Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Hallo!

It's been almost two months since I last wrote, and I talked all about my worries about going abroad...well my feelings have since shifted.

One month ago I traveled to Montreal with BCMB and that was my first time out of the country in about 9 months, but being in a foreign environment (especially since Montreal speaks a different language) started to get me so excited about going to Germany. Also, volunteering at the Boston Symposium on the Arms Trade Treaty three weeks ago got me in the spirit to go abroad because I go to meet a lot of diplomats from all over the world. I was helping with something that has to do with the world today, rather than just sitting in a classroom studying which gets soooo boring after so many years.

So! Needless to say, I'm getting really excited about going to Germany. I got officially accepted to the Heidelberg program last Friday, so I'll be leaving on February 24th (so late!) and coming back July 27th. Short summer but long winter to bum around McLean and find something to do...

Fall is in the air... I smelled that first true scent of fall tonight at rehearsal and was in love! Halloween's coming up and before we know it, it'll be time for hanging Christmas lights! Gotta get through midterms first though...

Monday, September 6, 2010

back on the heights!

After my last post, summer finally shaped up and was much more enjoyable and when it came time to come back to BC for band camp, I actually was a little sad, but no such sad feelings remain anymore. That's one of the amazing things about this school- every semester, I love it more. As I was introduced to all the freshmen registering for band camp a couple weeks ago, I just wished I could explain to them how important it was going to be to take advantage of everything at this school, and how fast the semesters would fly by. I've still got two years left, and I'm already having anxiety about my time at BC coming to an end.

One of the biggest things I'm freaking out about is going abroad next semester. It doesn't help that I sent in my application 2 months ago, but the program still has not received my recs from professors, and the application deadline is in just over one month. I realize that's still a long time, but I'm still kind of freaking out. And not just about my incomplete application, but about leaving BC. I'm not afraid of actually being abroad, but I'm sad about being away from BC for a semester. But as a friend of mine said, has anyone that's come back from being abroad ever regretted their experience? No.

So it's the last day before classes, aka the last day of freedom, so my roommates and I are going to continue our Harry Potter and Sex and the City marathon. Cheers!

Monday, June 21, 2010

what is this feeling, so sudden and new?

The title is a lyric from a song in Wicked... but it pertains to something the song doesn't. This sudden and new feeling I realized over this past weekend is homesickness. And I am experiencing it for the first time at 20 years old! As of today, I have officially been home for four weeks, so one month basically, and I'm really not that happy and I've been trying to figure out why... Working 30-35 hours a week, mostly very late nights is a pain, but shifts can be fun sometimes, so that's not it. But I mean, I've gotten home, and almost all of my best friends are home, but no one is ever free to hang out or do anything, or we're just too lazy to plan anything. I feel that I've been trying so hard to hang out with people, but my schedule makes it hard. Almost every day for me has consisted of waking up, going to the gym, tanning at the pool, eating and catching up on some One Tree Hill that I tivo-ed or some 30 Rock on Netlfix, and then going to work for the night. EVERY FREAKIN' DAY JUST ABOUT. There have been some dinners, some movies with friends here and there, but I am just not enjoying the summer.

Earlier I mentioned homesickness. Well, I'm at home... but the homesickness I'm experiencing is for Boston. Not BC per se, because it is a HUGE relief to have a break from the school work and activities, especially since next semester will be my hardest yet, but I just miss Boston SO MUCH. And I am convinced that's why I'm so unhappy down here in good ol' Virginia. I've only been in the city once since I've been home and I realized that I really don't like DC, and I don't think I ever really did. I was just trying so hard to make it work, but after two years up in Boston for school, I realize that's where I want to be. In exactly one week I'll be back there for four days and I could not be more excited.

I'll be staying with Amanda, we've got some beach plans and some drive in plans, and some of my other friends up there found out I'm coming and they already want to plan things! So, I'll be up there for 4 days and am not going to have time to see everyone that I want to, while I'm down here all summer and friends here can't even find time to hang out. Boston: 1, McLean: 0.

I wish I could go up there again at the end of July but I just really shouldn't be spending the $ on another flight and taking time off work again. I told my mom about how sad I am and she said I can look at all of this in a good light because sometimes it takes not having something, or in this case, being somewhere, to realize how much you love it. Well, I'm thankful for that, then.

Friday, June 18, 2010

sport fail.

So, not a very good last 12 hours for sports I like :( Unfortunately I was stuck in box office from 6-12:15 last night so I didn't get to watch game 7 of the NBA finals.... I could however vaguely see about half the screen at the Friday's next door, and hear the Celtics fans cheer whenever the team scored, and I had people updating me about the score as well. For anyone who didn't care about who won, it was a great series since it came down to the last few seconds of game 7... but stupid Boston UGH!!!

And then I wake up this morning to see a Germany loss in their second game of the World Cup... My bad on not even knowing it was a really early game and sleeping through it... But after their remarkable show against Australia??? Once again...UGHHH. This means they basically have to beat Ghana in the next game to advance to the knockout round. It's been such a weird Cup so far... France has been winless, Spain losing to Switzerland, even the US tieing England. I missed the US game today as well but it is evident by everyone's FB statues that there were some really bad calls resulting in another tie for the US.

Truthfully, I don't even like soccer that much. Spencer was right when he said that it's pretty boring to watch... kind of like hockey. But the World Cup is different because it's just so exciting! Nothing takes the cake to being in Italy when they won in 2006, but it's still exciting to follow all the games. After watching the NBA finals though, I've grown a lot more fond of basketball...except by the time next season comes around, I'll be abroad in Germany and obviously won't be paying attention to basketball.

But, as another sports season comes to a close, it can only mean one thing: FOOTBALL SEASON IS THAT MUCH CLOSER.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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So once again, I have just re-discovered the blog. And have re-discovered a bunch of friends from school on the blog! (Please excuse all the creepy "following" on all of your blogs...)

I think the last time I blogged was in middle school with my xanga which turned into a livejournal, but since I'm 20 now, I guess it's time for a new era with the blog! I always feel so stupid writing these, because...does anyone even read them? Anyways, you always hear, "Confessions of a teenage drama queen" or a teenage something... well, I am no longer a teenager, and my persona changes so often that I figure I'd leave it blank.

It's late, and I've been playing around with this for far too long so I'll end here.