Saturday, August 28, 2004

Music: Aerosmith - Dream On
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I think I've figured out what I want to do about going abroad.

Everyone I've talked to about the experience has called it the time of their life. So I've been kind of grudgingly accepting that I too will be doing something like that. But...There's one problem: All of these people were friendly and easily adaptable to new situations. Me? I'm not. I take a long time to get over the shell shock of being thrown in to a totally new environment. I basically retreat and become a very prickly person. Yeah...I'm not exactly the kind of person who makes friends right off the bat. Getting comfortable with my surroundings is hard. Last time I was in that kind of situation, it was Freshman year, and it took me the first three quarters of that to warm up to any kind of human interaction. I think that if I went overseas on my own for 5 months, it would be a very lonely semester. Plus, I really don't want to be away from my friends for that long. There's so much for me here!

But at the same time, travel abroad is very enriching. And studying at a foreign university sound so fun. And everyone says it's great....

I've figured it out, though.

I'm gonna take a 5 week summer program. I'll be able to stay at school, then. And also get plenty of time with my friends back in Jersey! It sounds perfect! And I know for a fact that there are *tons* of summer programs to choose from! I'm gonna go to the Study Abroad Office on Monday after Italian and get to work on making this happen!

Hmmm...if I have this new-found semester left here, perhaps I can run for office again in C + H....Perhaps even....

...President?

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