milk. bread. eggs. cheese?
so i am settled into slu now. and it's.. nice. it really is. i love being here, i love st louis, i love seeing my friends (old and new), and i like my classes a good deal as well. as alex (my friend from ireland) would say, i'm "back in my old life."
is that a good thing?
good question.
this is not rome. and it is not adelboden. or europe. granted, my semester in rome was not academic, and i hated the school, i still would do anything to have it back. i'm not moping around, and i'm not depressed about being back. so what do i want back? the way i woke up feeling every day, knowing that i was "living out my dreams." i just MISS it. i miss my friends from the chalet. SO much. people ask me what was better, rome or switzerland. it's a really tough call but sometimes i think switzerland was. that's where i REALLY grew up. matured. got over some things that i needed to get over. it was all about me. and i befriended some amazing amazing people along the way, that definitely helped me grow. i would give anything right now to sit in those chairs by the computer lab & have hot chocolate like REAL LADIES w/stephanie, miss janeth, alex, heather, & emilia!! but anyway.. i guess i am still adjusting to being back in the states. it's just weird to think that it's OVER. that's it, no more. i studied abroad. no more forms to fill out, no more plane tickets to buy, no more transcripts to send out, no more applications, nothing. i studied abroad a semester in italy. i lived in switzerland for a summer. and now i'm home and it's done. crazy.
so i was just skimming through a few of my old entries and i was cringing with embarassment. was i really that annoying? my god. i would delete everything, but they're actually sort of amusing. and it really does show me how i've grown. so they're staying, in all of their awful glory.
okay, enough about that. it's amazing to be with my friends here again. so much has changed and so much is the same! i've gone to the gym every day (minus two) since i've been back, and i absolutely love it. it's my new obsession. i just like seeing how far i can push myself. we can thank switz for that, too. but okay it's fun to go with my friends. danny is an awesome workout buddy because he teaches me new stuff about weight training. maggie is a blast as well because she motivates me to push myself harder.
& my roommates are great. we had a kind of ridiculous week last week. six nights in a row.. oh my. hahaha. i love our apartment. we've had some interesting things happen.. like the newly acquired coffee table (found somewhere between the gate & our place), or gross men from new zealand making themselves at home on our balcony. but it's so much fun!
jon, katie, and i went to a gay bar on sunday on the east side. oh.my.god. most ridiculous night of my life. now i can say that i've: 1) made out with a gay guy. 2) turned a bi guy gay. 3) touched a drag queen. 4) danced on stage with gogo boys wearing nothing but tiny briefs. 5) danced in a cage with strange men. like i said, ridiculous.
umm so i guess that's it, for now. i'm happy that the weekend starts tomorrow at 11 AM. it's been a pretty easy week, but studying sucks nonetheless, and a weekend is always nice.
a domani...
is that a good thing?
good question.
this is not rome. and it is not adelboden. or europe. granted, my semester in rome was not academic, and i hated the school, i still would do anything to have it back. i'm not moping around, and i'm not depressed about being back. so what do i want back? the way i woke up feeling every day, knowing that i was "living out my dreams." i just MISS it. i miss my friends from the chalet. SO much. people ask me what was better, rome or switzerland. it's a really tough call but sometimes i think switzerland was. that's where i REALLY grew up. matured. got over some things that i needed to get over. it was all about me. and i befriended some amazing amazing people along the way, that definitely helped me grow. i would give anything right now to sit in those chairs by the computer lab & have hot chocolate like REAL LADIES w/stephanie, miss janeth, alex, heather, & emilia!! but anyway.. i guess i am still adjusting to being back in the states. it's just weird to think that it's OVER. that's it, no more. i studied abroad. no more forms to fill out, no more plane tickets to buy, no more transcripts to send out, no more applications, nothing. i studied abroad a semester in italy. i lived in switzerland for a summer. and now i'm home and it's done. crazy.
so i was just skimming through a few of my old entries and i was cringing with embarassment. was i really that annoying? my god. i would delete everything, but they're actually sort of amusing. and it really does show me how i've grown. so they're staying, in all of their awful glory.
okay, enough about that. it's amazing to be with my friends here again. so much has changed and so much is the same! i've gone to the gym every day (minus two) since i've been back, and i absolutely love it. it's my new obsession. i just like seeing how far i can push myself. we can thank switz for that, too. but okay it's fun to go with my friends. danny is an awesome workout buddy because he teaches me new stuff about weight training. maggie is a blast as well because she motivates me to push myself harder.
& my roommates are great. we had a kind of ridiculous week last week. six nights in a row.. oh my. hahaha. i love our apartment. we've had some interesting things happen.. like the newly acquired coffee table (found somewhere between the gate & our place), or gross men from new zealand making themselves at home on our balcony. but it's so much fun!
jon, katie, and i went to a gay bar on sunday on the east side. oh.my.god. most ridiculous night of my life. now i can say that i've: 1) made out with a gay guy. 2) turned a bi guy gay. 3) touched a drag queen. 4) danced on stage with gogo boys wearing nothing but tiny briefs. 5) danced in a cage with strange men. like i said, ridiculous.
umm so i guess that's it, for now. i'm happy that the weekend starts tomorrow at 11 AM. it's been a pretty easy week, but studying sucks nonetheless, and a weekend is always nice.
a domani...