These past few months, I have found much truth in the saying time flies when you're having fun! I finished my sophomore year at Camden Hills this Friday. It was very bittersweet for me, and I'm going to miss all of the great teachers there next year.
Our final outbound orientation is coming up soon! As always, I'm very excited!
A week or two ago, Taylor, Molly, and I visited for a Camden Rotary club meeting and spoke to their members. It was a great experience and I loved talking with everyone there! Some of the older members are quite witty and funny and I really liked spending that hour or so with them, and seeing how a real Rotary meeting works. One of my favorite things at the meeting was the happy dollar/ or sad dollar into the basket time. I was SO happy that a few happy dollars were given on behalf of Taylor, Molly, and I. At the end Kim gave all three of us a little Camden Rotary club banner and it's hanging on my bedroom door! I love it! I felt a total sense of accomplishment after receiving that. I felt like: Wow! I'm really doing this! This is really exciting, and all these people here are supporting ME! ... I can't speak highly enough of every Rotarian I have met. Everyone has been so helpful, and I can't wait to speak with everyone again when I return home.
Recently, I've been getting a lot of advice for my exchange. "Enjoy it!", "Try everything!", "This experience will change you're life!". I hear it a lot! The other night, I was at a small restaurant/ cafe and the man at the bar noticed that I was talking about going to Spain. He was just 21 years old and had recently returned from a 6 month stay in Spain. His advice on foods to try and places to consider visiting were also really nice to hear! It was a different sort of advice from someone younger who had been to the country, and even though I know that I am part of an exchange and my experience is going to be unique, the information that he shared was still pretty cool and nice to hear.
I spoke with my host sister a few days ago and decided to take Latin and Greek in my new Spanish school (Isaac Peral). I love Latin and thought that maybe adding more languages would be a little bit easier than trying to figure out what my biology and economics homework says when the information is in Spanish... I have enough trouble understanding the english version of some of the biology terms we learn in class already! Let alone in Spanish! Ah! ...So Latin and Greek it is! (We'll see how that goes).
I'm really excited for Spain and praying that my guarantee form comes very very soon! If anyone reading this knows anything about my guarantee form, please contact me! Gracias!
P.S. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO MY DAD! (I love you!)
Xoxo, Hana
