I talked with my spanish mama today. I hadn't realized I could call her from my cell phone and was informed by another spanish friend it was just that easy. So I gave her a call, it's been 5 months since I have spoken with her, what?! Crazy ( Read more... )

I LOVE MY JOB! I swear to you, working at the residence halls couldn't get any sweeter than if you ate only honey and sweetarts all day (ewww...gross combo, don't ever do that). I just went through a week of training where we got free lunch, paid coordinator pay, and a FREE T-SHIRT! wow, I mean, the free t-shirt was an unbelievable bonus. ( Read more... )

Have you ever given advice to a friend that you should really be giving yourself? I mean seriously, the whole situation described was really exactly what was going on with me, exactly...and I almost slipped up. Still, my advice to be honest was just something I could have told myself if I believed it would work. Here's the thing though, with me ( Read more... )

I work at American Rights at Work as a voluntary intern. It's a non-profit organization that suppports unions through research, promotions, and it's very existence. I didn't get the job because I've been gon-hoe about unions since I was 5 like some of the people in my office, but because I got to work in DC in a good organization and get some ( Read more... )

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Spain is coming together, it really is. Yesterday I was feeling so good about being here, I had spent the weekend in Salamanca with some kids from another program and when I came back I was happy to be home. Being in Salamanca I was in a college town with te university life and students, it was so different than Seville and I loved the atmosphere ( Read more... )

SO!!! WE get a paper assignment last week on Tuesday for a 4-5 page paper due Thursday. Yeah, two days later. The best part aboutme not having a labtop in SPain is the frantic run for a computer everyday for the measly 5 or 6 hours I can get. Lovely for writing a paper that long. SO whatever, I hand it in and go off for theweekend doing the ( Read more... )

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Saturday Night, August 13th, Melissa Smith died of a cocaine overdose. She was my neighbor from the end of 6th grade until she moved in 7th grade, but remained one of my best friends until high school. Missy played a major role in my life, she was not the greatest influence on me, but in a lot of ways that makes her one of the most important ( Read more... )