You know what its like when you are filled with a lot of very opposite emotions?
I hope so because this is how I feel right now. There are always great things going on and there seem to be always bad and crazy things going on too!
Ok, I'll just list them.

Good:
*Romania - overall I am learning so much and loving my time here and the people here and the group and everything...its fantastic.
* I am going to Rome in 3 days...o my goodness!
* E-mails from family and friends...they're great! and make me o so happy!
*Moving into the Apartments - this means being able to cook for myself and play music and have hot water again (yes!!!!)
* Our group: we are getting along so well, I am so thankful for each member of the group. We are really growing together, through "the good times and the bad" and I am sooo grateful that there will be people who will understand where I am coming from with this experience when we get back to the states.

Bad:
*The "founder" of this foundation (and our professor--dana) has had a crazy year....complications with the EU means that the foundation is having to raise about 3x more a month than they used to, he lost his father earlier this year, his wife just had a miscarraige, and now his mother died. His mother was also the head of a foundation in Romania that he now has to figure out what is going to happen with that....and, o yea, teach class!
* I have to leave my host family in 3 days. Nope, not ok with that right now. Though I am looking foward to living in the apartments I am going to miss my family sooo much. Today they asked me to stay with them after fall break. I would love that but, it just isn't a possibility. grrr
* Somewhere along the way my mind went from thinking I had a long time in Romania to "O my goodness, I barely have a month left" and that scares me a little. I can't imagine having to leave so soon.

**basically, all the good and bad things that I just listed is all that has been going on this week. We are balancing classes (without dana) with getting ready for saying goodbye to our families, moving into the apartments, and going on break. It is a needed break but also brings with it many changes. For good and bad.
Also, I am getting really sick of the rabid and ugly dogs that infiltrate these streets....