Time is almost up...

So I realize it's been awhile since I last posted anything, and the reason for that is that I've been putting off writing another post since so much has happened in the last month and I don't even know where to begin. I guess the best place would be Mallorca...

On April 14th I headed to the beautiful Island of Mallorca, which is part of Spain, with a group of friends in my program here. It was an extremely early morning, but well worth the trip. I'm just going to summarize my trip because since it was a six day trip there are obviously a lot of details that would take forever to get into. We rented an apartment, which ended up being a really good idea because we were able to cook our meals and it was ideally located near the beach, so we were all very happy. My main goal for the vacation was just to relax and spend as much time on the beach as possible, but of course not everyone was up for that, so we ended up renting mopeds for three days and taking small days trips. Now that sounds like a good idea, but of course there was drama and my day trips turned into one day trip and then a long trek back to the apartment, but I didn't let it ruin my vacation. All in all is was an incredible trip and the island was absolutely beautiful! I was sad to leave, but at the same time excited to head to England for the second half of my Semana Santa (or Spring Break if you would like).

So, the same day that I arrived back in Barcelona, I left for England, which I discovered was a bad idea, but regardless I arrived in London where my friend Jo met me and drove me to Winchester, which has become another home to me! The six days I spent in England were absolutely AMAZING! It was so nice to spend time with people I consider (especially after this trip) to be family. I didn't have to worry about seeing everything there was to see, or making a bunch of side trips. All I had to do was relax and spend time with friends who I hadn't seen in awhile. I was lucky enough to spend Easter with the Burridges and really felt like I was part of the family, which I haven't had that feeling since leaving home in January. I was very sad to leave, but knew I only had a little over two weeks before I would be heading back to Texas, so I was able to motivate myself to finish up in Barcelona.

And that leads me back to Barcelona where I have just four days left. It's hard to believe that my time here is almost over. I can still remember the very first day when I arrived. How scared I was, how sick I was :(, and just how nervous I was about starting this amazing adventure, and here I am now about to head home having experienced so many incredible things! I was so sure that I wouldn't make it past the second week, but I did! It's literally unbelievable! Not only have I learned so many thing about the places I've been and the people I've spent the last four months with, but I've learned so much about myself and I can definitely say I've grown because of this experience. Sure there are still things that I need to discover, and there were definitely times during my trip where things didn't go the way I had hoped, but I think each one of those things has really taught me something about myself and what I want out of life.

I'm sorry that this post is so short and lacking detail, but I promise that once I'm back home I will share all the stories of these last four months with y'all and I won't leave out any details!

Love y'all!

XOXO