What Next?

I have been home for 2 weeks and I am finally, completely, officially, UNPACKED! The past 2 weeks have been so jammed packed that I haven’t had time to write a post until now! It felt so good coming home; I missed so many people and so many things! All my friends surprised me at the airport and it was amazing to be reunited with everyone. But the excitement didn’t last long as I was thrown right back into school. At first it didn’t seem like much work to catch up but now that I have more assignments on top of the things I have to catch up on and exams being right around the corner, I’m starting to freak out! There is so much work to do in such a short amount of time and the stress is real! At least summer is just around the corner and that is something to look forward to! Now that the exchange is over I feel a sort of emptiness, I guess it’s because it was such a big deal and I had been looking forward to it for so long and know that it’s really over, I can’t help but wonder, what next?

This is the End

I just lived in Switzerland for 3 months. Is this real life, did that really just happen? I imagined doing this exchange for probably a year and then it was hard to believe that it was finally happening and now it’s completely unbelievable that it’s over. I was thinking about it for so long that it never actually seemed like it was going to happen. I knew that I was going, but subconsciously I didn’t believe it. I can’t believe it really did happen and that I really did pack up and leave my home for 3 months. It was a truly amazing, once in a lifetime experience and I’m so thankful that I had the opportunity to do it. I know that I am very lucky, and privileged, to have had this, and many other opportunities, to travel and experience different cultures. It so weird that it’s all over, I am feeling so many different emotions it’s hard to keep track of them all. I’m excited and happy to see my family and friends and be in my own home and sleep in my own bed, but at the same time I’m sad that I have to say goodbye to my Swiss life and I’m even more sad about saying goodbye to Virginie and her family. Although this experience is over, it is just one chapter of my life that is ending and even though that’s sad, the things I’ve learned and the ways I’ve grown as a person because of this trip will help me in all the other chapters of my life.