The last couple days have been pretty rough for me. A mixture of exhaustion and homesickness and overwhelming-ness made life pretty hard. And I didn't understand what was happening.
The thing is, is I only heard about the good things of AFS. (And some really really bad things. Like BAD). But I never heard about normal bad things. Like what happens when homesickness meets exhaustion. Well anyway, I didn't have really any advice. Nobody told me what to do when this happened. So I just went about my life, trying to be optimistic. But today during PE, me and some other girls were tossing around a ball and saying facts about ourselves. And something happened. I'm not sure what but I finally felt like I was in the right place. Like all the stress and money that I put into getting here was worth it. Something happened and everything worked out.
Many of you who have done a year abroad may have experienced this or maybe I'm crazy. But the point is that if somewhere in the future an exchange student is reading this, or even if you are reading this ten seconds after I post this, everything you feel is normal. There's like a 0.01% chance it's not.
While keeping this blog I have rediscovered my love of writing. And recently I've seen my blog stats and there have been over 1,500 total views. And half of them are between my mom and grandma. But that means that there's a small collection of people who really like what I write.
You probably want to hear about adventures or whatever but this is what I got for you right now. So if you are having a bad day. It's okay because eventually it'll get better. And that might not be what you want to hear but it just happens sometimes. So yeah.
Make today the best day ever. Or make tomorrow the best day ever.
Also if you know anyone who would like this blog and doesn't know about it, be a good friend and tell them about it. Because if someone reads it and changes their initial thoughts on Egypt or the world or life then I succeed.
And if you did not like my little inspirational rant, I will be posting about the first week of school tomorrow or Friday. And the wedding is on Sunday so you'll get that update soon as well.
Thank you for listening... Or reading. And I hope that you have a wonderful day.
Byeeeeee
Corie.
We thought of you as we drove through the campus of Middlebury College yesterday. You are having an experience that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Try to soak in as much as you can.
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I don't know why it insists on posting as "Mom". But it's me, Grandmama. Just wanted to let you know that Grandpapapapapa tried to post a comment yesterday, but couldn't. So he wants me to let you know that he is reading your blog and enjoying it. He even read this post before I did. I am so proud of you. You are doing something very special and as Peter said, you will have great memories. Hang in there. It will get easier. PS - you write really well.
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