Well, I think it's been about 3 months since I actually took the time to type up something, but Monday was New Years Eve, or Silvester as they call it in Germany. Definitely loads of fun! I went to a party with some friends, got a little drunk, smoked a little shisha, and shot of fireworks in the street at midnight.
The moment when 2013 hit and everyone was hugging everyone saying "frohes neues", was full of emotion. I have to admit that I did tear up a bit, not because I was sad or anything, but because when that moment hits, you think about everything that has happened in the past year. Last New Years, I had just submitted my application for CBYX and this time, I was in Germany with some of the most amazing people ever. This year has definitely been the fullest year of my life. I have done so much! I have fortunately made so many new life long friends, but I have unfortunately drifted from others. It is in that moment that you realize just how truly amazing your life is. How many other people have two lives? Well I do and I love them both.
I'm extremely excited to spend the next half year in Germany, but I am freaking out at the moment about how my year is half way over. I just want to go back to August, so I can have my whole year back. Time just goes by way to fast and I'm going to wake up tomorrow and be on the flight home. I am no where ready for that! I am no where ready to leave my new life here and the amazing people who were strangers to me in August, but mean so much to me now.
Happy New Year to you Rachel!
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So glad to see you have embraced the opportunity you have been given. When I lived abroad I never took that step back and LOOK at all that was around me and BREATHE it in. It all went by TOO FAST! You are entering that time of your life as well that friends begin to take different paths than you. All along you have been in the same town or school, now separated by an ocean! It doesn't mean you matter less to them or them to you- it means you are growing up :)
I wish I had magic potion that makes coming home easier on you in the summer. But I don't. That was THE MOST difficult thing I ever had to do- was get on that plane to come home. I think that day I stepped out of myself and just went through the motions. I remember the stewardess feeling sorry for me bec I cried the ENTIRE flight. I must have been a sight, lol.
Enjoy the remainder of your experience and may it continue to just get better and better for you :)
~Doreen
I love all of your blog posts…they are so inspiring! I am a finalist for CBYX, I’m not sure if I am an alternate or a scholarship winner yet, but I have a blog. You should follow! http://adventuresintheskye.blogspot.com/
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