1/3 of the way finished?

Ummm, yikes. it´s almost been a month since my last post. In that time period however I haven´t strayed too much from where I am, although a lot of that has more to do with the fact that I was in my spanish school and not quite volunteering just yet.

What´s weird though is that I feel that I´ve met so many people from all over the world that come and go through here within the last month. It is simultaneously both an interesting and saddening feeling to meet and become friends with someone for a week or so and then part ways, probably to literally never see them again. It is a strange cycle that I still can´t quite get over every time it happens. Additionally it doesn´t help that the general caliber of folks you meet during such travels tend to be, well for lack of a better discription, pretty freakin´chill. There´s something to be said about the general mentally that most people have while trekking across countries - it´s a strange, yet warm combination of friendliness, openess, and laid-back attitude that comes by much more rarely back home, i feel. It´s truly a shame because I realized that if I met these people under any other circumstances, i could totally see myself being pretty good friends with them back at home, whether in school, work, etc. but i digress.

In other news, I finished my spanish schooling last friday; I´m feeling okay about my ability to spit out the language. I guess the real test will begin when I finally have to leave Xela next sunday for my first gig in a clinic in a small town called Zapote. I feel like I´ve learned so damn much already and yet I am constantly reminded during my daily interactions at the hospital, exactly how little i actually know. It´s incredibly frustrating and humbling, but I realized that I must to continue to try over and over again and I cannot give up, simply because I have no choice otherwise. There is absolutely no easy way to do this; there is always a price to pay to do anything that is worthwhile in life. the question is then, is it worth it? absolutely. especially if I can find the answers to the questions I am searching for here.