“Last Day of School, Last Day of School!”
Not really, friends, but it is the last day of work for both Elena and I which means the last day of work for our ISP has finally arrived!
“What have you even been doing lately?”
Work has actually been fun so I can’t complain about that. Now that I’m good friends with both the other interns and employees who work there, it seems like such a shame to be leaving right now.
I finally have even started to make friends with the people at the lasagna/bar that I frequented in Chelsea (I garnered myself an invite to a birthday party tomorrow night) so when they asked me, “Are you sad to be leaving?” I couldn’t just say “No!” and laugh like I thought I would.
Because guys, even though I miss New College desperately, and my friends more than life itself, the truth is, I was finally just starting to make connections here.
“Did you finally talk with people at your hostel?”
Yeah, no. And that’s my fault because I’ve only been here for an hour for breakfast in the morning, and before bed. I’m honestly at work or out at dinner all the rest of the time. So (unsurprisingly, I suppose) my local hangout has not been with the 20-something international travelers of the hostel, but the 30-something-mostly-gay-men of Chelsea.
Oh well.
I mean, eventually I probably would have hung out with people from work, but the thing is, a couple of them are moms, a couple of them are in school, and others don’t live on the island. One thing they do all have in common: They are definitely older than me. As in, one of my co-workers didn’t believe it when I said I had only recently turned 19.
(But really, not that it matters here. I’ve been able to sit at every bar I’ve wanted to so far and been offered many an alcoholic beverage that I did NOT take, if mainly because it would have cost me $10)
I did meet Elena’s family last night at dinner but it didn’t make me miss my family per se, but it did make me wish I had cousins my own age. The only cousins I have are like, 13, and the other ones are 26 and 29.
They also live on opposite sides of the country from me.
“What is this post even about, Chelsea?”
I have no clue.
Want me to make it even more random? I found a new food I’m allergic to: avocados.
And the list grows ever longer.
Not random enough? Anyone willing to buy my soul so I can buy this camera?
