So, today was my last day of classes and is my last day and night in Ostroleka. Tomorrow I will take myself and my giant bags on the 11:30 bus to Warsaw. I am very sad to be leaving actually. I think the fact that I am leaving so soon is making me see all the things I will miss about Poland and Ostroleka, even stupid things like the bad pop music and the good kebab place. I think I am not noticing the things that might have bothered me before because I will be leaving soon. But it is good that I am going back to school when I get home and really really really looking forward to that because it will make leaving less sad. Its weird though because at this point I am starting to have a life and relationships with other people here. Like if I was not leaving, I would have commitments and things to look forward to in the upcoming days, like Olga's sister's wedding, and Asia's BBQ and some concert that is either saturday or sunday.
Anyway, for the last day of class I played jeopardy with my students and then we just sat around and talked for about 2 hours. I think they have gotten better at english this summer or at least gotten more confident, which makes me feel happy. Even if their grammar is pretty atrocious, i think they learned something. I don't think they could have talked to me for 2 hours at the beginning of the summer. I will miss them alot, but they all have joined facebook so we can keep in touch. (and penpals, lookout, because i gave them your email addresses).
Oh! So the big triumph of my day is that I sucessfully purchased a kebab, not only a kebab but a small kebab with spicy sauce, without giving away that i dont speak polish. Trust me, ordering a kebab is very complex and this is the only time i havent ended up flustered and waving my arms. So see, I'm finally getting the hang of this country.
I don't really know what else to write. I am currently sitting in an internet cafe trying to kill time until I meet up with Asia and Karol, for the last time ever : ( . I will miss them a lot a lot. Yesterday I said goodbye to Julie because she is flying home thursday. She promised that if i continued to keep in touch with her she would invite me to her wedding someday so i cant say that we will never see each other again. I would go outside and sit on a bench and read right now but it just rained so everthing is wet and i don't want to get my butt wet.
on that note, I guess I will end this somewhat depressing entry-thingy. I will see you all and talk to you all soon! But if you want to email me or even comment on what I have written, then I very much approve of that action.
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Well I finally read all the posts that I hadn't read yet, which was the last 4 I think. I can't wait to see pictures, although the mental pictures I have formed are pretty hilarious so I'm not sure I want to ruin those :p. Safe travels back!
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