Say what?

What? I leave Xela in 2 days and fly out of Guate (Guatemala City) in 3 days? Puchica! Time has really flown by... I feel like I just got here, yet at the same time I have been here forever.

This past week has been great. Last weekend (my last weekend, unfortunately) wasn´t as I hoped it would be. Lucas went home Saturday morning, and with Alex gone, I had no brothers. Nisha was also gone all weekend. So because I didn´t hang out with my family at all, it was a bit of a downer. However, on the upside, I hung out with Julie whenever I was out of the house. So In the afternoon I met Julie at Paiz which is like a really nice mall here. I got a new soccer ball for my family here, and some stickers for Abi. Then we just walked around, and met her friend Karen in the Parque. We got Pops ice cream and then ate it while watching what was going on. Because of tropical storm Agatha, the village of Zunil (which I went to when I went to Aguas Amargas a couple weeks ago) is completely ruined. People here were raising awareness and asking for money, for food, water, and any sort of help. So after we watched for a little, we walked back to Julie´s house because we had to take care of Clifford, her puppy. Then Karen went home for dinner, so Julie and I went out on a cute little date to Royal Paris. It was really nice to just talk with her. We laugh sooo much. Then we met some of her friends for drinks, and then went dancing at La Rumba. It was really hot and I wasn´t feeling too well for some reason (which has actually been the case the other few times I´ve been out at night), so I went home and to sleep by 12:30am. I didn´t sleep very well, waking up pretty frequently. Apparently I needed the sleep though because I slept for 13 hours. I woke up with a really bad sore throat, and had some white stuff on my tonsils, which was the same for Sandra.

Sunday afternoon, after I finally got up and took a shower, Alex was home. :) I went out with Julie again to the Parque because every first Sunday of the month the locals sell cute artesian things. Her teacher from school also came with her son, so it was really nice meeting them. Clifford the puppy also came along, which was fun for her teacher´s 6 year old son. :) We saw Karen and a couple other friends there, so we went to get a snack in a restaurant, and then back to the Parque to relax. I was home for dinner, and by then Lucas came home.

Monday started a new week at school. I actually had a pretty bad day and Carmen and Thelma could tell, but Tuesday was much better. I´m just feeling a bit tired this week, and I feel like I haven´t learned as much, but just enjoy conversation. Also just knowing that I am leaving Xela in a couple days is heartbreaking (for lack of a better word). I have fallen in love with this place, with my school, with my family, with the mountains, and of course Spanish. It´ll be an adjustment to go back to the States, but I know that the time has come.

Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts, and I will see you when I get home! :)