If you've been following my blog closely (If this applies to you, I'm sorry haha), you might have noticed that about two months ago, I stopped posting. I had a few series here on my blog, a monthly update with Spanish mistakes and a travel series. I kept sitting down to write the November update, I even have a draft still saved here on the blog, but every time it never felt quite right. I also never posted about my trip to Logroño/Madrid. The last two weeks of November and the first two weeks of December hit me like a ton of bricks. It was SO busy and SO crazy. I went to Logroño in northern Spain right before Thanksgiving. While I was there, I caught an AWFUL cold, and it just went downhill from there.
I returned to school the week of thanksgiving (after missing a day for my trip), only to have to take another day off because I was that sick. The week went on and I had to continue with high energy through Thanksgiving programming. Those weeks flew by. I was so busy being sick, doing my classes, preparing for the arrival of my sister. Those weeks were also very sad. I kept going to write my blog, and I would type something up and it just didn't sound right or I just didn't have the energy to finish it. I was constantly tired, feeling down, missing my family and friends. The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas were the HARDEST. I definitely wasn't expecting that, especially because we're not even huge Thanksgiving people in my family. I remember calling my dad at some point, trying to make small talk. I couldn't even handle that. One sentence in I started crying. He told me Hannah, stop worrying so much. These things you're worried about, the struggles you have, are just part of learning to be an adult out on your own. We agreed I would have the same feelings even if I was in America, and that helped A LOT. Learning to be out on your own in the world is hard.
After having my sister visit, I feel so refreshed emotionally. It is so great to see a familiar face. I also can't remember the last time I spent that much time with my sister- even in America. While I am tired (and no surprise- sick again) from traveling, I am SO READY to return to my students tomorrow, and get on with 2020! I really, and truly feel like it is MY year. Thanks for following along with the my journey, I hope to fill you in on all the traveling my sister and I did sometime soon!
