Sophomore Sensations

Welp, I'll try to make this kinda short and snappy, since I have early classes tomorrow and still need to study for my weekly Biology quiz. But, I'm a fabulous Sophomore now, living off-campus with four lovely ladies, and loving it.

Surprisingly, I've been keeping up with my classes for the most part. For those of you that don't know me that well, I am a HUGE procrastinator. And last year, though I would continuously promise myself that I would turn over a new leaf and stay on top of school work and actually DO the work and actually STUDY for tests, but I never really did. But this year I've done a pretty decent job of doing my homework on time, doing the readings, studying (a little, anyways), and... GET THIS: going to bed early! My bed times ranges between 11pm-1am. Pretty crazy, considering last year I wouldn't even think about schoolwork until Fear Factor re-runs were done with at midnight each night. So yeah, yay for me!

I haven't picked up my second job yet... Kinda procrastinating on that aspect. But that's okay I decided, since I wanted to get a daily ritual established and get situated before I brought on more responsibility than I could handle. But I spose beginning next week I should begin the job applications.

I also have been putting planning into the works about my traveling abroad. I actually, possibly, may be traveling to three very different countries in ONE year. Over winter break, I might be going to Cuernavaca, Mexico with Edgewood's Campus Ministry to volunteer there at orphanages and schools. Then, next semester I will be taking a class that will study China- its history, culture, and language- and will then actually GO to China at the end of May for three weeks. That would be a really amazing experience. And then... I am trying to plan my semester-long study abroad opportunity next fall in Sydney, Australia. There, I would continue my business classes as well as have a business internship in downtown Sydney. Wow, the opportunities I have, huh? The only drawbacks to the trips are: the money I don't have to spend on the trips, being away from friends and family and especially my boyfriend, and then missing my brother's wedding next fall. Really, I cannot miss my brother's wedding... So I'd have to come up with an extra $1500-2000 to spend on the plane ticket back to the states for the weekend. SIGH... We'll see how this all works out.

Anyways, back to current times. This weekend will actually be the first weekend here since classes started that I'll be IN Madison with no plans. Every other weekend, I've either went to Milwaukee to visit Tony, had him here, or had some sort of SIFE activity, such as going to Minneapolis for a conference or running a seminar. So it'll be really really nice to just relax, party, and get ahead of some schoolwork and begin studying for my midterms coming up next week (yikes!).

So yes, time for some late night tv and bed now, and then hopefully to continue on my kick of non-procrastination I'll write again soon! :)