The trip was amazing and something I will never forget but I am so sad that it had to end. It is just hitting me that this is the last time I will be seeing some of the exchange students and this is possibly the saddest I have been on my entire exchange year. I am still with an exchange student until tomorrow and I just skyped my friend in Chiang Mai but I still feel this chapter of my life closing. We have created an exchange family and now I'm having to leave my second family within this year. This one is harder to leave than my real family because I always knew .I was going to go back to my family but this is a family that I won't see for at least a few years probably. Right now I'm just overwhelmed with sadness. So I'm just trying to relax and enjoy the time I have left. The end that I wished would only come sooner earlier this year is now approaching way to fast. Just reading this out loud to my friend made me start crying. I am totally fine leaving Thailand behind but leaving my friends will be the hardest part of the year. Its all coming way too fast. I'm just on an emotional roller coaster and one minute I'm going up and feeling good and then the next day I feel like I'm free falling. I can't wait to see my friends and family back home but this exchange has changed me more than I ever thought possible and I am just now realizing that.
More on southern trip to come...time for a nap!
So glad to hear you had a wonderful time at the beach with your friends. It will be hard to leave them and Thailand, but the memories of all the things you experienced and the friendships you've made can never be taken away from you. You will continue to notice all the changes you have personally made over the next year. You have become a stronger, more independent young woman with only wonderful things ahead of you. Looking forward to seeing you in June!!!
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