Tomorrow is the day. It’s incredible to think that in twenty-four hours I’ll be on my way to London to begin Semester at Sea. After all the shots. All the scholarship applications. All the cramming into a suitcase. It’s here. Tomorrow I’ll embark on a journey that most people can’t imagine… and I want to… Read More T’was the Night Before Traveling
People say letting go of the one you love is among the hardest things one does in life. Well, I think “packing for a semester-long, world exploration by sea” would also be placed highly on that list. Have you ever done one of those abstract thinking questions where, say… you are crashing near a deserted… Read More The Struggle
Okay, readers. This is it. The big news. For the next few months “What Are This?” will be a little different. IT’S GOING GLOBAL! For the fall semester this year I will be studying abroad… in a big way. This isn’t your average student trip that many college students today go on – where they… Read More Sail with Me
With my starting college this year, I’ve made a plethora of new friends from all over the state. A few of my best friends and I wanted to get together to celebrate Christmas, and I volunteered to host them at my home. However, I didn’t consider how difficult finding my home would be for them.… Read More GPS: Global Problematic System
I would like to tell about my Thanksgiving Week. My family spent the week in the Great Smoky Mountains. As we normally do, we rented a cabin a mile from the main strip, but still secluded in the forest. We got there Tuesday and the adventure began with the winter weather advisory. We knew it… Read More Thankful for Thanksgiving
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