Buena Suerte Mayck!

Just the other day my host brother, Mayck, left for the United States for four months to work at a ski resort in Vermont. My home state. My parents picked him up in New York at the airport. He is spending a couple of days with my family in my house before he starts working. It's a very strange feeling for me to have, that one day I was saying goodbye to him in Chile and the next day he was meeting my parents for the first time in the United States. I am really happy that he is able to meet my family and some of my closet friends too. As much as I had wished that I could have sneaked into his suitcase and had gone with him to Vermont and seen my parents and friends I am truly happy here in Chile. It will be weird without him in the house. Mayck and I have truly become like siblings in a short four months. This weekend at our country house in Ninhue we had a going away celebration for Mayck. All of the family gathered together to wish him the best of luck. His grandfather started with the first toast wishing him luck and a safe trip and then Mayck's older sisters both said something and his best friends and then they asked me to say something. Obviously there is so much I wish I could say to him, but I just can't yet with where my Spanish is at right now, but I tried my best. When they asked me to say something I basically just lost it. All I had time to say before the waterfall of tears came was, "Gracias por todo y tu eres como mi otro hermano" (Thank you for everything and you are like my another brother [to me]). He came over and gave me a hug. It's a bittersweet moment, like I said before I am so excited for Mayck. It will be quite an experience for him, but I am a little jealous that he is seeing m parents as I have been a little homesick with the holiday season and him leaving. It's a weird thing for me to grasp, the fact that one day he was with me and the next he was with my parents. It's hard for me. Later that night Mayck pulled me aside and he said he wanted to personally say something to me. Of course the tears came again. This exchange has made me quite an emotional person! Mayck thanked me for helping him learn, about a new culture, how to live with another person from another country, and a little English. He also thanked me for being another sister to him. He said how he liked how we are able to have genuine conversations and work together. More was said, but I was to busy crying and only understood parts of it. It has just been a short four months in Chile, but Mayck has truly been like another older brother to me. He has helped me when I'm homesick and communicate within the family. He has made me feel at home. He's great, and it will be weird the next four months without him in the house. I wish him the best of luck in the United States. There will be plenty of times were I am going to miss him, but I know he will miss me too! Can't wait to see him again in March! I hope he has a great time, which I am sure he will! Buena Suerte Mayck.. Feo! (Good luck Mayck.. Ugly!)