to do my own laundry and not shrink my clothes
-having my own room to do whatever the heck i want with
-being able to breathe
-knowing what’s going on and how to do things
things i’ll miss:
-dulce de leche, alfajores, cafe con leche, parilla and all the other awesome food treats i’ve developed a taste for this semester
-the people and places that have made up my world for the semester
-my host mom, who is crazy but awesome
-castellano. be glad i can’t write phonetics here or you’d be seeing a long explanation of how argentine spanish differs from spain spanish, the accent and everything. i’ve just hit the point where i can hear the accent and appreciate it similar to the way i appreciate the various french accents i’ve been exposed to over the years
-the total immersion opportunity and the crazy adventures that come from never knowing what is going on
my host mom keeps telling me its the end of an era for me and i have to say i agree. i’ve effectively closed the housing/first two years at uni chapter and i’m ready to move on to the next thing. whatever that may be.
while it would be impossible to verbalize all i’ve learned this semester i think one thing i have improved on is letting go of people, places and situations. i still wouldn’t say i’m good at it but i’d say its less traumatic than it used to be.
i don't like this in transition waiting stage, although its probably good for me process and unwind. i much prefer hopping from one thing to another right away. these last few days are weird like that cause i think i'm ready to move on but i'm just sort of waiting.
but this is by no means the end. there will be more travels some day, either with americorps or peace corps or doing some kind of internship somewhere. when i look at the map and see how far i am from wisconsin i sort of can't believe it. and i love it.
hard to believe i’m in the middle of the end. i say that because school is over and my friends are leaving, but with my parents coming and our travel plans i will still actually be in argentina until the very end of december.
i think i’m ready to move on. i had an amazing semester, i met some awesome people and i learned a lot about myself and just in general. for the first time ever the whole change/moving on thing isn’t freaking me out as much as it usually does. i don’t know if that means i’ve learned something there or if that’s because i went into this knowing it was way more temporary than my college state.
i want to come back some day, to revisit the city... maybe to work here for six months or a year, but i don’t think i would ever want to live here long term. as much as i love the hustle and bustle and crazy subte system, i like it as a visitor.
copa was a pretty sweet program over all. they gave us a lot of support and cultural information and let us free to live our lives. their class programming kind of sucked but the point of study abroad isn’t to study. i loved the experience of taking a class at uba. i wish the class had been a bit smaller and i’d had the chance to talk more but i learned to much language and so many new ideas. i printed my final paper yesterday and i get to turn it in Monday. score.
all in all i had a great experience, i’m quite satisfied with it and i’m excited to go back and start anew with all i’ve learned.
things i’m looking forward to:
-seeing my friends and meeting new people
-having access to all my clothes and not having to think about if what i’m wearing is girl-ish enough
-being able to do my own laundry and not shrink my clothes
-having my own room to do whatever the heck i want with
-being able to breathe
-knowing what’s going on and how to do things
things i’ll miss:
-dulce de leche, alfajores, cafe con leche, parilla and all the other awesome food treats i’ve developed a taste for this semester
-the people and places that have made up my world for the semester
-my host mom, who is crazy but awesome
-castellano. be glad i can’t write phonetics here or you’d be seeing a long explanation of how argentine spanish differs from spain spanish, the accent and everything. i’ve just hit the point where i can hear the accent and appreciate it similar to the way i appreciate the various french accents i’ve been exposed to over the years
-the total immersion opportunity and the crazy adventures that come from never knowing what is going on
my host mom keeps telling me its the end of an era for me and i have to say i agree. i’ve effectively closed the housing/first two years at uni chapter and i’m ready to move on to the next thing. whatever that may be.
while it would be impossible to verbalize all i’ve learned this semester i think one thing i have improved on is letting go of people, places and situations. i still wouldn’t say i’m good at it but i’d say its less traumatic than it used to be.
i don't like this in transition waiting stage, although its probably good for me process and unwind. i much prefer hopping from one thing to another right away. these last few days are weird like that cause i think i'm ready to move on but i'm just sort of waiting.
but this is by no means the end. there will be more travels some day, either with americorps or peace corps or doing some kind of internship somewhere. when i look at the map and see how far i am from wisconsin i sort of can't believe it. and i love it.