Hit Me!!

This all seems so unreal to me.... I even woke up last night and got scared because I didn't know where I was, then I was like "Oh I'm in Guatemala." Hopefully it will hit me soon, probably by the second week. Aha!
Until next time !!<3

I'm in Guatemala...

I'm physically in Guatemala, but mentally, I'm still in Boston with my friends. It still has yet to hit me. My roomate, Irvans and I are having a blast. we love our host mother, Doña Angelita. She is very nice and laid back. The first night with her was very awkward, because it was the fist time we had met her and we were totally emersed in a different language, plus Irvans can barely speak spanish. I was the only one speaking which was uncomfortable because I wasn't very confident in my speaking skills prior to this trip. Other than that, I am really enjoying everything about this trip and Antigua.

Can't Sleep!

Okay so I know that I'm late with this post I guess an hour and a half before I'm susposed to be at the airport is the best time to talk about how I feel about this trip, adventure, hiatus, seperation, anxious filled test of oursleves. Well let me start off by saying I'm paranoid that my bag will be more than 50 lbs. crossing my fingers no!! Secondly I can't sleep I'm so nervous but I guess that's what the 6-7 hour flight is for right? I just looked at my hands and decided I should be a hand model, how do you say that in spanish? La model del manos (I think), oh snap that reminds me I forgot my spanish-english dictionary. Wow I'm really nervous to be away in another country without my family, YIKES!! I hope that when we get there, we get to taste lots of food because everyone knows how I like to EAT!! Gosh I can't believe it's hear, I'm a junior going on Junior Journey. FULLY EMERGED into the culture, food, and language. I guess this is where PHA has to put their money where their mouth is and show me that my spanish es perfecto. Well it's 4 o'clock and I have to wake everyone else for the airport so this is the end of my post until next time in Guatemala...

Packing.... Eek!

So it's Friday, 9:28.

I still haven't finished packing, although I'm getting pretty close at this point. Hopefully.

So, I'm really excited to be going to Guatemala, although it still hasn't really sunk in yet that I'm going to be waking up at 4:45 and hopping on a plane to Miami. Unfortunately, I'm recovering from a bad head cold, so I'm not looking forward to the changes in pressure on the plane.

I guess I'm a little bit worried about teaching at the school. I've gotten more confident in Spanish over the years, and I hope I'm at the level where I can comfortably converse with others, but it's still a little nerve wracking! I'm sure everything will be fine once we get down there, and I have my awesome teaching buddy Akilah to help me out too :)

This is the first time I'm really going out of the country. (I've been to Canada once, but I don't really count that.) I'm excited to learn about the culture and eat lots and lots of good food !!!!

4 Day Jitters

7 a.m. waking up in the morning, gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs, gotta get my bowl, gotta get cereal. These are the words I say to myself as I wake up this morning. 4 days left until Saturday, which is after Friday, Rebecca Black has taught me. I've yet to pack and there are four days left. I don't know whether it's because I subconsciously don't want to leave or what. Regardless, there are four days left and I've got to ready. I've gotta catch my plane, I see my friends! Kicking in the back of the plane, sitting in the front of the plane, gotta make my mind up, which seat should I take? Saturday, I'm waiting for you.

Junior Journey Jitters

So, as the title says, I'm pretty nervous about this whole Junior Journey thing. Don't get me wrong, this is a great opportunity, but a couple of days ago I was seriously considering not going on Junior Journey. But then I realized, how stupid would I be to pass up on something like this? A lot of students would love to be in my position. I think I'm going to miss my family most of all. I'm really looking forward to bonding with my fellow Juniors, and hopefully, hopefully, we can all come out of this with a stronger sense of camaraderie.

Almost Gone

It's May 24th, four days before our class leaves for Guatemala. I'm both nervous and excited about this journey we are going to go on. I'm looking forward to learning more about Guatemalan culture and meeting new nice people. However I am nervous about leaving my own family for three weeks. The longest I had been away from them is a week or two so i'm worried about getting home sick. I'm looking forward to improving my spanish and seeing my famil over there. Even though I won't have my family with me I am hoping that our class will grow closer together and i'm pretty sure we will.

Before We Go

I want to learn about Guatemala and their culture/customs. I'm really looking forward to the spring weather and the different food! Aha! I'm kind of nervous about staying at someone elses house for 3 weeks, especially since I've never met them before. I hope to get to the airport on time because I'm afraid I'm going to oversleep the night before. I hope I get there!