Does This Mean I Just Made Out With a Duck?

Hi. My name is Ann Lucas, and I live in Dalian, China. For the past five months I've worked at a five star hotel called Shangri-La. I have completed four and a half rotations of the food and beverage outlets in the hotel, with one left. Next month, exactly a month from today I will be home again.

I can't tell you how excited I am about that very thought. All of the above statement is just a little weird, a little crazy and a little awesome. I say this now because looking back at the five months myself and my three roommates lived here was more than just an internship. Time stopped back home for us, and we plunged into this world unknowing what would commence.
There's still a month left, I still have a week or so in Lobby Lounge, then a whole rotation in F2, our bar...but I'm already summing up the experience into bite sized chunks. We have so many memories, new experiences, and new world views (and some really strange Japanese styled toe-socks.)
The days where it seemed like time never passed were the most trying...those were the days that I would cry, skype my unfailingly supportive boyfriend, family and roommates to put my head down and power through. I remember looking at my calendar every night in May/June, counting down until September/October hit. I figured September and October would fly by, and November would be here in no time. Now here we are, halfway through my last full month here as an intern!

Sometimes I feel like I've been away from home so long that that part of my life was the long distance living, and my real life is here. Although, this is not real life. On one hand, we are gaining experience at a hotel for our resumes and future employers to look at...but on the other we spend so much time outside of that mindset that its hard to remember we're still students, and college awaits us upon our return.
I say 'we' and 'us', but its probably just my perspective. I'm finding that so much of my introspective thoughts become increasingly difficult to express on this impersonal forum. There are so many feelings and expressions that I cannot express with written word.

Now I can look at this month left, remember that I made it this far (not without help) and gladly move forward with my life. This month will be the collection of positivity, more gifts and souvenirs, and last minute memories. My heart is bursting with all the things I've learned, seen, experienced and I can't wait to have a captive, English speaking audience to impart all that upon!

My scarf smells like smoke, some kinda spicy sauce and my stomach is full of weird Chinese-y foods like chicken feet, duck tongue, some kinda meat skewer thing and of course yummy fried squid. My lobby lounge friends had a K-TV party where we sang, ate, drank, danced, shouted, ate and drank. Those girls are so sweet and I feel like one of the family, -that could be because they are very touchy feely and I get hugs and air kisses all the time. They are so fun!
I'm sitting in the living room listening to my pandora radio and feeling quite content, and at peace. However, its late and I should head to bed.
Have an awesome weekend, friends!