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i just, literally 2 minutes ago, finished my last exam in the dominican republic. it feels real good. and insane. this adventure is on its way to the end. so this past weekend was so great and involved lots of fun in santo domingo. the lord gave me a new joy in being here which was needed as i continue to get more excited about coming home. so i headed there on saturday afternoon for a baby shower for my dear friend lindsay drake who is living there right now. after getting there, i once again was surprised by the amount of effort dominicans put into decorations especially for parties. we blew up a zillion balloons and they had a huge like waterfall,fountain,net thing that they made a huge flower arrangement around. i will put up a picture soon to give you a better image of what it was like. basically that was fun and i sweated more than i have in a while. i am not really sure because it wasn't that terribly hot. but whatever its the dr. so then the baby shower came and it was so fun to see and meet lindsay and elliots american friends here and also dominican friends here. love it. there were also lots of baby onesies which are my fave. so then i stayed with the de la cruz family which consists of four daughters who are all great and hilarious. it was so so fun to spend time with them and get to know them better. then of course i got to spend time with friends in cielo. always good. oh another thing that will probably never happen again was that i was there for part of the mens trip that goes down to work with mission emanuel. they were all like hi, so who are you and why are you here. but whatev. they were very nice and on sunday they showed a movie at the church about marriage called fireproof that was really good. so then, i got my haircut by a friend. and then styled majorly dominican style. hilar and not exactly my style. ha. but whatev. its kinda short. but the good thing is that hair grows. so whats the big hoot and holler. then on tues i came back to santiago and had a great dinner with brie and her sister and eduardo and daysi and then now here i am, finished with school. its pouring outside. but i love it because it hasnt rained in a good while. sometimes though you forget your rain gear. and your galoshes. dang. so i will be coming home in exactly a week and one half. next sunday. woooooooo. cant wait although i will be sad to leave friends in santo domingo especially. and eduardo and daysi. but eduardo said he would come to me and bries weddings. as long as he can take a boat because he has a serious fear of planes. well see about that.
things i will miss:
1. yogen fruz
2. eduardo and daysi
3. fresh air all the time
4. stumbling through spanish
5. riding with seven people in a small compact car
6. plantains and yucca (potato like things)
7. daddy yankee constantly playing everywhere around me
8. cheapy cheap things
9. fluorescent lighting. that is a lie.
10.being two hours away from my fave place ever.

love you,
sal