Many of you should have received emails by now, if you have not, I'm sorry, I'm doing the best I can to try and inform everyone by me and not through others. I am coming home this week. I know my blogs have seemed like I'm having the time of my life, it is less than half of what has been going on over here. The best way I can put it is that I am not "right" here. I don't think my time to be here is now, I can only hope that I will be able to visit this [View Full Entry]

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Nothing major has occured over the past few days. The whole flat (with the exception of one neighbor) has kept it pretty low key. Cassie and I have successfully made two dishes as well as making Anya her first PB&J. She said she liked it, but that it was a little sweet for her taste. All is well, though, she said she would eat it again. Last night we made our own version of stroganoff (sp?). We had ground beef and noodles and then made our own sauce which consisted of parmesan cheese, cream, and pepper. It actually turned out a [View Full Entry]

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Classes officially started for me this week! I put an exclamation point because being bored in Estonia is as bored as you can get. Classes at least give you something to do for a couple hours as well as something to talk about and dread. Dreading classes is more entertaining than doing nothing, I promise. The first of the week was "History of the EU and Intgegration Theories" which I think I should be able to handle. This was just the introduction day, so not a lot happened and I don't really know what it's going to be like until the [View Full Entry]

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Today was not a bad day. Nothing too adventuresome (sp?) happened. Cassie and I went to the main square for pictures today and received a pleasent little surprise. The whole square was turned into a market. They had everything you would need there. There was everything from fruits and vegetables to hats and scarves to even large rabbits. Cassie and I hoped that they were for pets and not for eating, but let's be honest. . . We picked up a rug for the room, Lord knows it needs some form of color in here besides our bedding. When we came [View Full Entry]

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Today started off well. Now that we have internet, that means I now have Skype. So, I thought I would try it out with my phone card that Sarah got me (I'm glad it finally came in handy). I called Mom and Dad this morning when I knew they would be awake, because they're nuts and wake up at 5:30. ; ) Mom answered because for some reason she knew it had to be me. It was great to hear their voices! Not going to lie, cried like a little baby. Whatever, I'm thousands of miles away. Do the same thing, [View Full Entry]

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So let's see. . . I still don't have any courses. I went and spoke with the woman in charge of the ISEP students to see if she could help me at all. She's a sweet woman, but not very much help at all. She told me that I would have to go to my faculty's dean's office. Ugh. It looks like I'll be heading there tomorrow after I get my picture taken in town (which I need for my UT card that I have to also get in the dean's office). One plus with Bellarmine is that they know how [View Full Entry]

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So, let's see. . . Last night we went to a "mixer" at the lower level of a nearby club. It was a chance for the internationals to meet some Estonians as well as each other. There were a few people there that I knew and met a few new ones. I was very proud for actually being the one to introduce myself. While there, I talked with Bret (States) who shares the same tutor as me. He had told me that he was having a bad day, and being myself I had to ask "Why?" He explained that his grandmother [View Full Entry]

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I've stolen Anna's (sp?) computer for a short bit, so I thought I would update this again. Can you believe I've done this twice in two days? I've met some more people in the past few days. Vlad (Romania) gave Cassie and I dinner the other night. He was cooking when we knocked on his door (Cassie already knew one of his flatmates) and insisted on us eating with him. We both refused over and over again, but he refused to let us just sit there. So we ate with him and Paulius (Lithuania) and then played a card game called [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! I know that it has been a while since I left and I apologize for only being able to send bits and pieces of information to you over the past few days. The internet is good here; it’s just the fact of getting it up and running. Cassie and I are going to split the internet costs and get it for the room, which I think is the best plan. So, let’s recap the past week. My flights coming here were really not bad at all. I will say, though, that the international part of O’Hare really needs to [View Full Entry]

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I'm sorry to have waited so long to write, but I literally had no other choice. I finally made it, and I just wanted you to know that I am fine, I am in the flat and have great flat-mates. School is keeping me busy and I don't have an account to use the email just yet. I have to wait until Monday to get that. My wonderful roomate, Cassie, is allowing me to use her computer, so hopefully I will be in contact more often. I promise I will be in contact more promise often, I promise. I will be [View Full Entry]

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