Holy Canoli Monday!

Another week has come and gone and completely caught me off guard.

This past weekend was absolutely insane, so please forgive me for delaying the post. I wrote two five page papers this weekend, completed an annotated bibliography, an art piece, a formal analysis, and read a novel.  Sadly, that wasn't even all of my homework, but I still managed to get almost all of it done - that in itself is an extreme blessing.

During the last week, however, I attended a pre-departure meeting for Study Abroad. We got a general orientation sort of thing, where we were talked to about health, safety, getting credit for our grades from overseas, and being aware of our surroundings. Afterward, we broke off into our little groups by country, and after that into little groups by which school we are attending.

I would say at the meeting, maybe 10-15 people were going to England, and only three of those 10 (myself, included) are going to Sussex. However, I am the only student traveling abroad for an entire year. I felt a bit glad to know this, but also very strange. It seemed weird to me that I was the only person in the England group going for an entire year, but I want this. This is my dream. The only thing I want as much as or more than this is to be an actress. I want this and I am going to go all out for it. But in order to completely do that, I need financial assistance.

I probably sound like a broken record, asking you to sponsor me, telling you that any amount helps, but it is absolutely true. I am going to need assistance to afford everything, and I'm not going to expound too much on this, because then I start to get a little bit too personal and slightly bitter and this is not the place to do that. But I can say that I can't do this completely on my own. And for every person that helps, I'm going to send out a thank you note and give a thank you to you here on the blog. I will be keeping the blog going while I'm in England, and probably beyond that. Not only will assistance in funding help me go to school, it will help me keep this blog running with updates and awesome information. I want to keep as many people involved in this experience as possible. Any amount can help and I will be absolutely thankful to each donor.

Beyond all of this, I'm working extremely hard to get job applications put in and finish out the semester strong. We have to do a skit in my Italian class, and it's a mega assignment. It's a huge deal, but we're working on it. We have a good chunk of it finished, but of course, we have to turn it in on Wednesday. This week is going to be bonkers, but I have to keep up with it. 3 weeks from Friday and my semester is over

Holy canoli.

That in itself has me freaking out a little bit. So with that, I am going to go finish up some homework. 3 weeks. Yikers.

I hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Until next time - Keep Calm and Brighton On!

-Tayma xx