End of this Adventure

I'm sitting in my bed for the last night in Chile, and I can't help but be a little nostalgic and sad. I've been here in Chile for five months, and my time has been full of great friends, a wonderful family, enough Spanish for and Chilean slang for anyone, classes, great travels, and daily adventures. All in all it's been a fantastic semester, and I couldn't have asked for it to go better. I've been able to get to know Chile as well as I can in five months, and I've made friends and relationships that will last a long time. The past couple days have been full of packing, saying goodbye, and doing things for the last time in Chile. I went to the zoo in Quilpue yesterday, which was a good time, and tonight we had a big going-away dinner. I'm sad to go, but I'm also excited to get back to the US and my family and friends there. I guess I'm in a good place, because I'm sad to go, but I'm not sorry to leave, if that makes sense. Thanks to all of you for having interest in my adventures these past five months, and my adventures will continue. Next Monday I go to Jamaica with Nicole and two friends for a week, and then I go to Michigan with my family for a few days. After that, I'm looking forward to seeing my college friends at my house for a weekend, and then I'm off to my new apartment and grad school. Classes start the last week in August. Wish me luck!