So last week, I again had to forego writing a blog due to the fact that I had a ridiculous amount of homework to get completed. I had three novels to finish, an Art History midterm to prepare for, and as usual, a fair amount of Italian homework to complete. Unfortunately, I did not finish two of the novels and they are now on my list of things I need to get done before my British Literature midterm upon return to school after Spring Break, as well as the dreaded Italian Oral Exam. What is that, you ask? Oh, you know. I just have to hold a 5 minute conversation with my Italian professor...IN ITALIAN. It won't be il più grande spettacolo dopo il big bang, I'll tell you that for sure. I'm sort of nervous. Okay, really nervous. Okay, super crazy nervous.
By the way - IT'S SPRING BREAK!
Sadly, it's not as exciting as I was anticipating it to be, at least not yet. Perhaps that is because it's the weekend so I usually get this break anyways. My guess is that on Monday, I'm going to wake up feeling pretty great about the fact that I don't have classes. Although...I'll probably not be that stoked because I'll still have homework to complete. But hey - you win some and you lose some. With a break from classes, you sort of have to take what you can get...
However, though I am not excited about break yet, I am extremely excited that tomorrow morning, I get to go pick up my cousin with my grandparents and she's going to stay with me for a week or so during my break. I haven't seen her in a couple of years, so it's gonna be pretty exciting. There will be pictures and videos, I have no doubt. Adding on to that, SXSW is happening this coming week, which, if you don't know what SXSW is, it's a huge music and film festival type deal that happens here in Austin every year around this time and it's basically fantastic. Last year I got to see a few cool bands play free sets, and this year is going to be no different.
So far on my to-see list, I have Jovanotti:
[Mezzogiorno by Jovanotti]
MS MR:
[Bones by MS MR]
And there is also going to be a Stevie Nicks Documentary playing, which I am dying to be able to see. I'm praying that I'll be able to get in. Stevie Nicks is just...beyond amazing and I just admire her so much. She's fantastic. [This is a trailer for the album of the same title, In Your Dreams]:
[Trailer for Stevie Nicks's In Your Dreams]
But before all of this, I have to take a copy of my passport - which thank God I was able to get within a week, my some insane miracle - to the Study Abroad office and give it to Arelis so that she can attach it to my completed Sussex application. YES! I COMPLETED AND TURNED IN MY APPLICATION LAST FRIDAY! IT'S FINALLY BEEN DONE! And once she has my passport number, she'll be able to forward it all on to the University of Sussex. Which means that yes, I can now breathe and I am just playing the waiting game now. Do I get to go or do I not get to go? Hopefully Sussex will accept me and I will start off one of the greatest adventures of my life! I'm so excited.
Now I just have to get over the whole fear of the Doctor's office so I can get medical clearance. That's...going to be interesting. I'm sighing all over the place at the thought.
In addition, you may have noticed a super cool little donations button over to the side of this blog that says "DONATIONS" - that's right, guys. I finally figured out how to do it! I'm really excited about that also. So as I've explained before, in order to go to school in England, I'm going to have to work to get a combination of donations and Financial Aid to pay for my schooling abroad. So if you've been keeping up with everything on the blog and you feel compelled to make a donation - or if you are just now starting to read this blog and feel compelled to donate - I would be beyond thankful and appreciative. Any amount helps, and all donations received are going straight to and being put towards my study abroad fund.
I haven't received any donations as of yet, so I don't know if it's going to show up who donated what amount, but if you do donate, be sure to let me know (you can comment below or send an e-mail to keepcalmandbrightonon@gmail.com) and I'll be sure to give you a proper thank you in the form of a handwritten thank you note, as well as a shout out here on the bloggerverse. I'll also be keeping y'all updated on how close I am to reaching my overall goal, which is $35,828 [$18,168 for the Autumn semester and $17,660 for the Spring semester].
Again, if you're curious about the program that I am working towards, as well as all of the financial details, you can check all of that out HERE. I'll get a couple of nifty graphics going with some of that information for you all as well in the next blog.
Alrighty - this one is sort of long, but I'm making up for lost time! I hope you're all off to a wonderful March. If you're on Spring Break or going to SXSW, stay safe, guys!
Until next time - Keep Calm and Brighton On!
-Tayma xx
EDIT: If you are on mobile, you may not be able to see the donations button due to the HTML formatting for mobile devices. In order to see it, you'd most likely have to get on the computer to see the sidebar and find the button.
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