That's right, I have survived my first large holiday with out my family! It was a sad and homesick experience but through it I learned how much I am truly thankful for my wonderful family who is amazing and i miss so much. That being said I am so thankful for this opportunity rotary has given me. I am thankful for my friends here in Mexico as well as my friends in the USA and all over the world. I am thankful for how blessed I am in my life. I am thankful for spanish-english dictionaries, and google translate. I am thankful for all the wonderful experiences, people, and food my year abroad has brought me so far.
Well a few busy weeks have past since I last written and while I am sure a lot has happened, it is all becoming so normal that I am never so sure what to write about.
For one thing, I started a video blog on youtube, you can check out my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmSCSf681e13fTjetu_6qsQ Basically in my video blog I talk more in depth and more frequently of my experiences here.
For the most part I have been going about my days, with everything in kind of it's own little unofficial schedule.
I am in a weird stage of learning Spanish. It's weird because some days I feel like I am just about to reach fluency and other days I feel like I will never be fluent. Also, I have begun to accidentally respond in Spanish when talking in English ahaha, or some things I will begin to think in Spanish. Obviously I'm not going around thinking about the Pythagorean theorem, or why the earth is the way it is, in Spanish. No, but little things, like oh I'm hungry, or I miss my friends, or I wish I could do something this weekend. But, little things, lead to bigger things and that is what I look forward to.
For thanksgiving I made a little thanksgiving meal for my host family and the two other exchange students in my rotary club. I made ham, mashed potatoes, apple pie, vegetables and..... (Churros) haha. It was really yummy :)
I am looking forward to having a "food party" in January and hosting that party with my friend, Johanna, from Finland. She will make some Finnish food and I will make as complete of a thanksgiving meal as I can, given that they do not have all of the same things here so some things I can not make here.
I guess that's all for now :)
Besos y Abrazos,
Allison
