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To say I'm bored to tears would probably be an understatement. There's nothing to do around here especially since a lot of my friends live about 1,000 some miles away and my other friends are back in school. Arg. My day is basically spent surfing the web, reading the newspaper, attempting the crossword, and watching TNTs "Drama in the daytime" for about a lot of mind numbing hours as my dog naps with me on the couch. A lot of my evenings revolve around TV shows, and I now have a TV show for every weeknight except Friday. Pathetic, I know. I don't have money to blow off at this point to I can't really go out and catch or rent a movie, or get something to eat, or buy a new book, or new clothes, or anything, therefore I don't see me being able to do much else than what I'm doing. There's too much snow to go for walks... stupid snow and lack of sidewalks. I miss my mango mongoose. I wish I was good at something crafty that I could do that wouldn't be that expensive, but alas I'm really lacking in the creativity department. I wish I had a job! Grr! Also, I get to sit around a lot and think about how much I detest flying which also is not wonderful for my psyche! So all in all I'm ready to bust out of my house. Cabin fever sucks. And my parents have been really understanding through all of it, but it's been hard for me to handle!
At least I get to hang out with my dog, she's so adorable. I wish I could bring her with me wherever I went. She's really gotten quite attached to me since I take her out and feed her now. She's never been this attached to me before. She's going to freak out when I take my suitcases out to pack for my trip. She always gets really depressed when she sees any of us packing. Poor thing, her life is hard enough as it is.. haha.
I'm starting to get really excited about this trip! I'm not excited about the 17 credits I am taking spread like this: one 9 credit class taking place three days a week that is basically grammar and French language, one 3 credit class in civilisation (depending on what I get it will be either "Paris cinema", "Paris discovered", or "A Painter, A Writer, and a Singer"), one 3 credit director's course, one 1 credit internship at a Lycee (high school) teaching English, one 1 credit "distinguised lectures" course. Hopefully it just, I don't know, sounds like it is more than it actually is. Fingers crossed that it won't be too bad.
Talked to Kelsey, the girl in my French class that I know who is going on the same trip, for about two hours the other day. Discussed plans for our beautiful two week spring break. So far the countries on our list include Italy for week one, Germany for week two with Prague, and some of Poland thrown in. I never thought I'd want to go to Germany, but she knows people there that will let us stay with them and when else will I have that chance. We're planning on taking the train from Italy to Germany which I believe will put us through the Swiss Alps... HELLO, IT'S THE SWISS ALPS. It's so ridiculous. At some point we both want to go to London too, but I'm going to see how well my purse holds up. My parents are helping out more than I thought they would which makes me feel really guilty, but if I get that the job I applied for back in Madison they won't have to pay my rent, or not my entire rent which I hope would equal out. I also took a loan from my brother Josh. And I want to pay him back as soon as possible. So, fingers crossed that I get one of the positions open. I'll know sometime after February 11th.
In closing, I had Chinese food tonight. Hung Won, as far as I'm concerned, is the best Chinese food ever, and I have eaten a lot of Chinese food in my life... it's just RIDICULOUSLY good. East coast represents when it comes to Chinese food.
Ciao,
Rachel
At least I get to hang out with my dog, she's so adorable. I wish I could bring her with me wherever I went. She's really gotten quite attached to me since I take her out and feed her now. She's never been this attached to me before. She's going to freak out when I take my suitcases out to pack for my trip. She always gets really depressed when she sees any of us packing. Poor thing, her life is hard enough as it is.. haha.
I'm starting to get really excited about this trip! I'm not excited about the 17 credits I am taking spread like this: one 9 credit class taking place three days a week that is basically grammar and French language, one 3 credit class in civilisation (depending on what I get it will be either "Paris cinema", "Paris discovered", or "A Painter, A Writer, and a Singer"), one 3 credit director's course, one 1 credit internship at a Lycee (high school) teaching English, one 1 credit "distinguised lectures" course. Hopefully it just, I don't know, sounds like it is more than it actually is. Fingers crossed that it won't be too bad.
Talked to Kelsey, the girl in my French class that I know who is going on the same trip, for about two hours the other day. Discussed plans for our beautiful two week spring break. So far the countries on our list include Italy for week one, Germany for week two with Prague, and some of Poland thrown in. I never thought I'd want to go to Germany, but she knows people there that will let us stay with them and when else will I have that chance. We're planning on taking the train from Italy to Germany which I believe will put us through the Swiss Alps... HELLO, IT'S THE SWISS ALPS. It's so ridiculous. At some point we both want to go to London too, but I'm going to see how well my purse holds up. My parents are helping out more than I thought they would which makes me feel really guilty, but if I get that the job I applied for back in Madison they won't have to pay my rent, or not my entire rent which I hope would equal out. I also took a loan from my brother Josh. And I want to pay him back as soon as possible. So, fingers crossed that I get one of the positions open. I'll know sometime after February 11th.
In closing, I had Chinese food tonight. Hung Won, as far as I'm concerned, is the best Chinese food ever, and I have eaten a lot of Chinese food in my life... it's just RIDICULOUSLY good. East coast represents when it comes to Chinese food.
Ciao,
Rachel