Preparing to leave
Who would ever have guessed that I would keep an online blog one day? No one, I know. And yet, here we are, the very first post, I am sure many more will follow. As final exams are headed towards their last week and I feel the end of a chapter in my life drawing near, I thought it best to start writing this blog now, and not to wait until my Canadian Adventure comes near. For those of you who are not informed yet, I am about to leave for Canada, September till January, the first time I will be away from home for longer than a couple of weeks. Exciting and thrilled, but also apprehensive and a bit anxious about what this plan will bring.
There's a mix of feelings I can hardly define, let alone describe. Of course I will miss my family and dear friends and of course there will be tough moments, but 6 months (what am I saying, 5 months!!) will be over before you realise it and in no time I will find myself back in Belgium writing my Bachelor paper, at a deadly pace without a doubt.
Preparations are coming to an end, my room application is sent, my ticket will be booked in a couple of hours and my University application was approved. Leaving my room in Leuven and going home for the summer will be the transitory period between year 2 and 3, between ordinary student life and Erasmus adventures.
I hope this website will at least give you an impression of what these months will mean to me.
To finish this first post, I would like to thank a few people who have been a great support these last months of anxious waiting and preparing Toronto: my parents of course, I couldn't even start thinking about leaving the country, let alone about leaving Europe, without their help, my grandparents (train trips, driving lessons and of course good-old Grandma-meals! What would I do without them?! All 4 of them together: 295 years of knowledge and experience, no one can beat that!), my 2 sisters, Fré and Julie, sometimes a pain in the neck but in general two great girls ;), all my friends, in Leuven and Sint-Truiden, especially Nathalie, who had to hear all the complaining and endless paperwork stories. Thank you all, you were great!
There's a mix of feelings I can hardly define, let alone describe. Of course I will miss my family and dear friends and of course there will be tough moments, but 6 months (what am I saying, 5 months!!) will be over before you realise it and in no time I will find myself back in Belgium writing my Bachelor paper, at a deadly pace without a doubt.
Preparations are coming to an end, my room application is sent, my ticket will be booked in a couple of hours and my University application was approved. Leaving my room in Leuven and going home for the summer will be the transitory period between year 2 and 3, between ordinary student life and Erasmus adventures.
I hope this website will at least give you an impression of what these months will mean to me.
To finish this first post, I would like to thank a few people who have been a great support these last months of anxious waiting and preparing Toronto: my parents of course, I couldn't even start thinking about leaving the country, let alone about leaving Europe, without their help, my grandparents (train trips, driving lessons and of course good-old Grandma-meals! What would I do without them?! All 4 of them together: 295 years of knowledge and experience, no one can beat that!), my 2 sisters, Fré and Julie, sometimes a pain in the neck but in general two great girls ;), all my friends, in Leuven and Sint-Truiden, especially Nathalie, who had to hear all the complaining and endless paperwork stories. Thank you all, you were great!
posted by Anouk | 12:39 PM
2 Comments:
Your mother traveled to the other half of the world as a teen and discovered who she would become. This is a great time for you to make lifelong friends and lifelong memories. Remember that time passes so quickly. Enjoy life to the fullest.
Mickey says "Hi"
Could someone please tell me who 'the Anonymous' guy is, preferably the anonymous person him/herself! I am absolutely intrigued with the comment!
Anouk
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