It's crazy because I really can't believe that I am officially gonna be an exchange student, even now as I write this letter I am not as excited as I should be because it still all seems like a dream. After you have wanted something for so long it seems hard to believe it is becoming reality, but nonetheless I can't even describe how happy I was upon receiving my letter.I will be leaving at the end of the summer, but I do not know what city I will be placed in yet and that is kinda driving me crazy. I would really like to be in a midsize city because I have lived in a small one all my life; I want to experience something new. Also It would be neat to live––in Olsztyn–– by my friend Kasia who is the inbound from Poland. She is super funny and on christmas she gave me the flag/scarf in my picture and a bunch of other great Polish stuff; candies, pudding/jello/goop stuff––don't worry it seems good, I just haven't made it yet though because the directions are in polish, and she also gave me travel books. Another awesome city would be Gdańsk because it is the biggest sea port of Poland and is part of Trujmiasto––A tri-city area where you can pretty much just hop around.
A part from finding out that I am officially part of the RYE class of 2012-2013 not much has happened. Winter break was great and I skied a lot, even though we don't have much snow. I study my polish all the time and I fall in love with it more and more everyday. However, I feel like my english spelling is beginning to get jumbled, something that used to never happen. Perhaps I should pay more attention,so if any of you see a mistake please tell me.
Lastly, I also got my email for my first outbound orientation on February 4th. These orientations are to prepare me for going on exchange, but I am not really sure what we do when we go so I will have to tell you about it when I get back from it. I do know; however, that I will be getting measured for my blazer!!! For any of you who do not know, THE Blazer is the staple of the foreign exchange student. They are usually blue but I have seen various colors, but on thing is for sure: They are covered with pins from around the world. I can't wait to get my blazer and put the five pins I have already received from exchange students here! The blazers to me always seemed so cool, so exchangey! I just am really excited. With excitement comes blues though, and while I have usually been the kid who wanted high school to be over so that I could see the world, It is sad that I am almost already done––around 90 days left. Of course I have made the best of it this year, but I can help thinking that it all went too fast. I am sure tomorrow I will regret saying this in Honors Physics, but still life goes fast and that is why I recommend to everyone to become a foreign exchange student. You are only young once, you might as well go live it up. To have fun without drugs and alcohol though, by traveling the world see they ways others live, by learning a new perspective on the world, by learning a new language which invariably will lead to success in your future life. Too often people put these types of opportunities off, they say 'oh I will wait til I am in college' which turns into 'I will wait til the kids are out of the house' to 'I'll wait til I am retired' which ends with ' I wish I would have traveled more when I was young'. Honestly, I don't think colleges would care if you took a year to learn a new wait of life. If anything you will be more prepared for an independent atmosphere, so before I get too preachy I just want to say to anyone questioning becoming a foreign exchange to just do it. It will be the time of your life and you will not regret it. It will be tough, but it will be all worth it.
Sincerely,
p.s I feel like I have too many commas sometimes so correct my grammar if it is distracting
