198-44

So today marks my 198th day being away from home, which is a crazy thought.

It also means I will be home in 44 days, another crazy thought.

When I get back from traveling during our Easter break, I will have less than a month left.

I made a "bucket list" for Valencia, and I still have a few things I need to do.

I know I will come back here throughout my life. It has a special place in my heart.

The people in the Spring group are talking about not wanting to go home because this feels like their home, and they have only been here 2.5 months. I've been here for 4 months more than that. It's going to be hard to let go and go home, but I know I will be ready to. Some days, I'm ready to be home. I miss a lot of things from back home.

The other day I read about a man who was exonerated after spending 16 years in prison. He had no idea what the world had become. I feel like the same thing will happen to me. I have this image of Grimes and Decorah of how they were when I left--but it will be completely different when I go home. I heard there's a new sushi restaurant in Decorah that's really good, which is something new. The Grimes watertower is a different color now, and it's been bright yellow-gold my entire life. I don't even know what phone styles are popular in the US right now, nor what songs are on the radio. It's a lot of change--and that's not even getting into reverse-culture-shock. That will probably be a different blog, once we get our talk about it at ISA...just what to expect and everything. I'm going to end this for now and work on some more internship applications--it's quite challenging encountering a job/internship when you're across the ocean...