Wednesday, December 18, 2013
first semester: check
Yesterday I finished my first semester as a second grade teacher at Lincoln. There is a huge part of me that can't believe it has already been 4 months, but when I think back on everything I have done and seen in the past four months, it seems like it has been longer. Tomorrow I leave to head back to the USA for the holidays, the first time I have returned home since I came down in July. My roommate has already gone home, so it is pretty quiet around my house, and I have had some time to think... about my life here, about going home to see friends and family and my dog, Bentley!! I realized just how fortunate I am. I am so lucky. I have a wonderful life. Last night I celebrated completing the semester with great friends who I have met here. I really did not know who or what I would stumble upon when I moved to Costa Rica, but I have met people who will leave lasting impressions on me, and people who I have, in such a short time, created amazing memories!! Seriously, lucky. And that is not even all, tomorrow I will fly back to Michigan to spend time with my dear family and enjoy celebrating another Christmas together. I will get to see my 4 year old niece rip open her presents from Santa, which will be great, since I haven't seen her in about a year!! Then I will be off to Colorado to reconnect with friends who became family in the past 10 years of living there! I will visit places I used to frequent all the time, see old friends, visit with family, hit up the ski slopes.... I can not wait.
Maybe what I am trying to do here is reflect upon how incredibly fortunate I am! Moving to Costa Rica was a leap, one that many people were unsure of, including myself... but I knew I needed a change. I am so happy I did it. It has changed me. I know when I go back to the states tomorrow, and see the people who I love, it will be like I haven't skipped a beat. Sometimes life is hard. I was stuck... but I can say today that I could not be happier with the decision I made last November.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.~ Henry David Thoreau
Maybe what I am trying to do here is reflect upon how incredibly fortunate I am! Moving to Costa Rica was a leap, one that many people were unsure of, including myself... but I knew I needed a change. I am so happy I did it. It has changed me. I know when I go back to the states tomorrow, and see the people who I love, it will be like I haven't skipped a beat. Sometimes life is hard. I was stuck... but I can say today that I could not be happier with the decision I made last November.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.~ Henry David Thoreau
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