I know I posted a long post today, but I must add this extremely boring (but very exciting to me) comment. Tonight, I ate dinner while my host mom, Susy, watched me eat. We ended up talking about travel for about an hour. She is a fascinating person and I'm mad I wasted a month not talking to her. She has been everywhere. She lived with tía (her sister) in New York for 7 years. She has been all over Europe, South America, and parts of North America- at least that's all I know of. She told me she married late (when she was 32) because she was busy traveling. She did things right (in my opinion). She told me she would work, then travel, then work, then travel. She traveled right though. She would go to a place for months at a time and get fully immersed in the culture. She is truly an inspiration.
I've been here exactly a month. It seems like I've been here a lot longer. I have crammed so much into my life, it's hard to believe. I'm so grateful and fortunate for this experience. My host family is wonderful, even if they don't treat me like their child. They treat me more like a peer, which I think is better. Susy doesn't baby me. In fact, she ignores the school's warnings and encourages me to travel. She does advocate common sense and awareness of surroundings- so don't worry mom and dad (and gamma ray betty).
Again, sorry that this post was irrelevant and boring. I feel I must stop and appreciate my opportunities once in a while. I encourage you all to find your passion, even if it's not living in a polluted city with a host family that's not allowed to speak english to you. I wish you all could be here with me, but I know it's not for everyone.
Enough for now. Perhaps something actually exciting will happen to me in the next week- before midterms.
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