so it's been a few days since i've been back but i haven't had the energy to write. i've been: job hunting, studying for the GREs, started my TESOL class, and was generally lazy. so let me work backwards. punta cana was amazing but aside from the occasional bartender or waiter who i chatted with in dominican spanish, we could have been anywhere, drinking and eating all day and hanging out on the beach. i'm not complaining; it was just what i needed. but it wasn't the dr. our first two days in santo domingo were wonderful but also equally painful, at least for me. it was amazing to see my host family and some of my friends and FLACSO staff but knowing i was there for so little time and that i didn't live there anymore (and wouldn't be back til god knows when) was hard. still, it felt like i had never left. after missing a place so much, going back was a catharsis (sp?) but also sad.
i got to see carolina and luz, anny and gloria (and tito and pitu), all the flacso staff, david, some of the atarazana crew and i think that's it. i was sad about not visiting escuela primaveral (i didn't work it out in time) but i also think it would have been too hard; too hard to leave and giv ethem something or leave something...or just awkward. well. i'll be back sometime.
while i was there, i was inspired to change my idea for my fulbright application to do a multi-country project, half in the DR, half in Brazil, doing public health. but my advisor hasn't responded to my idea yet, which is making me nervous, and i have so much other shit to do i haven't even looked at this stuff.
days til i leave for rio: 14
# of doctors/dentist appointments: 1 down, 3 to go
important things to do:
finish TESOL course
study for GREs, and then actually take them
apply for jobs
do fulbright stuff?
buy stuff for abroad, and pack it
see friends and actually go out
it's going to be a very busy two weeks.
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