It's been said that you only grow as big as your fishbowl. Well, this semester my fishbowl has been practically all of Europe. I will be on my way home 2 weeks from today, an altered version of the girl who left in January. Nothing could make me happier than having you ask me how things were over here and hear stories. I have so much to share; ( Read more... )

Despondent, distracted ( Read more... )

Well, I am back from my Eurotrip and as predicted, miserably sick. Trying to find a doctor is on tap for tomorrow so that I can be cured and start this damn history paper of mine. I hate being an overachiever; why the hell did I sign up for a 3rd year history class? I am supposed to be taking it easy here in study-abroad land ( Read more... )

Much too early for this, but I need to catch the bus to Standsted in an hour. I wanted to wake up about now, but I am coming to the realization that the room above me is either populated by rabbits or is a brothel. Take your pick ( Read more... )

Here in line ( Read more... )

2 months today, and now things are finally starting to click. I don't really have a set group of friends, but we all know these things take time. I kind of float between groups of people which I kind of like. I always wondered what it would be like to be a floater. I am finding myself getting back to my sarcastic, wonderful self. Someone told ( Read more... )

End of week 21, which means that I have been here for 5 weeks already. Sometimes it seems like ages and then sometimes I feel like I just got here. These last couple of weeks have gone by really fast, and I have been in such an odd frame of mind. I have been displaced and all of the signposts which usually direct me are gone. I have this nice ( Read more... )

Oh, Valentine's Day. How I loathe this holiday, but it is pretty much non-existent in England except for the few odd flowers which is acceptable ( Read more... )

I have almost been here a month; it really does scare me how fast time goes. Everyday I think how I only have one more year of college left and then I have med school and the real world to look forward to. I am almost done being a kid...how depressing, but let's not dwell on that ( Read more... )

It's kind of weird to be at the beginning of an experience that will be life altering. You know going into something like this that you will have a lot of different opinions and experiences coming out. It's not like I am expecting to wake up one morning to be a totally different person; it will be probably like freshman year in college when you ( Read more... )