My beloved grandfather, Jim McGuinness, passed away this morning. He had been suffering for quite some time, but that still doesnt mean his passing doesnt hurt. My mom flew to Florida and was wi...
I’ve recently come to the conclusion that my addiction to traveling has consumed my life. It goes without saying that the travel bug has bitten me: bad. I dream about the places I will go, the sights...
Assigned Jane Eyre. Read Jane Eyre. LOVED Jane Eyre.Its officially all I can think about. Well, that, and the fact that I turn 21 in less than 24 hours.
Im the most indecisive person on the planet. Seriously. It can take me days to make a decision about something, just because once I have options, I have to weigh everything against each other.That be...
All I want to do is travel. Its all I can think about...its all I dream about. I fantasize about being back in Pau, walking along the Boulevard de Pyrenees with a cup of gelato in my hand. I close my...
Snapped on my way to school this morning..Its funny. I was walking around campus and realized that school is a happy place for me. If you had told me that three years ago, I wouldve laughed in your f...
I had to call out sick from work today. Ive been working so much lately, both at Marciano and at school, and this morning I woke up with an asthma attack and an achey body.School starts tomorrow. Its...
New obsession??Gel manicures.
I miss France so much it hurts sometimes.
Hello! Hello!!Im not dead. Just back in America. But I cant seem to sit still. LOTS of traveling the next two months. And then possibly some more in October. And then SOUTH AFRICA in J...
Im trying to memorize everything about this place. Last night, as we walked home from downtown, I looked up into the night sky and tried to take a mental photograph of the way the stars looked. I exa...
Happy Fathers Day to the best dad a girl could ask for.:)Wishing I was home to celebrate.
Im SO behind on the posting of the days!Last Sunday we went to Lourdes, which is one of the holiest cities in the world, and as soon as I got back to Pau I wound up getting sick. Ive been slowly reco...
Bought myself one of these today. Ive seen one on the arm of the majority of French girls in Pau. I guess theyre all the rage? It came down between red and gray and as with most things, red won out. ...
Monday, June 6th: Class started early on Monday, 8am, so we all had to be up even earlier than that. Class was crazy difficult because I was so exhausted. For some reason, everything hit me at once. ...
Friday, June 3rd: Because there was no class on Thursday, we had two extra hours of classes on Friday. We were given an hour for lunch, during which we ran over to a nearby cafeteria and ate too much...
"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make."
5/31, Tuesday: May 31st was the 21rst birthday of a girl in our class, Tatiana, so our teacher wound up baking a few cakes for everyone! It was so fun to be able to celebrate with her and the fact th...
We got caught in an epic rainstorm today. A group of us went caught a showing of The Hangover 2 (in ENGLISH!) and then decided to do some shopping afterwards. Of course, as we were walking into the s...
Today, while walking down some cobbled streets in Bayonne and listening to a group of French people play music outside of a cafe, it dawned on me that I could stay in France forever and Id be the hap...
This place is amazing. Fantastic. Beyond everything that I ever could have expected. Time has almost stopped, which is an interesting feeling. I almost feel like Ive been here my whole life, walking ...
Im sitting in the computer lab of the University as I write this.The first couple days here have been really good. Everyone is really nice and weve all been getting along really well.Yesterday, the f...
Sitting at Newark airport, anxiously awaiting my connecting flight to Paris. I just had a weird burger and some fries, since I havent eaten since dinner last night (so fascinating, right???)This morn...
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