I'm the Worst

So, the co-op is over. I saw Judith for the last time as student and teacher and now the vacation begins :)
I think that you all may find me a little changed when I come back. This co-op has been a real challenge for me, and I'm hoping I come out the other end with a little more assertion and openness.
This is going to just be a quick recap of the last couple of days, because tomorrow Adrian and I have to go buy our train tickets to go to Oudewater on Sunday, clean up this room we've stayed in for the past month, get a gift for Bertie, pick up food, put stuff in storage, get fries (YUM!) and a whole bunch of other things to wrap up our stay here.
In the last couple days we have: Had Ben (Adrian's friend from school, who lives in Germany) come down to hang, eaten fries, explored around the area of town where Ben's hostel was, ate at the boat restaurant, ate delicious Indonesian food, looked fro ATMs (Ben's debit card didn't work here), played guitar and sang, sat on benches, I edited photos, Adrian practiced a bit of guitar... well this is turning into a list.
Today Ben went back to Germany. While we were waiting for his train we saw a couple that was getting married. Adrian was playing guitar, and the bride's maids motioned us over. When we got up the courage to go over they had to move on to the next photo op, but the parents of the bride were really friendly, and asked Adrian all about his business playing music.
It's little interactions like that that make my day.
I am sorry that I haven't been writing often in the last week or so. There have been a lot of annoying and tiring things that have cropped up. My bike blew out its front tire, so I had to pay a pretty penny to get it fixed, and that also meant that for a couple of days we had to pay for transit. There have been a few unexpected expenses... like the Hasselblad Camera I bought (YAY!) and the price of processing and buying film that I didn't factor in before I left. SO I am feeling pretty squeezed for cash. Thank goodness we are staying for the next two weeks for free.
I am starting to get a little home sick, as amazing as it is here, Nova Scotia still has it beat in my books (well... not for architecture, or infrastructure, or government common sense about things like education, legalizing etc... but for its people and the hills and the cliffs and the SPACE, it wins out hands down).
This photo is from the bike trip that Alex, Adrian and I took a week ago. I love the quality of film. I'm a film junkie now.
I miss you all
With love (from us both!)
Adrian and Emma