Supermarkets and Goodbyes and Manu and Roses

This past week was kind of really fun because I had barely any school. From a combination of Rotary events and tests I didn't have to take, I spent the majority of the week hanging out with exchange students, Chilean friends, and family. It was a nice week. :)

On Wednesday I spent the afternoon with my friend Manu writing about a million essays. By a million essays, I mean we had to do a group project and then he helped me write one essay. I just want to take a moment to express how deeply grateful I am to have a friend like Manu. He sits next to me in class everyday and is always always there for me and all of my questions. This boy is a genius, but he is also one of the best people-persons I have ever met. Our conversations never bore me and he is used to all of my silly habits and tolerates me anyways. Manu is just someone who I feel like meeting made me a better person, and I could honestly see him being the president of Chile someday. I mean, I would vote for him! I am going to miss this kid too much, but I was more than lucky to even get to know him in the first place. 

(Unfortunately the only picture we have together...)

On Friday I met up with the other exchange students to take a bus to Santiago for a rotary goodbye party. We left at noon and spent the day riding the metro, eating rose flavored ice cream, and enjoying eachothers lovely company. I used to be afraid to hang out with exchange students too much, but in these last weeks I have with them, I try to cherish every minute that I get to spend with them as a group. It's so hard, now, to not think about all the goodbyes and to just disfute the last happy days have left with eachother. The party ended up being really boring, but it was nice to see everyone of course. 

These days I have found myself feeling very tired. I still have thirty-something days left in this amazing country, and I am so happy to be here and I love it so much, but the goodbyes seem to be silencing me a little too early. I get so confused when I think about leaving, and I know I shouldn't think about it so much, but when I don't it's still there pressuring the back of my mind. I don't know. Hahahaha. 

Today I went to the supermarket with my host mom for the first time, and wow! Chileans live so differently from one another. While my old family went to the supermarket everyday, my new family goes once a month and buys everything for the huge family. We had three carts filled to the rim and spent over three hours looking at food. Luckily, I had Monse to entertain me and ended up running into some friends from Coya, which was soooo nice because I miss them now more than ever. 

This seems like an ubrupt way to end a blog post, but I am very tired and have a chemistry test tomorrow. Goodnight! Bye!