I am courageous, resilient, and unstoppable!

Wow. I can't believe this semester is over already! It was a little surreal and emotional leaving the school building for the last time. I don't expect to ever return again. Isn't that so strange? We devote so much time to something, make relationships with people, and then just like that, it's all over. I had come to love my little B2 (my level of Spanish) tribe at the university here in León. I feel a little pang of loss knowing we'll all go our separate ways and never again sit together in the same room trying to understand the same lessons.  B2 Spanish Class Fall 2024 Back row: Moeka, Corinne, Emma, Cristina (Grammar Teacher), Enzo, Eli, and Suzhi Front row: Nati (Writing and Culture Teacher), Me, and Hana It's been an amazing week, however, and we ended the year in style, for sure! We had an awards ceremony / Christmas party to end everything on a positive note. At the closing ceremony, each of the classes did an activity for the whole school. One of the cl...

This past weekend I went on my final field trip. We visited Andalucía in Southern Spain. It's a good seven hours away from León. We left at two in the morning, and everyone slept on the bus. Even I slept soundly through the entire trip. It's definitely not the same as sleeping in a nice bed, but I'm really thankful I was able to sleep at least. I was also really thankful for my nice power assist and wheelchair luggage. It made this trip so much less stressful to have the tools I needed for the journey. Being able to zip around with my luggage all on my own really made me feel whole and independent.  Right Tools for the Job We visited the cities of Sevilla and Grenada. I enjoyed Sevilla a lot, but Grenada had too many hills. I was also worn out from the two previous days of excitement, so my body wasn't exactly cooperating either. Another contributing factor was the fact that I forgot one of my medications and had to go to the emergency room because I was so dizzy I coul...