Hey Everyone!
So I know I have not posted in a long time and I want to apologize for that.
Last time there was an update it was around Christmas I believe, so January has been pretty good, unfortunately my New Years plans fell through but I spent it with my host brother and some friends doing Avanto instead :D
The hardest thing was saying good bye to Nico on January 6th, he has been my brother since August and to have him leave was rough but, the way I see it is, we are brothers so we will see each other again, I am not exactly sure when, but I kept my mind occupied with all of our good times instead of being sad that he was leaving.
I am an Oldie now eh! so the Newbies are flowing in, I havnt got the chance to meet any of them in person yet, but on Feb 1st I hopefully will be seeing a few, very excited for that, because My Oldies meant SO much to me, I hope I can fill the Newbies expectations :)
--- For anyone that doesnt know what Oldies and Newbies are, pretty much, there are 2 groups of Rotary Exchange Students, the ones who come in the winter ( usually Aussies, Kiwis, some Brazilians, some Argentinians ) and the other group is everyone else who comes in the summer, so since RYE is around 12 months long there are always exchange students who have been in the country for at least 6 months ( Oldies ) and exchange students who are relatively new ( Newbies)
So trailing behind the last paragraph, this means my exchange is more that half way done.... which is INSANE. Its hard to wrap my head around. I remember coming to Lappeenranta in August and looking up to Nico so much because he knew SO much about exchange and the world and all this random knowledge he gained throughout his exchange, and to think that I am in the same position that he was in then, is mind boggling!
I almost cut my hand off! Being a Canadian Lumberjack I accidentally nicked my thumb, luckily I didnt need any stitches, and it didnt hurt too bad, but Im all healed up now ( Thanks to my Dads Sang De L´Acadie ) But a couple weeks after the incident my host dad took me back out to try again. He says I can cut wood fairly well ( again thanks to my Acadian Genes ) So learning how to lumberjack was a great experience :D
Other than that, everything has been going well, I have met a lot of new Finnish Friends since Nico left, been partying a lot, enjoying times with the other international students and just doing my best to keep busy with friends because the Finnish winter an be dull if you let it get the best of you.
Overall I am enjoying life as much as I can and I look forward to what the next months have to offer :)
If you have any questions feel free to ask away :D
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