Things I Will Miss and Things I Am Looking Forward To

            So this is my last blog post from Costa Rica.  Sad.  Very sad.  I have grown so much here.  I have experienced a lot her.  I have made a lot of new friends here, both from the States and from Costa Rica.  I am sad to leave but also happy to come home.  I am a tornado of different emotions, being pulled in various directions.  I couldn’t sleep last night.  I was too busy thinking of people I would have to leave tomorrow, people I have grown to love.  Well, this chapter is ending and the next one is beginning – life after graduation.  To conclude this post, I want to leave you all with the things I will miss most about Costa Rica while also telling you what I am looking forward to when I return to the States.

Things I will miss:

·         Running around Parque de la Paz every morning

·         Playing futbol with the kids at the school I volunteered at

·         My host family (Juan Carlos, Gleys and Jose Andres)

·         Playing futbol on the PS3 with Jose even though I usually would lose

·         Having family dinners with my host family

·         Talking with my host family

·         As you can tell, I will miss my host family

·         Eating ice cream with Sofy

·         Buying $0.07 bananas

·         Having fresh, delicious fruit everyday

·         Going to the beach

·         Meeting new people

·         Making ‘boats’ with Sofy

·         Not having a lot of commitments to burden me

·         Being able to build relationships

·         Walking everywhere

·         Getting coffee with Laura

·         Speaking Spanish

·         Scaring Josh, my roommate, with Jose, my host brother

·         Warm weather

·         Eating eggs at every meal

·         Living in another culture

·         Only having to pay $2.00 to buy a movie ticket

·         …There are so many more things that I will miss.  But most of all, I will miss the relationships I have built with my host family, tico friends, and fellow students. 

On a happier, less melancholy note, here is a list of things I am looking forward to:

·         My pillows

·         My dogs and cats

·         Of course, my mother, father, brother, and sister

·         Baby carrots

·         Less expensive apples

·         Singing while driving in my car

·         Mowing the lawn

·         Running in the park by church

·         Going to my church

·         Eating General Tso’s with the folks

·         Making snowballs

·         Eating snowballs

·         Hugging MJ

·         Graduating

·         Finding a job

·         Getting my own apartment and moving out (even though I will miss my home)

·         Seeing my grandparents and aunts/uncles

·         Playing Bananagrams

·         Talking with my sister

·         Dollar bills

·         Riding home from the airport with my dad (maybe my mom too)

·         Street addresses

·         Making money instead of just spending it

·         And finally, making giant salads with my mom

·         … There’s more, but these are currently at the forefront of my mind.