I leave tomorrow. How the last few weeks flew by! I am excited to get back to Montana though. Can’t wait to see my family, distribute presents, go hiking, enjoy SUMMER FINALLY, and get ready to go back to school.
Very glad I brought the extra empty duffel bag – it’s full, my suitcase is full, my carry-on is full… I definitely made the most of my time here :P Now to hope that everything is under the weight limit. It should be… I find it hard to imagine that I bought more than 50 lbs worth of stuff. But if not, this will be the first flight in a while where I haven’t had to do some rearranging and begging to avoid overweight fees.
My last couple weeks here went really well. My host family and some family friends hosted an “asado” (barbecue) for me a couple days ago, where I also put my pisco sour-making skills to the test. I was a little too dizzy for a work night, and didn’t get to bed until much later than I would have liked, but it was very nice and I highly enjoyed myself.
The next day was my last day at work, and I had been requested to come in earlier than normal to fill out an evaluation. I was reminded about the evaluation so many times though that I had the suspicion that it might not be an evaluation after all… and I was right ☺ Waking up super early after my late night was worth it, as I came in to a farewell party for me. It was so sweet of them, and I didn’t even know what to say. (to make matters worse, I had very little to give my supervisor as a goodbye present, as two of my favorite dulcerías were out of my favorite candies and chocolates, and so I was forced to settle for only one small treat for her). I will miss everyone though – my students and coworkers were all so so nice, and I learned so much from all of them. All of them signed a huge card for me, and some of my students came in to give me presents. One of my students left school early to travel for an hour to the office to give me a box of chocolates, and another gave me a video of him dancing traditional Chilean dances and sent me about 5 messages on Facebook thanking me for teaching him. All very unexpected, and VERY nice! Although I am still very sure that I do not want to be a teacher, the experience ended up being much more rewarding than I imagined, and leaving all my students here is hard.
August 7, 2011
Flight leaves in 10-ish hours! I hate night flights, the day is just so wasted and anticipatory.
Ciaooo Chile.
Brianna
My host family :)
Romi, me, Rocky III, Eli, Elias
I'll miss them!
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