ANOTHER Rotary Weekend??? :)

ROTARY DISTRICT 5010 CONFERENCE! Talkeetna, Alaska 2009!

This was the second Rotary weekend for all the 09-10 outbounds! Well let me rephrase that....for Frances, Kirstin, Kate, Carly, Angie, Saraya, and me, the only outbounds who decided to attend! (This one was not mandatory) Because this wasn't an ordinary RYE weekend, this was the whole 5010 District Conference for the Rotarians of the whole district! Which by the way ranges from the Yukon/Eastern Canada, all of Alaska, and the Western section of Russia! That's right, I will be an exchange student from the LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE WORLD! Thank you very much.

So basically us seven didn't have a real schedule planned.... :) We camped, we walked, we helped the inbounds (who stayed at the Talkeetna Lodge with EVERYONE else and DID have a schedule) clean a park and do their service project, we had fun. :D Let me just sum it up here.....we sold balloons for 10 bucks each (you gotta love Rotarians...and their spending!) We didn't really have a bedtime or rules.....the weekend was awesome! But here I am, August 14th and I'm just getting around to finishing this post for my blog...let me just close this one off and let you know what's really going on now about my exchange!

Obrigada! God Bless :) Tchau.

~Sara

Shall We Catch Up A Little?

It's already June. I see that my plan to post every month before my exchange didn't turn out so well...and here I am, just two short months away from leaving!

  So then, what have I been up to?  Well....I currently am in the midst of finishing my visa paper work...(ugh). And that whole 'learning Portuguese' thing is....coming along well. *cough cough* Okay, so really I admit that I haven't been working as hard as I should be, I know this, but I'm trying! And lately I've actually been trying harder and learning more! 

 Recently I've been going through different emotions whenever I think about my exchange, because while I'm still really really excited, I'm starting to get a little nervous! I mean it's a big deal here people! Also it's just a little sad to think about the year I'll miss here....*ahem* let me just list a few things...'Shaelaurel@ the Alaska State Fair, the Alaska State Fair in general!, Halloween&Christmas&NewYears...aka the holidays, April's (my BESTfriend!) Graduation, MY graduation! lol, April's 18th birthday....etc' BUT!!!! Oh well... so what? There will be more fairs, more holidays, more graduations and birthdays...and just think, while I'll miss things here, as will every exchange student miss events back home, I'll have even BIGGER&GRANDER&MORE MEMORABLE&EXCITING TIMES ON EXCHANGE!!! All will be good. :D

 So for now, I'll just keep working on Portuguese, put together my presentation for my home&host Rotary clubs, AND ENJOY MY SUMMER!!! 

 Obrigada! (thanks!) God bless, tchau! (bye!)

~Sara