Monday, May 27, 2013

A bittersweet ending: pros and cons of going home

Things I'm excited about:
Family and friends.
Proper, clean, toilets.
My comfy bed with hopefully no bugs. :) 
Getting my hair healthy again.
Opening my mouth in the shower.
A hair dryer.
Using water to brush my teeth.
Soft toilet paper.
Toilet paper in general lol.
Having a car again.
I'm excited to really start mountain biking, climbing, getting better at yoga and meditation, and just following through with things I say I want to do in general.
Seeing/petting dogs and knowing that more times than not, they have a home and don't have flees.
Learning a new language; German or Spanish.
Making money again.

Things I'm not too excited about:
Reverse culture shock.
American accents.
Missing travelling.
Being a workaholic (to pay off my travelling debt)= not much of a summer.
People being utterly obsessed with being on their phones.
Not having my own flat right away.
Interviews.
Pressures of society.
Pressures from other people.

Things I'm really going to miss:
Asians.
Geckos, and the sound geckos make, and that laugh thing too.
Tuk tuks.
Cheap prices.
Temples.
Monks.
Taking my shoes off at every entrance.
The language barrier, charades is fun!
Meeting new people everyday, and being instant bffs.
Motorbiking around beautiful scenery.
Banana trees, tropical jungles, mountains, & the terrain and fauna in general.
Kids screaming hello everytime you walk by or ride past them on a motorbike.
Cheap drinks; fruit shakes, bubble tea, and beer.
Foreign languages.
Feeling normal with no makeup on.
Accents.
Fresh made.. everything!
Foods without a shit ton of chemicals.
Adding a bracelet to my wrist every few weeks.
Learning different ways of saying: hello, goodbye, how are you, and cheers.

The #1 thing I'm worried about:
A job for the fall.. stay or go: local or international school? Out of state or in state? In the US or outside? English or science?  Or volunteer?

So many things are unknown, but like a travel mate said to me about a month or so ago, I'm excited to see where I end up in a few months..

Cheers

<3 M

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