I’m learning that homesickness exists in various forms. It was a concept I never really understood until sophomore year of college, and even then I was only feeling homesick for Chicago area things, such as Jewel Osco and the ABC7 news. My family I missed on occasion, for sure, but I knew I would be [...]

It’s rather surreal: I have been living in Costa Rica for 24 days now. That’s 3 weeks without a cell phone. And essentially TV, since the televisions in my host family’s house are located in rather inconvenient places for me (my parents’ room and my brother’s ‘lair,’ as I like to call it). On the [...]

So now that I’ve finished the marathon of school/work/everything-else business that has been plaguing me for the past 3 days, I’m taking this opportunity to ramble more about my life rather than getting some zzz’s like I really should be doing instead. And I’m going to really need those zzz’s, because the hell isn’t over [...]

Drumroll, please. I have just been recently accepted to the study abroad program for Costa Rica next semester. Though I didn’t think I would have a problem getting accepted, just knowing that I am now officially in feels great. I have no idea what sort of repercussions this will have on my academic track, since [...]

I can’t quite say I’m in the holiday spirit right now. And no, that isn’t just because I have a slew of final exams and papers breathing down my neck at the moment. I just don’t…feel it. And I mean, I’ve been hearing Christmas music nonstop since Halloween. Our apartment is beautifully decorated with a [...]