Well,
well, well this week was full of lasts and lots of tears! Laughter was part of
the week as well, it just usually turned to tears when we realized in just 7
days we could not laugh together anymore. But back to the start. We arrived in
San Luis Potosi on Monday and had a very grand welcoming by the mayor of the
city and we even got a bus tour around the gorgeous city and all its plazas.
My
host family reminded me of families in Viroqua and they were very into organic
food, all sorts of different types and agriculture. I had wonderful roommates
for my last week with Cast A. One of the girls was one of my closest friends,
Larissa and I was also with Sofia from Mexico and Charlie from Trinidad and
Tobago! We had a very interesting week in regards to our host family, to say
the least but we managed to have a ton of fun despite it all and make the best
of things! We spent late night talking and just soaking up our last week
together!
The
week was full of fun things such as male appreciation (we surprised the boys
with a casino lunch that included gambling and much more), our last cast
meeting and last meeting with our home teams. I had my last classes with my
study abroad classmates and professors and we got to make castles out of ice
cream and eat it all up after our exams were over! The staff continued to share
little moments each morning and bring back memories through little songs and
many more fun activities! Each day was full of laughter interspersed with tears
;) Our last CI’s were great and I also did training for a PR intern that I may
get to do next semester. So the week was wonderful and painfully short since we
knew it was our last week together.
Each
moment was soaked up by every little cell in our bodies and our last show was
the best we have ever done. Our last green room had us in heaps of tears and
not to mention our show. When we hit the last few songs of the show we all
realized the reality of what was happening and as we sang for the last time on
stage together, 100 people from 20 different cultures singing about spreading
love and peace we broke down, but at the same time we performed the songs more
passionately than ever before.
On
our final day together things seemed so unreal. Everyone was in emotional
survival mode and we all just wanted to pretend that it was not happening.
Wanted to pretend that at the end of the day no one had to go home and the
buses didn’t have to drive away, but instead we could all just stay together
forever. After a nice lunch with the sponsor we all prepared for our final
banquet. It was a beautiful night with wine and pictures and everyone looked so
gorgeous in their classy outfits, songs, goodbye letters, dancing and much
more. The night also seemed unreal and nothing hit us until they announced we
had 30minutes to say goodbye. That is when everyone began to ball their eyes
out and all of a sudden everyone was always hugging someone else sobbing and
trying to stop their hearts from breaking into pieces. It may have been one of
the worst feelings I have ever had in my stomach, heart and head all at the
same time. Everyone shared their last hugs and told each other anything they
needed to say because it was the last chance. Since I was staying in Mexico
with a few others I had to wave the buses goodbye and I almost couldn’t handle
it. My entire body was shaking and as Larissa and I held each other we both
realized that it was so incredible that we were feeling that way. Because it
meant the past 6 months had been worth while and had changed our lives and
brought friends from all over the world into our friend group as well. We
realized at that moment that we were the lucky ones. Up with People changed my
life for the better and I could never be more grateful.
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