May 26, 2011

Good Evening...7 DAYS till take off!!! (I shouted that right in your FACE) and I am going BANANAS. I have cried A LITTLE and got sick to my stomach thinking about the FLIGHT. I don't know if I told you already but I joined my study abroad FACEBOOK group and they are GREAT!! I can't wait to meet them and learn so much from them.

TODAY I was off so I went to the movies and saw HANGOVER II...HIL-AR-I-OUS!!! And to think, Zach came from Wilkesboro, NC  (that's the chubby dude that's always spiking their beer or in this case the  MARSHMALLOWS) Then I went to Coldstones and got some AWESOME ice cream...

So I KNOW I'm only leaving for 6 weeks- not 6 months or even 1 year...but this is big, B-I-G big (Shout out to Biggie Smalls (spelling)) and its MY life that I am offering up to the EDUCATION ALTAR. I hope this will open doors (and windows, laughing out loud) and allow me to change and, I hate to say it but, GROW UP!!

So tonight I'm hanging out with some more friends..REALLY feeling the LOVE (I should go to Africa more often...just playing) and then reorganize my suitcase for the MILLIONTH time and pray till I fall asleep.

You have been a wonderful audience but the next time we speak I should be in the AIR or in my motherland, AFRICA!!!....ttyl

May 20, 2011

Good Morning....13 DAYS TILL DEPARTURE!! I am so scared, excited and worried...I'm ALL over the place. I was doing just fine until I started to RECEIVE the financial aid..now it seems like I STILL don't have enough...I have already ACCEPTED that this is going to be FRUSTRATING to the LAST minute...so LET'S GO!!!


For the pass 8 days I have been WORKING and PLANNING and CALLING trying to make sure that I have everything...THIS weekend is my GOING AWAY party (hope I'm not partying for nothing...shout out to Financial Aid Department)...and I hope to say GOODBYE to all my friends and family and just really enjoy the last couple days in my world.


I plan on keeping you UPDATED while I'm abroad but the INTERNET might be an obstacle...I have now seen SOME of the people I am traveling with thanks to FACEBOOK and I think I'm going to be OK!!


I'm going to READ a little this morning so I will type to you later...(smiling)...BYE!

May 12, 2011

Good Morning....3 WEEKS TILL TAKE OFF and the way my weeks go that really feels like 3 days! I am getting comfortable with the whole IDEA of being in another COUNTRY but I HAVE NOT started to pack! I think when I start to pack thats when its going to HIT me..(pretending to cry).


I'm off today and I plan on just relaxing and READING on South Africa as much as I can. I am constantly getting updates and emails from my sponsor and FINANCIAL AID seems to be falling from the sky so it must be my DESTINY (snobbish accent..no offense, snobs) to travel!


So today I will cut it SHORT and wish you a Happy Thursday...ttyl

May 9, 2011

Good Afternoon...So I worked ALL weekend and made some OK money, paid SOME bills and woke up today feeling CONTENT, but...


I just can't seem to wrap my mind around where I am in life...25, SENIOR in college, SINGLE and child-less and...out of nowhere...GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA...for education, nonetheless...Life is HILARIOUS!!!


So today's entry is going to be short because today isn't EXPECTED to be that eventful...but YOU NEVER KNOW...until then...ttyl

May 7, 2011

Good Afternoon...So yesterday was an interesting day would you like to hear about it? OF COURSE you would (chuckling). I got up and did some house work and took my LAST EXAM, stepped out to the nail salon for a couple hours and then got ready for work....BUT WAIT IT GETS BETTER!! I got to work and had a productive night then went to PF Chang's with some co-workers....AND THATS NOT ALL (if you can't tell by now, I'm being sarcastic, chuckling once again).


Later that night I was invited to a graduation party that I KNEW was going to put me in a tense situation. It was like inviting a GAZELLE to a LION'S DEN for Tea and Crumpets (British accent, no offense). So I got in my "SOUTH AFRICAN" state of mind and knew that if I could keep my cool in this situation and accept this REALITY CHECK then it would be good practice on leaving my COMFORT ZONE . (I wanted to show moral support to the guest of honor, thats why I went) and PASSED with flying colors, so BRING ON THE LION'S South Africa...(whispering) I'm just playing...


