Its been almost a month since I have updated this blog. Sorry! I've gotten lost in thinking about all that needs to be accomplished for my classes and I have been writing (almost daily) in a paper journal for myself AND talking to everyone, so forgive me I often forget who I have told what to.
What has been going on in Shaina's world you might ask? Well, if you ask me, not a whole lot exciting has been going on BUT that's just me.
Two weeks ago I was sick. I had a fever (not totally uncommon for me, though it was a bit high and lasted two days). My host mom kind of freaked about that. I drank a ton of juice that day and then some strange conoction that my host mom made- well ok it was water, herbs, and lemon, and didn't have a strange taste, it was actually pretty good. My host mom is convinced it was caused by the kiddos in mi Jardin Infantil. I could believe it but I don't know.
Speaking of Jardin Infantil, every Wednesday is an adventure for me. Some moments, I feel like I'm actually helping-others not so sure. The never ending sound of "Tia, Tia, Tia!" coming from every direction sometimes excites me sometimes makes me dread what's going to happen next. However, the kids are teaching me Spanish and stuff about life (I'm still deducting what exactly but I'm getting there). Their little smiles (especially the youngest one Fernando) make me smile. Others irritate me. However, they are kids and they have so much to learn about the world. I love their innocence. I love watching them play in the dirt and dance the cueca. I love Matias who is always in his own world and flies an imaginary plane during patio time. I love how a little toy wheel can become an entertaining game, with so many practical uses. I still will never understand what it is like to grow up without story books or crayons, but they are making do. Though, leaving me on a playground with 24 Spanish screaming preschoolers is probably not the best idea in the world. I'm getting there.
What else in my world? I could write a book about my classes but I'll stick with this short summary.
Classes are going fairly well. Dance is entertaining, grammar is a nice review (also the professor teaches us a lot about Chilean culture and linguistic differences so that's fun), History of America Latina Siglo XX is much better than my other history class (ironically, its basically the same material its just with international students and the head of the history department as the prof), and children's lit is entertaining :) I enjoy the class, though I'm realizing I do not know a lot of vocabulary! It'll help me improve a lot. Its still fun and we are creating a lot of our own work for a book we have to create. I love creativity but its going to be slightly difficult because I have to buy all of the materials that I have at home (that didn't make it here!) And finally, my Literatura Espanola class..its a class with all graduating seniors so its kind of rough because the students are finishing their Lit majors and don't need detailed explanations about the literature from the professor. I'm not a big fan of literature to begin with so having to read 2 novels, 2 plays, and a ton of poetry in 2 weeks or so for a test is kind of overwhelming. However, Hillary, the other ISA students in the class, and I have a great tutor. After Tuesday (first test) I'll let you know how I survived. haha BUT it is now a take home test :)
Not much else is going on. I can't believe that we are almost half way through September. I will probably be starting a volunteer placement in a Colegio soon and continuing my Jardin placement.
Next Friday is Chilean Independence Day and all international students are canceled for the week.
My parents, grandma, and brother are coming in October for a week, I'm going to a Futbol game (Chile vs. Ecuador!), and we are probably going to Mendoza, Argentina.
Then in November Hillary and I are going with a group from our church to see Hillsong in Santiago.
And hopefully sometime towards the end of the semester Hillary and I along with a group are going to Patagonia.
Before I know it, I'll be home.
I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to major in, etc.
I've been in Chile for almost 3 months, actually, it probably has been 3 months. CRAZY. Some weeks fly by OR months even but some days drag on to no end. Though, right now I'm trying to figure out what happened to August and September. Can you believe yesterday was 09/09/09? And tomorrow is September 11th? A month from Saturday my family will be here. In another 3 months I will be getting ready to pack my bags and go home. I no longer have 6 months OR all the time in the world for that matter. Its crazy how fast life goes. Ironically, I am getting ready to listen to a song by Jeremy Camp called "Slow Down Time." I'm not really sure what its about but sometimes I wish that I could slow down time. Especially this past week. I feel like life has just been flying past me and sometimes it leaves me behind. I'm constantly in a rush to get things done and get different places AND I stress without end. I think (I've concluded) that I spend more time stressing about life and what needs to get done than I do actually doing what needs to get done. That is pathetic and sad. I need to work on that somehow.
what in my life is keeping me busy?
No comments:
Post a Comment