Wander-Land

July 31
Monday, July 27th: Dinner together! Today, Case made burgers for all of us Americans that were missing any traces of home.  Case is everyone’s hero: he takes the girls places all over Italy, he contains a plethora of knowledge about anything you could think of, he has a keen sense of direction, and best of all, he has won over the hearts of many (including Jakey) through the kitchen =) I CAN’T WAIT TO FINISH THIS CLASS! I will feel SO relieved once the end of this week comes.  By no means am I referring to the amazing experience I’m having out here in Italy, but if and when I DO pass this last course, my diploma will come in the mail and I will officially be a George Mason University alumni.  It’s been so hard to stay motivated to push through the last couple days of my undergraduate career.  This last 10-page paper is killinngggg me to the point where I wonder if I can just pass if I don’t even do it (nice try, Thao…).  My last three credits. After this week, let the adult-life floodgates open!  It’s such a weird place to be in; I’m at the cusp of closing the biggest chapter ever in my life - school.  School has been the one and only important, consistent factor for the past 16 to 17 years.  Everything revolved around it: “who is going to pick me up from school?”, “how can I balance piano lessons with school,” “how can I be involved at school?”, “oh, we met through school”, I have to schedule my work with school,” “I can’t, I have school,” blah-zay blah-zaayyy. Well now, I’m pretty sure the school is going to be replaced by the dreaded word WORK, but for the short time before I find my work, I’ll be sitting in limbo almost, doing small things in order to hopefully make big moves.  Where am I going to end up? Soon I’m going to start thinking about buying a house and getting married and having KIDS. Sometimes I guess I just have to stop thinking about everything and just enjoy the time that I have right now.  Everything will come later and fall into place when and where it should.  Overall I’m so excited to see what’s going to happen next, this internship that I will be starting (a mere TWO WEEKS after I come home) I know for sure will change my life in some way, shape, or form.  I’m not sure if I’m going to get emotional by the end of this week, but I know that this has been the summer I will never forget =)

Monday, July 27th:

Dinner together!

Today, Case made burgers for all of us Americans that were missing any traces of home.  Case is everyone’s hero: he takes the girls places all over Italy, he contains a plethora of knowledge about anything you could think of, he has a keen sense of direction, and best of all, he has won over the hearts of many (including Jakey) through the kitchen =)

I CAN’T WAIT TO FINISH THIS CLASS! I will feel SO relieved once the end of this week comes.  By no means am I referring to the amazing experience I’m having out here in Italy, but if and when I DO pass this last course, my diploma will come in the mail and I will officially be a George Mason University alumni.  It’s been so hard to stay motivated to push through the last couple days of my undergraduate career.  This last 10-page paper is killinngggg me to the point where I wonder if I can just pass if I don’t even do it (nice try, Thao…).  My last three credits. After this week, let the adult-life floodgates open!  It’s such a weird place to be in; I’m at the cusp of closing the biggest chapter ever in my life - school.  School has been the one and only important, consistent factor for the past 16 to 17 years.  Everything revolved around it: “who is going to pick me up from school?”, “how can I balance piano lessons with school,” “how can I be involved at school?”, “oh, we met through school”, I have to schedule my work with school,” “I can’t, I have school,” blah-zay blah-zaayyy.

Well now, I’m pretty sure the school is going to be replaced by the dreaded word WORK, but for the short time before I find my work, I’ll be sitting in limbo almost, doing small things in order to hopefully make big moves.  Where am I going to end up? Soon I’m going to start thinking about buying a house and getting married and having KIDS.

Sometimes I guess I just have to stop thinking about everything and just enjoy the time that I have right now.  Everything will come later and fall into place when and where it should.  Overall I’m so excited to see what’s going to happen next, this internship that I will be starting (a mere TWO WEEKS after I come home) I know for sure will change my life in some way, shape, or form.  I’m not sure if I’m going to get emotional by the end of this week, but I know that this has been the summer I will never forget =)