Remember how I was supposed to be living in Austria until May? Well, on Friday, those plans were crushed. I can't pretend to know all of the reasons, and frankly, maybe it's best if I don't, but for some reason, I'm being sent home about 6 months early. Here is as much as I know: the coach who hired me is the assistant coach for the USA National Team. Because of the World Cup that is happening right now, he hasn't been here this past month, but he was supposed to be coming in one week to join the team and take over as head coach here. However, the president of the club decided that the team would be better off without this coach. I'm sure that there are tons of political and financial reasons behind this decision, but bottom line, it also means that I'm not necessary either anymore. Sooo, I have to leave this amazing country on Monday. That's in less than a week. Wow. I can't even tell you how disappointed I am by all of this. I was so excited to LIVE in another country for 7 months, learn a new language, be immersed in a different culture, and get to travel around Europe. For a couple of days, I will admit, I was pretty upset about the situation and how it was handled. I quit a good job because I was promised a job here for a specific amount of time and now that job back home is no longer available. There were also a thousand other reasons that I wanted to stay. However, it was last night while we were hanging out a volleyball game that I truly realized what I'm going to miss the most by leaving. It won't be the sights, or the culture, or the traveling. It will be this:
With Jenna and Svenja
Coop, Sophie, and D Money. Ohhh the juice boxes haha
I know I haven't been out here long, but I have made some great friends with some truly incredible girls. I'm really going to miss them and I hope that after I leave I'll get to see them again some day. So guys, thanks for being so awesome! Really, you are all so fun to be around :)
I think I've come to terms with leaving now. I know that things happen for a reason, and maybe back home is where I need to be right now. As Elder Wirthlin so wonderfully put it, "Come what may, and LOVE it". On the drive home from the game last night, we were just messing around and singing along to some song, and out of nowhere it hit me. Being sent home might be a sucky situation, but I still got to BE HERE. I still got to make new friends, see some more of this beautiful world, and experience something that I never thought I'd get the chance to experience. Despite the sadness I feel about leaving, I am SO grateful that I had the opportunity that I had, as short as it was. Now, I just have to try to see the rest of Vienna before I leave and party it up with my buds :)
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