Postcards from my life

So, it's done. Almost. Only missing a few things. But my backpack is finally packed again. Ready for new adventures. It's always a special feeling to see it fill up with my belongings. The restless spirit that lives inside me is awakened and allowed to come out. It crawls in my skin and spreads to all parts of my body. The excitment and anticipation. The just perfect level of nerves. Will everything go smoothly? Will I have enough money (this time this is a major worrie)? Will our luggage make it all the way with us? Will it will be as perfect as I've dreamt it would be? I love it. I truly love it. Every feeling. Cause it's also that small feeling of not wanting to go. I know, it's crazy. But it's such a hassel, dragging that backpack everywhere. Leaving the comfortable life of getting to sleep in my own bed. It would be so much easier to just lean back and do nothing. But then again, if I did that I wouldn't be me. And I am excited. I am happy. I am glad. I am soon on my way again. Toward new adventures and new stories to tell. New things to see. New people to run in to. I cannot wait. But there is always a slight sadness present. Because in this case, even though I will come back to Guadalajara in four weeks time, things will not be the same. Wonderful friends will have left us to our own destinies. Good bye's are never fun.

But we will meet again. And everything is going to work out for all of us. We will reach our goals and make our dreams come true.

And just to make clear, the picture is not taken here in Guadalajara but in my room in Nottingham just before I took off to meet Malin to head to the airport and fly down to Spain. I do not have carpet here. I would almost prefer carpet to the cold cold tiles that we have here....

With a nice day of hiking behind I am now trying to organise my life. Well, maybe that was a bit of an exaggeration. I'm trying to organise my life for the coming four weeks. I've made a budget. And it might be a little tight... I'll make it work. Somehow :P Big brother is joining us and he has money so I'll play the little sister card on him. And I've sent off the money to the hotel in Corozal for our first nights in Belize. I've empited my camera so it's ready for new adventures. And now, after dinner, I'm going to sort out my playlists for my iPod. And I'm going to clean my room a bit maybe (although that probably will be postponed til tomorrow). I'm going to hang up the laundry so my clothes are dry for packing tomorrow. I might start sorting out clothes that I'll bring. I want to get as much done tomorrow as possible so I can enjoy Monday with good friends. Last day in Guadalajara. Well, I'll be back, I know. But last time with these specific people in town.

There's probably so much stuff I need to do that I right now have forgotten. Oh yeah, I have to reply to my grandma's email :)

It was a very nice day.

Seriously, this exchange thing is tricky. Suddenly the first semester is over and the people you've started to get used to seeing everyday suddenly will disappear off to their own countries. It's not fun at all. Today I spend the whole day with three of those people. I'm going to miss you all so much. Our lunches on campus sitting and pretending to work by our laptops. Our Wednesday's at Hippo's. Our weekend trips to beautiful places. Next semester is going to be weird.

So, I've come to the decision to move my blogging scene from the world of Swedish to the international world of English... Hopefully I will write more here now than I have been lately. I will still try to write about 'the world as I see it' but this will also become (hopefully) somewhat of a travelblog. A record of adventures and experiences, preferably while travelling. I don't know, we'll see how it goes. I was thinking that there might be a few English-speakers out there that might want to follow our travels while in Mexico atleast, so here's you opportunity. I have travelblog, but it's in Swedish, and I will keep that one the way it is since my grandparents read it.

Anyway, this will have to do for now. I should really study because supposedly I have a Spanish exam tomorrow :P