Staying Focus

This blog is more for those who are thinking about studying abroad. As my time is quickly coming to an end here in Ecuador I must say that staying focus is getting harder and harder to do. I have eighteen days left and every now and then I find my mind wondering off to what I am going to wear at the airport, or what I am going to take on the plane with me. Although these are all important things, I cannot allow my excitment about returning home after eight long months in another country with out seeing famly to cloud my thoughts. I still have classes finals and tests. I still need to enjoy the small things about Ecuador that sometimes I over look. I was sitting at the bus terminal watching a women that was carrying a large basket. A guy waves his hand in the air ever so slightly and she walks over. She gently puts the basket down and pulls a little clear bag, smaller than a sandwhich bag, out her apron. She begins to fill this little transparent bag up with corn, meat, onions, and chifles. An entire meal prepared in a small bag. Moments like these I willl not get back. Moments like these are special because things like that is when you realize you are in another country. You are wittnessing something many people cannot, you are doing something alot of people dream. As much as I complain about it being hundred degrees by ten in the morning I will miss the way the sun just lights up the sky. Yes I know its like that in the States but it is different here. The sun is so close and seems to be the light for everything. I smile at myself when I am drenched in sweat knowing that this sun here is in some way different than the sun at home. It is more personal. Once again the little things. So while it may become hard to stay focus coming towards the end of your study aborad experience remember the small things. I remember how at the beach you could do your shopping and never leave your beach towel or chair. You could get food, clothes, shoes, juice everything thats needed for the beach and more by sitting. That never happens at our beaches in the United States, so I will remember those little things as my time comes to an end. I will remember meeting people from all over the world and learning about different cultures, not just the Ecuadoreans culture. If my word has any influence, I tell you to go study abroad, go experience a life untold on televison, go experience a world that is completly different than what you know. It is the most enlighten experience one can have in their entire life. I know, I am experiencing it.