Finally...

Ok, so my bags are all packed.  Goodbyes have been mostly said. Classes are done, thanks goodness...
I'm so ready to fly home.

I'm sitting here, with almost nothing to do all day.  I have a few gifts that I still want to buy. And barely anough money to get around... lol.  I don't want to have to pull out more money before leaving. 

Its very strange, I'm wondering if all the things that annoy me...If I will miss them. 

Today is election day on campus.   Its a huge deal.  Campus is postered like you cannot imagine.  Seriously, you cannot imagine.  I almost garentee you have never seen anything so extravangent.  Posters the size of cars strung between trees and off buildings.  Posters layering on tops of each other, covering every surface available. Students wearing name tags with the faces of their candidate.  Voter turnout is close to 100% I've heard... And if you get the position, you get paid....Tribalism is a huge issue. And I imagine,  that could explain the police flocking the area. I can even pick out the undercover guys.  Without trying.  That is how extravagent this is.   But after a while, its kinda homey.  This crazy people are (almost) endearing.

Likewise, I'm pretty good at catching taxis by now. I can get where I need to with little incident.  Its an accomplishment.  They sometimes are far more hassle than I could ever want, but I never have to dig my own car out of the snow!

Buying fruit will be a new experince too.  Instead of my cute little man and his small fruit stand, with old fruit seasonal only, for really cheap.. I get Meijer.  It is what it is. 

It will be strange.  I am excited to shower more often, and be able to do laundry more... not that I neccessarily will... lol.  But there are just the little things that make daily life an accompliment and a cultural expeirence that I think I will miss.

But, I get back watching TV and listening to music.  Which seems really dumb, but go without it as a comfort or destresser long enough and even watching reruns of "Friends" was amazing once or twice...(I've never watched it in America...)

Or getting to dress up again. I am so excited to dress up and go out. 

I've concluded life here and at home have different kinds ups and downs.  Here, my daily ups and downs are about getting around.  Buying lunch. Finding the right store. Communication. But at home, its about people relying on me.  About work and school and family and friends. Balancing going out and class. Its just that the challenges seem easiler because they're more familar.