HOME! and fiji :)

im homeeeee!!!!! sitting in my room writing this last blog is so unreal to me right now. i feel like i am in a dream. i arrived tuesday night at 11 pm. i had told everyone that i was to be returning on wednesday night as i left fiji on tuesday but with time traveling and the way things work i got in tuesday night. my mom met me at the airport and it was like a flash of reality seeing friends family and driving on the right side! ill start with talking about fiji...its just like the movies! the white sandy beaches, the long walks going island to island, the native people who welcome you wide arms, and the endless amount of time spent laying on a hammock watching the horses run free on the beach. it was a place that was very relaxing and that is exactly what i went there for, the last chance to take in the entire past 5 months and reflect on what happened and what there is still to come. the cost for everything there was half of the dollar so paying 10 fijian dollars was like spending 5 american dollars. getting to know all the differnt types of currency and be literate enough to know the transfer rate and what i am getting for my money has been eye opening. i never had to think about the money i was giving to someone or having to compare prices from different locations but i definetly do that now. just seeing american money is still very strange and every other currency besides the US has dollar coins instead of dollar bills so i will need to get used to carrying those around. all together australia and fiji were by far without a doubt the best decision of my life and i would tell ANYONE to get the change to get out and travel. i have met so many great people and had such amazing experiences and done things that i never would have thought i could have done is so inspiring and makes me want to go somewhere else. the chance to get away from the everyday life and take a look back really makes the more important things in life mean the most and the other values dissapear. it was vey bitter sweet leaving and i still feel like i will be home for a week and then return back there next week with everyone and keep up with the routine i have there..but i guess that is not going to come true. i would love to talk to anyone and everyone about my experience and explain everything in detail as long as go through my thousand or so pictures that i took! thanks for reading my blog for the past semester and i am home for good now! will be working more than sleeping but until then finishing up important tasks and taking in the life that i have been so grateful to experience and say "been there done that!"
peace and blessings!