Almost the End
Soooo...as of yesterday I have only two weeks left here in Nicaragua. I'm soooo excited....but also starting to feel the sadness of leaving. Right now all I can see is the fact that I'll be getting to go home to my family...Jon....and friends....and celebrate the holidays.....I'll get to see my brother and sister-in-law from Oregon....and have a month to be with the ones I love...catch up with friends...enjoy the season.......but I know that when the day comes to leave the reality will hit me....I'll be leaving this home I've had for three and a half months.....these people who have opened their home to me...have loved me like their own.....this country I have learned about....the people with endless hope...always wishing for that light at the end of the tunnel...all the while stuck in a terrible cycle of brokenness and corruption. I will definitely be leaving a piece of my heart here in Nicaragua.......It will be interesting to see what hits me the most once I get back home....what will I miss....what will I be glad is gone......how is my life going to change because of this......I'm still searching for the answer to that question I asked a while ago....What now?.......
There isn't too much really going on here right now. This week will start the last week of classes. I have a Spanish paper due on Wednesday....another due on Thursday....a Catholic celebration this weekend...and then a paper and presentation due next week Wednesday. Lovely end of the semester activities lol.....I am dreading this Spanish paper so much....it's supposed to be eight pages....Leah, Sonya, and I don't know if we can do it. They gave us two weeks to do it...and about a three weeks notice....it started out as an 80 page paper...thank heavens we talked them down...80 pages in three weeks...I think not......anywho.....we'll see how that goes. I'm going to be writing about how Nicaraguans use songs to help preserve/maintain their culture, history, and everyday lives. They have such a way with words. My favorite song is called "Dale Una Luz". If you know Spanish you should look up the lyrics...they are beautiful.....Others are "Somos hijos del Maiz", "Maldicion de Malinche", and "Soy de un pueblo Sencillo". Check them out if you're interested :-D The story behind Malinche is also very interesting. Malinche was a name given to one of twenty women offered to Cortes when he came to the Americas. She was his mistress, his lover. She helped him translate and negotiate. There are mixed feelings about her.
Well, this paper isn't going to write itself *sigh*....I wish.....oh well...here goes! Catch you all later!
<3 Sarah
There isn't too much really going on here right now. This week will start the last week of classes. I have a Spanish paper due on Wednesday....another due on Thursday....a Catholic celebration this weekend...and then a paper and presentation due next week Wednesday. Lovely end of the semester activities lol.....I am dreading this Spanish paper so much....it's supposed to be eight pages....Leah, Sonya, and I don't know if we can do it. They gave us two weeks to do it...and about a three weeks notice....it started out as an 80 page paper...thank heavens we talked them down...80 pages in three weeks...I think not......anywho.....we'll see how that goes. I'm going to be writing about how Nicaraguans use songs to help preserve/maintain their culture, history, and everyday lives. They have such a way with words. My favorite song is called "Dale Una Luz". If you know Spanish you should look up the lyrics...they are beautiful.....Others are "Somos hijos del Maiz", "Maldicion de Malinche", and "Soy de un pueblo Sencillo". Check them out if you're interested :-D The story behind Malinche is also very interesting. Malinche was a name given to one of twenty women offered to Cortes when he came to the Americas. She was his mistress, his lover. She helped him translate and negotiate. There are mixed feelings about her.
Well, this paper isn't going to write itself *sigh*....I wish.....oh well...here goes! Catch you all later!
<3 Sarah
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