Going back to normal is certaintly something I'll have to get used to. After introcamp everything feels kind of like a blurr. Days go by either super quick or super slow, but I try to enjoy every single one of them anyway.
Every day life is great, actually. School is boring, yeah, but that's school everywhere in the world. My classmates are great, all of them. We had a thing like a previa on Thursday before Sports Dag (don't even get me started on having to dress up as a nun and play sports, so much fun) and maybe because they were tipsy they were all super open and funny and actually talked a lot with me. It's just a really nice feeling to feel like a part of something. Hygge, if you know what I mean.
Not even is gold while being so far away from Argentina. It's very common to miss, specially when you get homesickness. I do feel like Denmark is my home already, and I don't ever want to leave. But it's normal to sometimes miss the people back home whom we've known for our entire lives and the commodities of our old routines. It's hard to miss everyone you love, or to struggle and not have the people that always supported you with you now. But you get used to it, being on your own during hard situations makes you grow up, it forces you to. And that is such a positive thing. To realize that you can overcome what life throws at you on your own, making your own decisions and owning up to your responsabilities and mistakes.
But even when you're "on your own", you're never alone. You find yourself surrounded by other people who understand what you're going through because they're going through exactly the same things... and that's your exchange fam. Nothing ever compares to them. People from every corner of the world who you can relate to and who are your home away from home. Just like the friends you make in your host country and your host fams, of course. Every single person that makes you feel welcomed, that shows you even a tiny bit of interest, that lets you now that they care and are there to support you, they all show you you're most definitely not alone.
This past week I realized that no matter how much I love my people back home, I have to focus on myself. This year is everything I have been dreaming of for the past two years and now that it's here, I had to let go of what was holding me back in Argentina to fully and truly enjoy it. And I did, and I feel so much lighter now. Even during the hardest days, the dream come true overcomes everything else.
Have fun, be safe, don't get caught!
