Almost Departure Time

I am feeling pretty weird today. I woke up feeling happy and relaxed because my presentation was over. But now, as the day has continued, I am starting to feel sad that my departure is so soon. This week I worked with Dr. Arzu finishing the apothecary. We built shelves to hold the medicinal herbs and such. I enjoyed building it, and I am pretty proud of it considering we didn't have a level, or really know what I was doing. 

The (mostly) finished product

Building the shelves

Yesterday I was my final day of work. Fate and I clean out a room upstairs for Dr. Arzu and organized her things. We only worked in the morning. We went to Gomier's for lunch. He has an all healthy food, soy product restaurant and I thought it was amazing! I am happy I had the time to relax before my Capstone presentation. At 3:00, the staff and fellow volunteers were in the office to see me present. I tried to upload the video here, but it wouldn't work. But, I think the presentation went great! Happy to have it over with and I hope my work is continued with future interns and that they take my advice!

Today I went to Dr. Arzu's in the morning for an hour to finish up any last minute things and have my last cup of tea with her. I will miss her and the garden more than I thought! She is an amazing woman and helped me learn a lot about myself. The afternoon was spend with Olivia, buying books, toys, etc for the kids corner at the Maternal and Child health area of NHI. Don't worry Mom, I made sure books were the most important on the list! The rest of the day has been spent lounging around relaxing and trying to stay positive about my departure. I am excited to see everyone back home but it will be hard to leave such an amazing experience and bring what I have learned about with me.

Tomorrow will be a chocolate making demonstration and Cyrillas. I am excited to go back and see Juan. I am not sure what the rest of the day will be filled with but I am sure I'll make it a good one!