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2 more days. I can't believe it.rnrnI was reading my journal entry from the beginning of the semester in January, and it all just seems like it went by WAY too quickly. Yeah, it's cliche to say. BUT in all seriousness, it's true. I'm sitting here in my room staring at the packed bag in the corner that is slowly emptying the room. I can't help but think my life here.... all 3 months of it....is packed in that bag. All the memories, all the experiences, all the growth. When I take this bag back to the states, will these contents still be as prevalent as they are now? I feel like I'm shutting them out. Locking them up. It's suddenly becoming reality that it's almost time. Time to go back. rnrnIt makes me cry just thinking about it. Last night was an emotional night for me. I had two finals, including my final presentation for the strategic engagement of the Italian design company. Afterwards, Dr Ringleb took us out to dinner. It was amazing. It made me realize how much I respect the man, and I felt extremely blessed that the 7 of us got a chance to know him on a different level. I truly believe we were the luckiest 7 students on this campus, by far.rnrnThe past couple of weeks have been quite eventful too. I couldnt have spent my last couple weeks any better than I did. We had Spring Weekend, which was pretty much a mirror image of Uconn's Spring Weekend, where there are events every day for a week. The majority of the events involved alcohol, and people got points based on the events they participated in. It was hilarious. Activities included: Powderpuff football game (which turned into tackle football with all girls...and I got the "jacked up" award because I messed up my knee and my thigh); Case race during the Italy vs. USA soccer game, Vending machine tribute to a guy here nicknamed "Manimal", Field day (beer olympics), "pub crawl", etc. It even ended with prom (formal dinner). Yeah, they made our formal dinner prom...and you got points if you had a date. SO funny.rnSo I had prom on friday, and then on saturday was field day...and saturday night 100 of us went to a discoteca. Oh man it was so fun! Then the next day I went skydiviing. Yeah, skydiving. It was overlooking Venice too...which was so beautiful. I had the time of my life, I really did.rnSince sunday I've pretty much been balancing hanging out with people, studying for finals, and packing. It's a lot to balance...especially since we have so much going on with checking out and leaving and such. Again, when I start thinking about it I start to cry. I love this place...and I know I'm gonna miss everything about it. The people I have met have truly made this experience worthwhile in itself. I could go on about it, but I'll save it for tomorrow...before I leave. That's when the true tears will come out. ESpecially since tonight is my last night with these amazing people.
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