November 12, 2007

This morning we had our Public Health test and it was a piece of cake! It was an essay exam and the questions were very easy! It was a great feeling to walk out of the room and be done with that class…now just one more final tomorrow and I am done with the nursing classes! On the way home from school, Ashley and I stopped at Pick ‘n Pay and I bought a few groceries and bought a cake for Katherine’s birthday tomorrow. We also got picture developed for her birthday present and bought a picture frame for her! As we were walking to get a kombi back home the “wingman” flagged us over and asked if we were going to “Town Town!” and we said yes. Well then we ended up going back to campus to drop people off and then we were brought home. Ugh! It was a long drive home with groceries and a cake on top of things! We came home and I studied the rest of the afternoon for our last final in mental health. For dinner I made spaghetti casserole for the last time in South Africa, and it was one of my better recipes! After supper, Katherine, Carrie, and I went through the focus questions for the exam. Q brought over CDs for us and Lestie brought our South African music CD and I was so excited to listen to the songs! We danced to a few and relived the memories from singing in music class!

I can’t believe that this week is our last week at Langerry and all of us being together! We leave on Saturday and it just blows my mind that the end is right around the corner! It doesn’t quite seem real. Today after our class, we had a meeting with the International Office and they talked about reverse culture shock and they helped us prepare for what it will be like when we get home and what to expect. It just seems strange to think that I will be more shocked culturally when I come home, than when I arrived in South Africa. It is tough to think that I will be surprise about things back at home, since I think about home everyday and what it is like back in Minnesota. I guess that the most difficult thing that I will have to adapt to is 1.) the cold weather, 2.) life at St. Bens and getting in the swing of things when everyone has been there for a semester, and 3.) just catching up with my family, it will be strange to see how big Chrissy has gotten, and seeing Jane’s tummy, and just everyone else! I feel that time should have stopped back at home and when I get home, it will be right where it was when I left, but of course that isn’t the case!