Who knows some days....

Today I woke up feeling great. I didn't have a lot of enthusiasm for what I needed to do with my day, but I was in a good mood, I put some work into getting ready, and I got the work I needed to done.

I was under the impression that today was going to be a pretty good day.

Then 3:21pm happened.

I just deleted a long diatribe about my experience leading up to this moment, but suffice it to say, I have been trying desperately to get more financial aid, and the GW Department of Financial Assistance pretty much gave me a big 'F you' today and it looks like I will be taking on another $10,000 in student loans.

I cried. A lot. Like, I'm pretty sure I am dehydrated from crying so much. It stung. I used the word 'hate' more times than I could tell you. The weight of the response was just so heavy, I couldn't contain all the emotions I felt.

Then 4:30pm rolled around.

Apparently I won a drawing for a £50 voucher for Amazon.com.

Now I can't decide....which way is my life going? Who knows some days....

On a serious note...

So, as you can tell, most of my blog is all fun and games. Me talking about the weather, me talking about my inability to blog effectively....right now I'm gonna take it down to a semi-more serious note.

Part I: I am missing home a lot.
Not just because I wish I had my purple velvet blazer and a pumpkin spice latte in hand. I am really having a great time here, and making great friends, but there is no replacement for the comfort of being around people who know you and love you for who you are. You think I would know by my third college experience that it is rough starting out and having to maneuver around pleasantries, etc., but it honestly always shocks me a little bit. To sum things up: I am loving this experience, but come December 17th I will be extremely glad to be on a plane, on my way home.

Part II: I am freaked out about the future.
All of the sudden I am realizing that being a "grown-up" is just around the corner for me. What will that bring? I have no idea. Since I have gotten to Edinburgh I have: started an application for Teach for America, started an application for Duke Divinity School, contemplated starting to study for the GRE, wondered when I should start applying for jobs, stalked craigslist's housing classifieds to see how much I am going to need to make to put a roof over my head depending on where I live....

All of that is just to say, the whole "real adult life" thing is setting in. Like majorly. And I don't really know what direction my life is going to take once I graduate.

Any who, that is probably enough of all that. To brighten the mood you should check out this super sweet video. So sad I missed these people being in Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iANRO3I30nM

First day in the sub-50s in Edinburgh

Walked out my door this morning and remembered a handful of mornings waking up to that crisp chilliness, fresh scent and bright sunniness of this place:




It is going to be a cold day here, though.

I would write more if I hadn't woken up pre-8am to finish work before class! xoxo

more later :)

I'm good at blogging

This is a really excellent post...

because it has been a long time since I posted anything.

And I'm not really planning on talking about what has been going on in my life here (all good though!). I just want to share my latest creation (see December-January):



I really super miss baking....and cooking...and therefore, I created a calendar of all of the recipes I'm gonna try to replicate while I am home. Maybe a fraction of them will appear on tastyface...

maybe I will post something about Europe sometime soon.

We'll see.

It is October already?

This is one of those days where I am really lacking the motivation to accomplish anything...so I am going to post on here. My post today will be centered around bringing you up to date on my life in Edinburgh as of late.

Ok! Soooo....

Things I have done:

1. Day trip to Glasgow! That was fun. It happened! (We didn't think it would because we couldn't find our bus at first) But, we got there and we saw a Cathedral, a cemetery, ate some food that was probably not very great but OH so much better than the dining hall food here, and wandered. Fun day over all.

2. This last Saturday we went on a trip to the Highlands with the University to watch a football (read: soccer) game. That was less awesome. It took 5 hours by bus each way, we ate at the only restaurant in the ghost town we were in, it was really super cold, our team lost. That's about it. Worth the trip though. Probably won't do that one all too often.

Things upcoming:

1. I am leaving for London on Thursday afternoon and then Tom and I are going to be in Paris from Friday-Sunday. I am looking forward to seeing him and to seeing some new places!

2. I have now officially booked two more trips: one to Milan (Nov. 12-14) and one to Amsterdam (Nov. 25-27). Those should be great!

Other thoughts:

1. I am missing dancing, baking, being at home, being in DC, having a job that supplies me with money to spend, my fleece, and pumpkin spice lattes.

2. I found a really awesome coffee place to go here called Kilimanjaro Coffee. Love it.

3. I am supposed to go pick up my one and only textbook now, so I have to peace.

xoxo

Hopefully I will post again soon! <3