things i'm excited for:

-speaking spanish all the time...and eventually having it come easily
-fresh seafood
-visiting the Sistine chapel and Switzerland!
-black and white photography
-let's face it...all my classes :)
-one-one-one conversations with my host mom
-intercambios
-growing in independence...and at the same time total dependence on God
-skype dates with friends and fam
-getting a lisp :P
-seeing the US, the world, and God thru the lens of a different culture
-walking everywhere
-getting to know my fellow spain termers much better
-did i mention the spanish part?!? :)

it's coming so fast all of a sudden. i've been so blessed this week to have some amazing closure....i love closure. i've had the chance to dissect life with best friends, to have over-the-top girly bonding time with my sisters, to talk a lot with my mom over the everyday stuff like errands, to have an incredible last day of work at ACR (a wedding reception at the Science Museum..could it get any better than that?), to spend some quality time with cousins and extended family, to have a few last adventures in the great outdoors. And this week brings more time for rest and finally seeing all the bethel girls on Friday. so, so lucky. it will probably all sink in soon, and i'll be a nervous wreck. for now though....just so blessed. :)