Well, hello there!
Yes, yes, I know, I am really awful at this whole keeping people updated on my life thing. I guess I've just come to the realization that no matter what I write here or say to you, I won't be able to convey what I'm experiencing here. But I'll try now, just because I have not been doing well at keeping in touch, which is mostly because I'm tired, I'm taking an insane amount of classes, and I've been traveling nonstop at every opportunity.
Lucky for all of you, you can now see pictures of everything I've done thus far! Thanks to the advice of a wise friend, I've created a Flickr account which is MUCH better than the photo account I had before. You can search "rhotchkiss" on flickr or go to my site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhotchkiss/ . I have put a LOT of effort into organizing these photos as best I can (I'm only allowed to have 3 separate folders, but many pictures have captions and they're grouped by country within the travels group, so you will know which place is which (if you can't figure it out :-) ). As I have time, I will go back and really properly categorize them by time. For instance, I made two separate trips to the Netherlands but all my pictures from there are grouped together right now. But anyway... I can't wait to hear what you all think about them...
Otherwise, important things you should know...
-Christie visited me and it was amazing! I do wish she could have stayed longer :-(
-I had an extremely delightful spring break in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands which I am much too tired to describe now...but I WILL! Just know that it was good times with good friends.
-School is overwhelming but I'm learning a LOT and I love all my classes which makes it really hard to cut back. I am feeling constantly sleep deprived, though...
-I am completely overwhelmed right now at the thought of registered for next semester and finding a place to live...it's making me crazy in fact.
-I will soon have an official date of when I'm coming home, but since I have the first two weeks of August before school starts, that's good.
I will try to expound upon these extremely general points on one of my lunch breaks this week. I love and miss you all!!! Please look at my pictures and leave comments and things!
Lucky for all of you, you can now see pictures of everything I've done thus far! Thanks to the advice of a wise friend, I've created a Flickr account which is MUCH better than the photo account I had before. You can search "rhotchkiss" on flickr or go to my site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhotchkiss/ . I have put a LOT of effort into organizing these photos as best I can (I'm only allowed to have 3 separate folders, but many pictures have captions and they're grouped by country within the travels group, so you will know which place is which (if you can't figure it out :-) ). As I have time, I will go back and really properly categorize them by time. For instance, I made two separate trips to the Netherlands but all my pictures from there are grouped together right now. But anyway... I can't wait to hear what you all think about them...
Otherwise, important things you should know...
-Christie visited me and it was amazing! I do wish she could have stayed longer :-(
-I had an extremely delightful spring break in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands which I am much too tired to describe now...but I WILL! Just know that it was good times with good friends.
-School is overwhelming but I'm learning a LOT and I love all my classes which makes it really hard to cut back. I am feeling constantly sleep deprived, though...
-I am completely overwhelmed right now at the thought of registered for next semester and finding a place to live...it's making me crazy in fact.
-I will soon have an official date of when I'm coming home, but since I have the first two weeks of August before school starts, that's good.
I will try to expound upon these extremely general points on one of my lunch breaks this week. I love and miss you all!!! Please look at my pictures and leave comments and things!