I feel like I am to the part of my exchange where "it just goes up from here". Every day I become happier, feel like I am blending in more as on of the natives, and have experiences I will never forget. Honestly just this last week has been so amazing I could write a whole blog post about this week!!!
I have a little over 100 days left of my exchange and I am trying to soak up every minute by doing whatever I can.
I have booked my plane ticket for the 20th of June and I am feeling that date creeping up on me like crazy. All of my friends here are really sad that I am not staying for my birthday but they have assured me we will celebrate my birthday before I leave. I have got to say I have some of the best friends in all of Mexico. They accept me for the "gringa" (white girl) that I am HAHA and they make me really happy. My school makes me feel very good about myself because everyone knows me, cares about me, and compliments me.
I have found out that a spot has opened on the BIG exchange trip to the center of the country and they are giving me the spot as a reward for my good behavior and good attitude. The moment the Chairman of the rotary district told me they were giving ME the open spot on the trip a began to tear up because I was so excited and I could not stop saying thank you. Needless to say I am extremely excited to have been given the opportunity to go on this trip with around 47 other exchange students from my district. Anyone who knows an exchange student or has been an exchange student knows that they other exchange students you meet on your year abroad become you forever family and I am really looking forward to spending 12 days with them on this trip next month. However the trip is quite expensive and I would like to try and raise as much of the money for this trip as I can. I have a gofundme page which is an fundraising website where people can send money to different online fundraisers, my gofundme website is: gofund.me/Allysbigtrip if you would like to help me raise the money to go on this trip then check out the link.
I also dyed my hair last week and have been getting compliments on my hair and an extremely large amount of compliments on my Spanish lately, from the people at school, rotary, and m host family, which is wonderful.
I am very sad to leave the life I have made for myself here but I am so happy to go back and see my friends and family again. (Also excited to leave the XXL sized bugs that bite behind) But over going home is a very emotional thing that I am not at all near ready to think about yet.
I have been told that next week I will give a presentation to all the classes in my school about Oregon, the USA, and about myself and I am extremely nervous and could use some prayer about that. Apart from being nervous out of my mind for this presentation that I have to give 10 times (maybe more) I am extremely excited because I have been preparing my presentation since December and I have been waiting a very long time to get the opportunity to show people where I come from and what makes me, me.
Until next time, I hope you are having a wonderful time welcoming spring (or autumn) wherever you are in the world.
Besos y Abrazos,
Allison
