<3 fall. :-)

change of plans

Now it's actually 308 days until I study abroad, because I am a very impatient person and refuse to wait until Spring of 2011 to do this. :p

Anyone know where I can find scholarships?

469 days

So, sometimes I forget that I have a blog. I realize that I need a way to remind myself to update this every so often with something interesting that is going on in my life. Lord knows that there is plenty of interesting going around right now. :p

One of those interesting things right now is what is potentially happening in 469 days. And yes, I am actually counting already. There is a study abroad opportunity called Semester at Sea. The name says it all. It's a college semester...on a ship. Sailing around the world. 11 different countries. 3 months. Need I say more?

Originally I didn't think I was going to get to do this particular study abroad program solely because of how much it costs. Well, that misconception flew out the window in about 10 minutes at WKU's study abroad fair yesterday when I stopped by the SAS table (this was after I learned that all my loans from WKU could apply to the program, but even then I had my doubts about how I would come up with the rest of the money...). That's when I learned that there are scholarships that I qualify for already based on my GPA and the fact that I already have leadership experience. What really made me dance (and I mean literally dance...I felt like a little kid on Christmas morning) was the fact that since I am an RA on campus here, that I qualify to be a RA on the ship for work study, which knocks off some more off of the overall cost.

I can't even begin to describe how excited I am about this opportunity...I haven't even applied yet, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the way I act about this--you'd think I was already accepted and leaving this coming January instead of January 2011.

As of right now the voyage I am looking at sails from January 28, 2011, to May 12, 2011.

The itinerary:

Nassau, Bahamas

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Salvador, Brazil

Tema/Accra, Ghana

Cape Town, South Africa

Port Louis, Mauritius (does anyone know where that is? I sure don't)

Chennai, India

Singapore

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Hong Kong/Shanghai, China

Kobe/Yokohama, Japan

Honolulu/Hilo, Hawaii

San Diego, California

:D