I sure have been. Look at me, not posting since May! Who do I think I am? I think I should provide somewhat of a recap of my summer.
I started off the summer scrounging around for a job in order to get any kind of money together for my Europe trip. Needless to say it was difficult to find a place that would hire me for a month. I did some dogsitting for a week or two, but only made about $300, which I mostly spent on expenses (gas and booze, basically.)
Finally, FINALLY July 6th rolled around and it was time to get my ass to Europe. I should probably write an entire post on that, but who knows if I'll have the time. So for three weeks, my cousins and I trekked throughout Europe with our 30 pound backpacks. It was heavenly. Not relaxing in any sense, but a great vacation in another way. Exciting, unexpected and fun. Doing and seeing things I was not used to. Being in a foreign country is one hell of an experience in itself, but to travel by ourselves, city to city with no guide but our slight knowledge of the places, was indescribable.
Its a trip and an experience that I won't soon forget. I wish I was lucky enough to do that every summer, because I would love to experience every country in the world.
I am so incredibly lucky to have had this experience, I still can't believe it.
Another thing that I can't believe is that I'm growing up. I'm 19, I've traveled abroad, I'm writing articles and having them published with little editing... this is my life, and now I just sit and wait for the next incredibly exciting thing to happen to me.
Some people complain that life is melancholy and repetitive, and I've learned that is not what I want out of life. I want excitement, I want something new to be happy about every single day. Not to say that I'm going to get exactly what I want, no, but I am going to try incredibly hard for that.
We shall see how this plan pans out when I get back to school. I'm so excited, this year is going to be incredible, I can feel it.
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