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i'm home. i've been home for over 24 hours. it feels so weird.
i don't think anyone can understand the experience i've had unless you've done a putney trip.
i went into this trip not knowing anyone. i remember hugging my mom goodbye at the airport, and she said to me "it's so weird that right now you don't know anyone but in a month you'll be hugging them goodbye and crying because you don't want to leave them behind when you go home." at the time it was really hard to imagine, but that's exactly how it turned out. i missed my friends a lot while i was there. it just seemed like i left behind a tight group of best friends and threw myself into a group of 15 total strangers, and at times it seemed like that was a really stupid thing to do. except now, i see that while i'm in grenada i'll miss the people at home and while i'm at home i'll miss the people in grenada. i guess it's everyone's quirks that i miss so much... mika's "oh, snap!", laura's sarcasm, courtney's hilarious british accent, hannah's crazyness and toothlessness, neil's rhianna obsession and constant complaining, waking up to fatty's face every morning, glick's vocabulary, james's ability to be a complete shmuck... the list could go on forever.
i wasn't really a completely different person on the trip. i managed to be completely myself, while at the same time not freaking people out, while at the same time being open to trying new things. i wasn't afraid of bugs, i drank water with floaty things in it, i slept in a room the size of my bedroom with 11 sweaty girls, i didn't shower every day, i cooked dinner occasionally, i hiked to waterfalls and up mountains, i got eaten alive by mosquitoes, i learned the art of sunscreen application, i did my laundry by hand, i whipped a class of 8 year old grenadans into a smart and respectful group of kids in less than 2 weeks... and so much more i don't even know where to begin.
what's weird is that even though i was having an incredible time, i still missed a lot about home. i missed the little things. now that i'm home, i miss so much about grenada. while i was there, i missed silly things like hoodies and jeans and converse, but now that i'm home i miss being able to wear the same shirt four days in a row. i missed walking down my street with my ipod, but now i miss the insane dance parties while we cooked dinner. i missed my own music and i practically died without singing for a whole month, but now all i'm listening to is sean paul and rhianna. i missed starbucks and american fruit and stuff, but now i miss walking into grenville to get fresh mangos.
you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. that quote could never be more true.
grenada '06, we had an amazing summer together. i love every single one of you. thanks for making this the best experience i've ever had.
now that i've got that stuff out of the way, people should hurry up and get home from vacation.
oh, and pictures on facebook.
i don't think anyone can understand the experience i've had unless you've done a putney trip.
i went into this trip not knowing anyone. i remember hugging my mom goodbye at the airport, and she said to me "it's so weird that right now you don't know anyone but in a month you'll be hugging them goodbye and crying because you don't want to leave them behind when you go home." at the time it was really hard to imagine, but that's exactly how it turned out. i missed my friends a lot while i was there. it just seemed like i left behind a tight group of best friends and threw myself into a group of 15 total strangers, and at times it seemed like that was a really stupid thing to do. except now, i see that while i'm in grenada i'll miss the people at home and while i'm at home i'll miss the people in grenada. i guess it's everyone's quirks that i miss so much... mika's "oh, snap!", laura's sarcasm, courtney's hilarious british accent, hannah's crazyness and toothlessness, neil's rhianna obsession and constant complaining, waking up to fatty's face every morning, glick's vocabulary, james's ability to be a complete shmuck... the list could go on forever.
i wasn't really a completely different person on the trip. i managed to be completely myself, while at the same time not freaking people out, while at the same time being open to trying new things. i wasn't afraid of bugs, i drank water with floaty things in it, i slept in a room the size of my bedroom with 11 sweaty girls, i didn't shower every day, i cooked dinner occasionally, i hiked to waterfalls and up mountains, i got eaten alive by mosquitoes, i learned the art of sunscreen application, i did my laundry by hand, i whipped a class of 8 year old grenadans into a smart and respectful group of kids in less than 2 weeks... and so much more i don't even know where to begin.
what's weird is that even though i was having an incredible time, i still missed a lot about home. i missed the little things. now that i'm home, i miss so much about grenada. while i was there, i missed silly things like hoodies and jeans and converse, but now that i'm home i miss being able to wear the same shirt four days in a row. i missed walking down my street with my ipod, but now i miss the insane dance parties while we cooked dinner. i missed my own music and i practically died without singing for a whole month, but now all i'm listening to is sean paul and rhianna. i missed starbucks and american fruit and stuff, but now i miss walking into grenville to get fresh mangos.
you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. that quote could never be more true.
grenada '06, we had an amazing summer together. i love every single one of you. thanks for making this the best experience i've ever had.
now that i've got that stuff out of the way, people should hurry up and get home from vacation.
oh, and pictures on facebook.