So it's been about a week since the dreaded plane ride to beautiful Austria. I managed to get sick on the plane and I utilized the free barf bags. It was glorious.
Jetlag wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It took me a few days to feel normal and not so tired but I managed to get through it.
I also managed to stay healthy while everyone else in the house came down with the cold or a flu...thank you immune system!
I have enjoyed walking everywhere and not having to drive and pay for gas but I'm waiting for it to get a little warmer since I feel like my limbs are about to fall off everytime I walk somewhere in the cold.
The Austrians are half, half. Some are very friendly and willing to help while some are awfully rude and refuse to give us the time of day.
The kids at the school are a little arrogant and rude as well. They mostly avoid us at all costs and move their seats at the caf if we're anywhere near them.
A couple of us found our favorite hole-in-the wall place to eat...fresh leberkase...be still my beating heart.
I love going to the market basically everyday cause it's so cheap and so delicious.
I'm very happy that European wine doesn't have perservatives like American wine cause I'm able to drink it and boy is it delicious...yes I have become quite the wine-o.
I miss home a little but I'm not dwelling on it cause this is a great opportunity and I'm trying to make every minute of it.
Classes just started yesterday, they're ok. I'm not huge on the European lecture (don't tell Kroll I said that) but Heather's classes are fun...minus The Sound of Music, yes I hate it.
I'm hoping I spend my money wisely so I don't run out..that would be horrible!!
"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much"- Jim Rohn
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
10 Words that describe me
Hypochondriac- I tend to think that I have every illness under the sun. If I watch a movie where someone is dieing from Cancer I automatically think I have it too. Even if I hear of something so absurd and rare I always make myself believe I have it. I can't tell you how many times I've had blood work done for numerous illnesses I never really had. It's pretty embarrassing.
Ambitious- I try to push myself as much as possible. Growing up watching my parents struggle made me want to make a better life for myself. Sometimes I just don't take "no" for an answer and I'm not afraid to take a chance on something (for example, being the only freshman on this trip)
Sensitive- I'm a very sensitive person in more ways than one. I'm sensitive when it comes to emotions, sometimes my feelings get hurt over something very small, I tend to look at the small details in everything. I'm also sensitive when it comes to others. Because I take in all the details I tend to know how people are feeling or how they'll react to something.
Writer- Ever since I was little I was always told I should be a writer. What is that really though? Needless to say, whether or not I make that into a career or not I feel that writing is the easiest way for me to say something. Going back to me noticing the small details in everything, I am able to use that when writing. Also, I feel that words are very powerful whether we admit it or not and I'd like to see them come back into power (in a good way).
Lover- This is one of those words that I would be better off showing rather than trying to tell. I love to love and be loved. My family, friends, pets, etc. There's no other feeling in the world like love. As corny and cliche as that may sound it's true. And yes, I am a female and therefore a hopeless romantic like every other red-blooded human being with a vagina.
Unlucky- For some reason I was cursed with being a very unlucky person. I am allergic to more things than I'm not, I get pulled over for having a headlight out while the guy in front of me is cruising down the road doing 80 miles an hour, I get hurt on a daily basis...I don't even want to go on, somethings probably about to fall out of the sky and hit me...
Recluse- More often than not I prefer to be by myself. Although I love my family and friends I've always had a very complex personality. I like to do things by myself because I can do them how and when I want to. I always think about everything in depth and I enjoy my time alone to just sit and be by myself with my thoughts. I'm very independent and I like my privacy.
Judgemental- Although this is something I'm trying to get past and work on I'm still a very judgemental person. I'm not very sympathetic towards people and more often than not I don't like giving people second chances. If there is something about a person that I just can't look past I tend to not even want to try to be friends with them.
Possessive- This is something else I'm trying to work on. I have a very possessive personality when it comes to people more than things. When I was little I was very selfish when it came to material items. As I grew up I grew out of that and became more attached to people rather than things. I lost a lot of friends growing up simply because I didn't want to share them with others. I'm learning now that I just end up alone when I can't give other people a chance.
Karma- I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that the bad things you do are going to come full circle and the same goes for the good. I believe that good things happen to good people and everybody will get what they deserve.
Although the assignment was to put these 10 things in order of greatest to least mine are really in no specific order because I feel that each of these things equally make up a part of who I am.
"We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die"- Albert Camus
Ambitious- I try to push myself as much as possible. Growing up watching my parents struggle made me want to make a better life for myself. Sometimes I just don't take "no" for an answer and I'm not afraid to take a chance on something (for example, being the only freshman on this trip)
Sensitive- I'm a very sensitive person in more ways than one. I'm sensitive when it comes to emotions, sometimes my feelings get hurt over something very small, I tend to look at the small details in everything. I'm also sensitive when it comes to others. Because I take in all the details I tend to know how people are feeling or how they'll react to something.
Writer- Ever since I was little I was always told I should be a writer. What is that really though? Needless to say, whether or not I make that into a career or not I feel that writing is the easiest way for me to say something. Going back to me noticing the small details in everything, I am able to use that when writing. Also, I feel that words are very powerful whether we admit it or not and I'd like to see them come back into power (in a good way).
Lover- This is one of those words that I would be better off showing rather than trying to tell. I love to love and be loved. My family, friends, pets, etc. There's no other feeling in the world like love. As corny and cliche as that may sound it's true. And yes, I am a female and therefore a hopeless romantic like every other red-blooded human being with a vagina.
Unlucky- For some reason I was cursed with being a very unlucky person. I am allergic to more things than I'm not, I get pulled over for having a headlight out while the guy in front of me is cruising down the road doing 80 miles an hour, I get hurt on a daily basis...I don't even want to go on, somethings probably about to fall out of the sky and hit me...
Recluse- More often than not I prefer to be by myself. Although I love my family and friends I've always had a very complex personality. I like to do things by myself because I can do them how and when I want to. I always think about everything in depth and I enjoy my time alone to just sit and be by myself with my thoughts. I'm very independent and I like my privacy.
Judgemental- Although this is something I'm trying to get past and work on I'm still a very judgemental person. I'm not very sympathetic towards people and more often than not I don't like giving people second chances. If there is something about a person that I just can't look past I tend to not even want to try to be friends with them.
Possessive- This is something else I'm trying to work on. I have a very possessive personality when it comes to people more than things. When I was little I was very selfish when it came to material items. As I grew up I grew out of that and became more attached to people rather than things. I lost a lot of friends growing up simply because I didn't want to share them with others. I'm learning now that I just end up alone when I can't give other people a chance.
Karma- I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that the bad things you do are going to come full circle and the same goes for the good. I believe that good things happen to good people and everybody will get what they deserve.
Although the assignment was to put these 10 things in order of greatest to least mine are really in no specific order because I feel that each of these things equally make up a part of who I am.
"We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die"- Albert Camus
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