So it is my last day in paradise and sadly it is cloudy. That however shall not hinder my plans to have a great last day.
After my extraordinary performance on the football field on saturday, I was invited back to play on sunday. I felt it a duty to avenge my unfairly judged disallowed goal and so I planted myself up front and waited. I succeeded by scoring 2 goals. The first one I will admit was easier to score than miss but was a goal nonetheless. The second one however would have been a goal worthy of the great forgotten Arsenal legend, Jeremie Aliadiere. The ball was played over the top and bounced just in front of me about 20 yards from goal. I spotted the keeper was out of position and so I struck it early and by God did I strike it well. The ball was propelled forward to goal at alarming speed and the keeper could do nothing but stand and watch. We still lost 6-3, but it did not matter one bit.
Straight after the match a few of the volunteers and I were taken out on a boat by one of the locals who works on the sport volunteer project. We relaxed, listened to music and ate dinner. Despite the fact we did not get to see the sunset, the clouds cleared once nightfall had engulfed the island and we got a perfectly clear sky to watch shooting stars. It was at that point I realised how weird it would feel once back in London where I would not see shooting stars or sea lions sleeping on benches. We stayed on the boat for around 5 hours and decided to return once everyone had started to fall asleep.
Monday brought with it the stark realisation that I only had 2 full days and the feeling of how quickly time has flown by here. I prepped my last lesson of actually teaching them something as I promised that for today's (tuesday) lesson we would have a party, alcohol strictly prohibited naturally. After lunch with my host family I returned to teach. They were all, thank the lord, in a mood to work so the lesson went smoothly. After class I returned home for dinner with the family which is really nice. My spanish has improved to the point where I feel confident enough to engage in a group conversation without totally humiliating myself. They're all so nice and I'm definitely going to miss them all. After dinner I went out with a couple of the volunteers and played some cards before calling it a night.
Today feels strange. I'm definitely excited to get home but I've also settled into the lifestyle and I have to say it's pretty amazing. I'm going to return home for my final lunch with the family before coming back to school to have a right good knees up with the students. I'm pretty confident there will be no tears but you never know. Lots of photos to follow.
So this is the penultimate blog post. There will be a final one from Guayaquil airport tomorrow in the exact same spot I wrote my first entry. So stay tuned for that. Until next time.
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