Now that it has been close to 6 months since I have returned to the US, I think it is an appropriate time to reflect on my life after exchange. First off, my bad on not blogging the last months of my exchange. Time went so fast and really life just got weird. I was living normal life there, but also getting ready to leave. My parents and best friend came to visit me. We traveled around Argentina and I got to show them my life there. It was beautiful to see them interact with my friends and host families. It was like my two lives were combining in a weird way. Saying goodbye to everyone was awful. I know that many of those people I said goodbye to I will never see again. Also just saying goodbye to being the exchange student and life that came with it was almost as hard as saying goodbye to the people. It’s one of those feeling you can’t really explain unless you lived through it. Honestly looking back on it now, I had it so good. The only real worries I had was learning the language and making connections with people. I am not sitting here with countless assignments and thinking about finals coming up in just a month or so. What I guess I’m really trying to say is that I miss not having responsibilities and being lazy… which is pathetic, but oh well. Honestly, there is not a day that goes by that I don't think of Argentina. It’s like having an exboyfriend… I will be out and reggaton will randomly come on and I feel like I’m at the boliche dancing away with my best exchange friends. I’m in the bathroom and girls come in speaking Spanish and for a second I think about jumping in on their conversation, but then I get nervous and don’t. I am walking across the river to one of my classes and I think about the afternoons I spent sitting on the costanera drinking mate.
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AuthorHello or should I say Hola! I am Molly McLaughlin. I just graduated from high school in Iowa, and now I am taking a gap year to be a Rotary Youth Exchange student in Argentina! Go to my ABOUT page to learn more. Archives
November 2017
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