It is now 25 days till I am on a 22 hour flight to Paris, France then to Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA!!! (As much hype as I'm giving this event, I better come back with a prince or something, chuckling one mo' time). I would like to TAKE THIS TIME though, to give a shout out to all my readers, fans and follower which all equal a whopping...1 (I see you Tam'Tam!!). But really thank you to every one that has decide to take this journey with me, you are APPRECIATED (Tupac singing in the background)...I crack myself up sometimes (wiping tears from my eye)...


Have a Great SaturDAY!!...ttyl

May 5, 2011

Good (checks time...) Morning...So today was a full day, considering I got in Thursday morning so late(early).  My best friend Tammy has EARNED an Internship with Cargill and is leaving in 10 days to live in MINNESOTA for the summer and so we walked downtown and sat at the eateries, just reminiscing on our collegiate ACHIEVEMENTS (and mistakes)...we were just so glad that we have a solid FRIENDSHIP because it is so HARD to find one now a days.


Today (Thursday) I had a HISTORY exam and THANK GOD (praise break..) it was open notes! So I did well on that and said goodbye to a great professor. I had packed my clothes for the DAY CELEBRATION of the 2011 Graduates that was going on downtown, so I got DRESSED (very nicely might I add) and went downtown. Everyone eventually showed up that had the time to and it was GREAT!! I met some new females just by introducing myself first and we stayed together the WHOLE TIME dancing and laughing and enjoying the sun....(I see why PEOPLE stay in college LONGER than they should...its almost like an ASSISTED LIVING facility...they house you, they feed you, they give you allowance (REFUND) and they have care free events in the DAYTIME #winning)...Chuckles to myself, that Charlie Sheen...ok, BACK to the story...


So I left downtown and came home thinking about how I'm NOT going to be apart of this life in less than 27 DAYS!! (whispering) South Africa, man..(Shaking my head) what have I gotten MYSELF into?? I almost feel like a bride a couple weeks before her wedding...only in this case I'm marrying my FUTURE...(should I sign a PRENUP??)...laughing out loud...South Africa is going to have their HANDS FULL with me...So I'm going to bed, got my LAST exam in the morning..until then...ttyl

May 4, 2011

Good Morning...So my cat, MJ, decided at 4am, that he was going to use my chest as a trampoline and JUMPED to my window sill!! NEEDLESS to say, I'm up and so irritated. He is a blessing though and I hate to leave him but EDUCATION calls, buddy. 


So its 4 days till the graduation of Class 2011 and I was definitely on this roster but my decision to switch my major ONE TIME and travel to Africa has pushed me back to 2012, how do I feel? I'M GOING TO AFRICA, PEOPLE, graduation can definitely wait, laughing out loud (I was informed not to use any shorthand in my blog, so its going to be a LONG 72 days, chuckling to myself). 


The beautiful ladies of my Study Aboard Office worked so hard yesterday to help me find some more financial aid and I am no longer AS worry as I was about how I'm going to make ends meet. Loan payments are going to possibly cause me to have a COUPLE of heart palpitations but I will just think of AFRICA and "everything will be alright" (that song just popped in my head by Shawn Mullins).


Sidenote: MJ (My Joy) is just going to TOWN on my back as I'm typing, it's just so funny. For those who don't understand that means he's having a field day back there (like that made it any clearer, rolling my eyes and chuckling).


So I will partake in the up and coming FESTIVITIES with no hard feelings and prepare for my MOTHERLAND...ttyl

May 3, 2011

Good Morning...So this morning I woke up and it hit me...I have 30 days until I will no longer be in my bed, in my house, in my state...in my world!! I almost started to cry because it was so much to wake up to. I called my mom and she helped me to calm down but that still didn't change the fact that this ball was rolling and I had better get on it or get SQUASHED!! 

The hardest thing right now is waiting on the financial aid from my school. The money is there but it NEEDS to be over here!! I need buy protective clothing and bug spray and toiletries and bug spray and bed netting and did I say BUG SPRAY!! But I am thankful that I do have funding because I went at this thing empty handed (not the best way to go by the way). I just wanted and needed to go to AFRICA, the home of my ancestors, the roots to my tree of life and what better way to go then through a program that is going to actually teach me something while I'm there.

Study Abroad should be on every one's collegiate checklist...let me hold on a second before I advocate this because I don't even know if I'm going to make the plane ride OVER there, lol...ttyl