El Fin de Mi Aventura Mexicana

Home is Where the Heart Is

Coming home was maybe the longest day ever.  Things I looked forward to were seeing my family, flushing toilet paper instead of throwing it in a trashcan, being able to raid my own fridge and cook something for myself, and being able to play soccer again.  The day was bittersweet, however, because I really enjoyed the trip to Mexico and all the new people I met and did not want the study abroad experience to be over as we could never get the time back.  At the same time, I was so ready to see my family.  Being stuck in airports and airplanes all day long was no help to the unsettled feelings I was having.  And on top of that, I must have had an allergic reaction to something, such that my eye was extremely irritated the entire trip home and I had a cold making the situation pretty unbearable and making me anxious to get home.  Once we arrived to Ursinus and I saw my mom, and later that night when I woke up my little sister to tell her I was home and she hugged me so tightly, I realized just how lucky I am to have had this opportunity, but even more so to have people who care about me waiting at home. The trip was a great opportunity to get to know some people from Ursinus that I otherwise would never have known and I would not trade it for anything.  I found it exciting to be able to experience a combination of Spanish and Biology, as I am a Biology major and Spanish minor, and hopefully I will be able to apply what I have learned to future studies.