My bags are packed, it's my last day with my first host family...
Time to move again, time to adjust again, to adapt again, learn again, grow again, suffer again....do everything again.
I dont really know what I am thinking right now. Part of me is excited to be changing, for what is to come with the new family, but also, part of me is sad about leaving this family that has gone through so much with me already. I fit into my first family perfectly, I have everything I need, even some nice commodities (Wireless, guitars), and I mesh with their personalities well. I'm worried with the other family, things will not go as well, that I will continually think how much better my first family fit with me, but I suppose an exchange student can't think like that...
I have to keep an open mind, realize that it's not going to be the same thing, it's going to be different, some things will fit better, others will not fit as well, and I will learn to adapt.
I keep finding myself thinking how hard it will be to learn the ways of another family. My first family already knows me, what I do. They were there from the moment I set foot in Montes Claros, completely elated and scared. They were there my first night to open their home... they patiently waited for a mode of communication, which only arrived a couple of months ago... for the moment portuguese clicked...they were there to see me adjust to everything, there for the home sickness, for the awe...
this next family and I will have to learn and adapt to each other, and we'll have to go through that awkward period of seeing what is what.
I'd love to take the easy way out, stay with the family that has known me from the beginning, who saw me go through the hardest parts, and were there for me when I had troubles, who taught me so much...but with exchange life, there is no easy way out.
I knew from the beginning I was moving, and in reality, this move is anything but a big deal in comparison to what I've already done. It's really good for me in the bigger picture.
Today is another day for shock and growth. I've just gotta keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep my eyes open.
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Rsss, eu não sei praticamente nada de inglês. Mas entrei no seu blog, vi sua fotos na web. Gostei de tudo. Valeu
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