I have been astoundingly neglectful of my wayfaring grapes
this past week. As I prepare to return home I grow increasingly fretful,
anxious, and frustrated. I cannot sleep until two or three in the morning,
which results in exhaustion the next day, which I treat with coffee. With my impending departure date
looming over my head like a threatening storm I am frantically trying to buy
last-minute gifts and souvenirs for everyone as well as say goodbye to everyone
that I have known and met. The combination of a disliked activity (shopping)
with trying to catch rutieres and trolleys to get to all my events provides me
with a great headache!
Time to collect my thoughts.
I end my internship at Hospice Angelus today. Although I
will come in to teach my final English lesson tomorrow morning at 8am, today is
the day I will truly say farewell to everyone at the Hospice. I baked banana
bread for everyone to accompany the occasion. Hopefully they like it, as some
have never tried it before!
I go to Lyceum this afternoon at 4pm for a FLEX alumni panel
in which the current program students may ask questions about their travel and
stay in the US. After the panel I will mentor Nadina on her final presentation
until I will need to leave around 6:30 for my farewell dinner!
Tonight we will go to La Placinte in the center to
(celebrate is not the right word) send me off back to the US. As
aforementioned, I am a nervous wreck and adding this to my list of things to do
isn’t helping. But it will allow me to say goodbye to a lot of people at once
so should be a fun dinner. I will attempt to relax and enjoy my last few hours
with a company of amazing people.
My mind has a plan for a flurry of blog posts as I near my
departure, but who knows, I may end up so upset and restless that there may be
none at all! Hoping for the former!
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