Dia del Amigo (friend's day)

Dia del Amigo, or friend's day, is something that I think the U.S. should DEFINITELY have. It is a day specifically for celebrating friendships and it was so much fun! Everyone gives each other little gifts and gets together to be with each other on this day. For me that day wasn't really that much different from any other day. The only thing that changed was that I spent the entire day with my friends instead of half the day with them.

Stephanie <3

Goodbye Friends

This Monday/Tuesday were the days that almost all of the exchange students went back to their countries. I am sad that they had to go home, but that is just how it works. Soon there will be new exchange students that I will be able to meet. I'm really excited to see who they are and where they're all from. Since my exchange student friends have gone home, I've been thinking about how weird it would be to go home, and just how much I don't want to go home. Even though I miss home a lot. I can't think about leaving here. However, luckily I don't have to think about that for a few more months :)

Juntos (get togethers)

This weekend has been so much fun! First this was the weekend that marked the beginning of my 3 week winter vacation. Secondly, on friday I got together with some friends from this English conversation class that I'm going to. It was great! We watched movies, ate lomitos (look it up, it's this sandwich thing that sounds a lot like a hamburger but isn't) and Ice Cream, and played games. Other than the fact that I was super tired, it was really fun! Then Saturday, I got together with some other friends and that was also really fun! We watched "Nightmares on Elm street" because I had wanted to because I absolutely love that movie, and it was really scary but I still really love it!

Even though the entire weekend I've been thinking of something REALLY annoying that happened at school Friday, it was a pretty fun weekend!

Stephanie <3

Half way

I'm Halfway through my experience here! Which is a good thing and a bad thing. I'm very happy here, and I don't want to go home. But at the same time there is part of me that really misses home, my family, my friends, my cat, my school, 4th of July, reading in english, the food, etc... I miss everything. Even though I'm happy here, and there is no way in hell that I going home early. There is still a part of me that misses the things back home. This past week I've been in sort of a funk. I've been thinking about all of my exchange student friends that are going back to their homes in a week, and are packing, and buying things for family and friends. It's been making me think a lot. A lot about home, and what it will feel like when my day finally comes, which doesn't feel so far away considering this past month (after the switch of families) has gone by so fast. I'm already half way through my experience and before I know it, it will be December and I will be the one thinking about what to get my friends and family, and how to get everything into my one suitcase.

Stephanie <3