Adventure's Out There!

I saw this and couldn’t believe how revelevant it was, so I held onto it until after 2011. Keeping it short….

January - Big fights with best friends that shouldn’t have happened and were stupid. Lost contact with many people and was truely on my own for the first time. Missing home and not able to speak Spanish and having almost no friends. Crying a lot when I never cry.

February - really is never good. Valentine’s Day felt lonelier than ever, and then I soon realzied that I was not a favorite among my peers in Mexico. Lost contact with someone very important. Doing awful in school.Regardless, I met a very, very good friend. Although I didn’t know it yet, he would be the only one to last after Mexico. At this point, he jsut caused lots and lots of drama.

March -All of a sudden, I was speaking Spanish, people who hated me weeks ago and talked crap about me were asking me out to eat and inviting me to sleepovers, I was doing well in class again, and I found myself loving Mexico in every way. I also literally felt myself becoming stronger in every way.

April - Since I left May 4th, this was more or less my last month and Mexico. It was very happy and sad, but the sad being crossed off was good, because I do not look back and thing negatively. I had amazing times with amazing people. I regret nothing, even if some things didn’t go so well.

May -Time to leave. Time to go back to real life. Goodbyes are never easy. Visited old college. Not the same. Relationships not the same. Self explanitory.

June - Being back home was nice. I got to play video games, eat old food, and go back to working with my favorite kids at the YMCA. Of course this time, I had a whole new love of Spanish and found myself listening to Sexo, Pudor, Y Lagrimas every night and appreciating the Top 40 more.

July - ALL OF A SUDDEN TIME TO LEAVE FOR ECUADOR. Where did the summer go?! I just got here!

August -There was a lot going on and a lot to handle. I had a lot of stuff stolen and it tested me a lot. But there were so many adventures as well! I lot going on.

September -Things started to get rough. I found myself feeling like clockwork and increasingly unhappy…or better, apathetic. I found myself moving around slowly as people walked around me and talked over me and things were just not so great.

October - This is where I felt the worst. Although I had this little spark of romance, I also had unexpected reappearances into my life. Or maybe that happened in the month before. I don’t know. All I knwo is that all October was a countdown to the Galapagos and five months felt so long.

November - After all of the negativity I was starting to feel time creeping up on me. I don’t even remember much about November! Galapagos in October and Amazon in December! What happened?

December - I appreciate everything you did for me, Ecuador, but now I am ready to go home. But before I do, I will do as much as I can. I always felt like I should be doing something and using all my time! I knew I would miss it later.

(Source: ohbabyitsnatalie)