Oh my goodness its August

The past few weeks/weeks to come, are going to be by far the busiest I've been in a long time. There are, however, aa few more loose ends that I have to tie together, such as: getting my money visa, getting cash euro's, some shopping, and of course finish off my good-bye. I swear I am the worst person for saying good-byes, so I guess you could say I'm an expert at hellos. When I was little and my parents took me to the park, they had a difficult time getting me out of the park, annd no matter the kid, I would go up and introduce myself. I guess you could say the song 'hello, goodbye' by the beatles could relate to me in the lyrics, "I don;t know why you say goodbye I say hello."

My last day at work is on the 16th of this month, which I guess you could say I am excited for. I work at Canadian Tire, and have been working there for over 2 years as a cashier. At work the managers are very excited for me, they all say it will a good experiance for me, and I couldn't agree more with them. I would say I am blessed with stumbling across this opprotunity, one of my goals in life was to be fluent in more than just english. In order to fufill that goal i decided to take Spanish, so far I have completed my grade 10 and 11 year. I'm telling you thing because I often mix up my French and Spanish, so if later on I talk about saying something in Spanish instead of in French it won't just be out of the blue.

I'm still talking with my first host family and I am very excited to meet them, as they tell me they are to meet me.

Only 18 more days,

à bientôt

Melyssa

Concerns

Each day is getting closer to my departure and at times I honestly can't wait and it takes an effort to keep myself composed, but in the end the wait will be worth it. To my surprise there are really 3 main consers I'll have for my exchange. 1. Leaving everyone behind, and missing them to a great extent when I'm gone developing an erge to want to go back home. 2. learning French when I am there and trying to really get an understanding for the language. and 3. Making friends. I would I have a more out going personality, I guess it's just being judged by my new piers which is my biggest concern but i guess i will have to find a way to get over that.


à bientôt


Melyssa

Packing Woot

So basically it's a month and a half ish till I leave. Last week I was on vacation in the shuswaps, during this time I read the book, Touch the Dragon by Karen Conelly (I think thats her last name). Anyways, I loved the book, and it connected greatly with me, since she was also a rotary exchange student. The book is just basically her diary of her time in Thialand; so as an insperation i guess from the book, I'm going structure my blog like my diary, well i guess it will be my online "diary", word for word of what I write in the one my grandpa and grandma bought me for my birthday.


Although I do have a short amount of time and a crap load of stuff I need to get done, it hasn't reached the point of becoming chaotic. The biggest thing I have to worry about is what to pack, as many of the other outbound girls in my district are also fretting over. According to my flight itinerary I can only bring ONE suitcase, a weight was not listed just one suitcase was determined. My dad decided to give me the biggest suit case we own and really its massive, then again I do have a fair bit to pack not only with clothing and gifts for my host families, but as well as my soccer crap. Oh well at lest my parents can mail me stuff if it's needed. Time to play tetris and get this thing all sorted out, cause I still have a month and a half :).


P.S. i won't start typing up my diary till i leave on the 23rd


à bientôt


Melyssa

56 more days

It's going to be a crazy next couple of months, or 56 days. I'm leaving on the 23rd of august. I have so much  still am getting ready for. I've talked to my first host family and am really excited to get to meet them. As you may not know I am going to live in France for a year thanks to Rotary youth exchange. Many people ask me why I want to just leave for a year, and I can't really answer them with a direct knowledgeable answer. Really I would love to see the world, have ties and connections around the around the world, as well as to be fluent in the language. I think the main thing that each rotarian student will experiance is the change with in them self, it will be a chance to start over and be the person we really want to be or become. So as crazy as i am for doing this exchange, its going to change my life, and be one thing that helped make me who I am today.


à bientôt
Melyssa