writing, packing, blah blah blah
So while I am on the whole disinclined to believe most things that psychologists say, this study about the benefits of writing every day seems to ring true with my personal experience.
In other news, I just found out sort of accidentally that I have a 26-hour layover in London on my way home in May (this happened while I was checking baggage allowances for my flights home. I'm a little scared of packing my stuff at the end of the semester because I will probably have accumulated way more stuff than I ever imagined). But anyway. 26 HOURS. THAT IS TOO MANY HOURS. But since it costs $200 to change the flight, it looks like I will get to go see a little bit more of London or something? What does one do on that long of a layover? Should I book a hostel for the night? Should I just go out and get food in the city and then sleep in the airport? Should I try and pull an all-nighter so that I can most definitely sleep on the plane to Chicago and hopefully be refreshed enough to make it out to Block Party? I've never had a layover longer than a couple of hours, so this is kind of overwhelming.
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I'm kind of starting to get mildly excited about this trip to Navarra. I didn't think that would be humanly possible a week ago, but I guess I'm having a change of attitude? I talked to my RA about this a little bit tonight, when she asked me how I was doing with everything this semester. Right now I'm trying to aprovechar de las oportunidades que tengo, because, well, damn, I've got less than two months here, and who knows when I'll be back in Europe? I'm getting a little tired of letting everything bum me out, so I'm purposely seeking out things that will make me happy, I guess.
So yes. Going to Navarra tomorrow. It will be very cold. But everyone says it's really pretty, so I'm looking forward to that. And as much as I hate hate hate Hemingway, he found a lot of inspiration in Spain and particularly in Navarra, according to the guidebook that IES made for us. I guess it will be cool to see where he got his inspiration for some of his terrible writing.
Alright, time for bed or something.
In other news, I just found out sort of accidentally that I have a 26-hour layover in London on my way home in May (this happened while I was checking baggage allowances for my flights home. I'm a little scared of packing my stuff at the end of the semester because I will probably have accumulated way more stuff than I ever imagined). But anyway. 26 HOURS. THAT IS TOO MANY HOURS. But since it costs $200 to change the flight, it looks like I will get to go see a little bit more of London or something? What does one do on that long of a layover? Should I book a hostel for the night? Should I just go out and get food in the city and then sleep in the airport? Should I try and pull an all-nighter so that I can most definitely sleep on the plane to Chicago and hopefully be refreshed enough to make it out to Block Party? I've never had a layover longer than a couple of hours, so this is kind of overwhelming.
. . .
I'm kind of starting to get mildly excited about this trip to Navarra. I didn't think that would be humanly possible a week ago, but I guess I'm having a change of attitude? I talked to my RA about this a little bit tonight, when she asked me how I was doing with everything this semester. Right now I'm trying to aprovechar de las oportunidades que tengo, because, well, damn, I've got less than two months here, and who knows when I'll be back in Europe? I'm getting a little tired of letting everything bum me out, so I'm purposely seeking out things that will make me happy, I guess.
So yes. Going to Navarra tomorrow. It will be very cold. But everyone says it's really pretty, so I'm looking forward to that. And as much as I hate hate hate Hemingway, he found a lot of inspiration in Spain and particularly in Navarra, according to the guidebook that IES made for us. I guess it will be cool to see where he got his inspiration for some of his terrible writing.
Alright, time for bed or something.