Blog numero dos

god damn, this site is frickin confusing, it took me forever jus to find my blog, look at it, then b able to add to it w/o creating a whole nother blog...in short, computers are not for me! maybe this is why i am a history major,  because the past is way cooler...anyways, it has taken me so long to figure out how to make a second post, that i dont even remember what i was gonna say! hmm something about study abroad...oh yeah! well,we're on Spring Break now, so ive been getting a bunch of information about what needs to be doen next...i went and got two passport-style photos, and we have to sign sone intense-looking liability thing...the only part that looks interesting is the housing questionaire,  where they help you find "conveniently located housing",but you dont get to find out where your living until you get there! doesnt that sound a little sketch? "porque le ponen tanto misterio?" (as my mom would say). 

omg,  today i was talking to my friend who goes to a "global college", she was just in Costa Rica, and just arrived in Ecuador, adn it made me so happy for her, but suuuper longing to go abroad too! idk, im just SO excited to expereince something different, and live in a new country, new culture, new people,  new fooodd mmmm....me and Rob (my other roommate) made brownies tonigth and last night and they were AMAZING..what was i talking about? oh yeah, something new! i basically cant wait, all of it, is too exciting, but it feels so surreal, and also daunting/stressful all the things i have to do beforehand. I wanna just be able to go you know? But I miss my siblings helllla!! (kinda random, kinda not). Cuz im in davis for spring break rite now (long nstory) and ill be going home in a few days, but i miss them sooo much already, and last time i saw them was about a month ago..so i cant imagine what six months is gonna be like...they are SOO funny, seriously, some of my greatest laughs have been with them. And you know those moments that are all deep when your like "wow life is amazing?" have been with them. Ahh it sounds so mushy, but they are 7 and 8, and theyre so cute and so funny, and im getting really nostalgic.......

ok, well i dont wanna writing on that note so lets seeee how can i sum everything up? (this isnt an essay, idk why im thinking so academcially aobut it). Oh yeah, i can talk about grades! (when in doubt, talk about school, wow im a square). ANYways, some final grades are up now, and so far so good! lik, im REALLLY happy with the results so far, so knock on wood the rest are just as good! what else? ok im sleepy, more to follow later.

Pre-departure Mexico City

Ok, so i know the title is a little misleading, because im not leaving for another four months maybe five depending on a certain situation which ill get into later. But even so, I thought it was a good title. Anyways, I have never written in a "blog" before, and honestly I am more than a LITTLE technologically challenged so im not sure hwo pretty its gonna look (ie whether it'll have pictures or things like that), but me and my friends thought it would be a good way to communicate our experiences since we're all going abroad at the same time. One of my roommates Shawna, is going to Turkey and the other, Haley is going to Rome. Wow, we're going to such different places! 

I think I'll say a little about the application process. Basically, it was stressful, there's no way to get around that. And i was SUCH a perfectionist, making sure I had all my papers together and doing everything waay in advance. But if you take the application piece by piece, day by day its not so bad. It was alot of paperwork just because I had to do the standard UC Davis application, as well as one for UNAM where you write a separate essay, need a letter of recommendation, and do a transcript translation. So im glad thats all done and taken care of. Im a little overwhelmed by all of the health paperwork we're going to have to get done, and some countries (mine and Shawna's) include like a separate health care thingy..so that kinda sucks.

Anyways, so far I've mostl y been focused on what an exciting and new experience it will be. I can't wait to be immersed in latino culture and speak spanish regularly. plus Mexico City is HUGE, somethin glik 15 to 20 million people just in the CITY!! as my mom says "es un monstruo" ("its a monster"). But its succhh an exciting monster! haha. I visited the city for a week when i was 16, and absolutely fell in love with it. theres sooo much to do, and its really easy to get around via public transit (i mean, ill undoubtedly get lost, but even so). Another perk is there are alot of young people in the city, (ie i recall there being a ton of hot guys). I also love the University, and am reallly excited for the variety of classes they will have in my area of interest (Spanish and History of Latin America). Well, i am sure there is alot more to say, but I'm at a loss right now, plus I have to work on an essay. Enough procrastination...hasta luego!