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i remember my freshman orientation at northeastern. i made friends with nam, one of my still good friends today. we were the same major and our parents didn't come with us to orientation, so we didn't have anyone else to eat with. we sat outside on the steps of stetson west for hours, drinking dunkin donuts iced coffee and just talking about life. we talked about what it was going to be like to go to france and live there and work there - it all seemed so far away then. i mean, i know that i've switched from france to ireland, but its still the same principle. i'm leaving the country for a year, to study and get a job. i leave the country in a week - i'm incredibly excited, but so scared! i mean, i know that people do study abroad all the time, but at the same time, people who do study abroad don't have the same expectations that people in international business have. like, for the past three years, ALL we've thought about is going abroad. EVERYTHING i've done in school has been in preparation to go abroad - i mean, i had an entire 3 1/2 hour class twice a week this summer devoted entirely to preparing us for going abroad. this whole experience has been built up so much in my head that i have so many expectations, but i have no idea what to expect. and i mean, this is the first REAL thing that i'm going to be doing all on my own. coming to northeastern doesn't count because i had a couple of good friends that were coming here too. this is the first time where i'm making a conscious decision to leave my comfort zone and truly become independent. just thinking about leaving my comfort zone makes my stomach get all topsy turvy, but i'm not backing down to my fear of the uknown. and i'm so proud of myself when i think about how i'm pushing myself to become more independent.
now all i have to worry about is not getting mono and i'll be set! hahaha
now all i have to worry about is not getting mono and i'll be set! hahaha