I can not believe that I am writing on a page that says "June 2012". I never thought that this month would come. In August I would try to imagine my final month, expecting that despite the homesickness that I was feeling in that moment that come June I would be sad to leave. Oh, I had not realized how real that sadness could be.
This time last year I was talking with exchange students in my U.S. district, asking them how they felt about leaving. I did not talk to one student whose reply was not "happy to return, sad to leave", and now I am finding myself in that exact position. While the thought of walking through the gate at the airport with my family and friends waiting there warms my heart like nothing else, the thought of leaving everyone who I love so dearly here breaks my heart in two. These people are not just my exchange friends, or my host family. They are my family and friends too.
And about the daily goings on...
While I still technically have two exams left, there are just Spanish (and only 25% of my exam grade) and audio/visual class, which is just a group, 10 minute presentation on our project.
Overall my exams have gone well (but we'll see how chemistry ACTUALLY went when I get my report card next week!). It feels ridiculous to be done with school. I can't believe that next year I won't be doing "sixième année" (senior year) at Collège Cardinal Mercier. It's too bad, because I've spent all year trying to figure out how to do school in Belgium, and now that I understand I'm leaving! Unfortunately a lot of things are like that with exchanges, but it's also the reason that one learns so much. If we thought we had more time, we wouldn't try to learn as much in one year.
With less than three weeks left, I am both looking forward to events that are soon to come (Rotary presentation, concert, parties) and wishing that theses dates won't arrive, because each time one does, that's one less day that I have left in Belgium. At the same time, I find myself daydreaming about things that I will do this summer in the U.S., about my family and my friends.
A year really is perfect <3
This time last year I was talking with exchange students in my U.S. district, asking them how they felt about leaving. I did not talk to one student whose reply was not "happy to return, sad to leave", and now I am finding myself in that exact position. While the thought of walking through the gate at the airport with my family and friends waiting there warms my heart like nothing else, the thought of leaving everyone who I love so dearly here breaks my heart in two. These people are not just my exchange friends, or my host family. They are my family and friends too.
And about the daily goings on...
While I still technically have two exams left, there are just Spanish (and only 25% of my exam grade) and audio/visual class, which is just a group, 10 minute presentation on our project.
Overall my exams have gone well (but we'll see how chemistry ACTUALLY went when I get my report card next week!). It feels ridiculous to be done with school. I can't believe that next year I won't be doing "sixième année" (senior year) at Collège Cardinal Mercier. It's too bad, because I've spent all year trying to figure out how to do school in Belgium, and now that I understand I'm leaving! Unfortunately a lot of things are like that with exchanges, but it's also the reason that one learns so much. If we thought we had more time, we wouldn't try to learn as much in one year.
With less than three weeks left, I am both looking forward to events that are soon to come (Rotary presentation, concert, parties) and wishing that theses dates won't arrive, because each time one does, that's one less day that I have left in Belgium. At the same time, I find myself daydreaming about things that I will do this summer in the U.S., about my family and my friends.
A year really is perfect <3