I thought it was about time I finalized my travel blog. I have been back in the U.S. for almost two weeks. My last days in Italy were so wonderful and amazing. I checked out of my Tuscan hostel and said goodbye to my roommates. I checked into The Hotel Derby in Florence, with a beautiful view of the city, especially the Duomo. I relaxed a little on the rooftop and then went to further explore Florence. I walked over the Ponte Vecchio looking mostly at the scenery. I walked along the river to discover some new amazing sites but [View Full Entry]

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I have decided that a travel blog is the way to go to keep everyone up to date on my adventures. I haven't actually gone anywhere yet but I decided to start my blog today. For those of you who don't know, here is the back story: I am going to Italy for 4 weeks. I will be taking a class through Loyola University in Rome for two weeks and then traveling throughout Italy for two more weeks. I have wanted to go to Italy for as long as I can remember and when this opportunity presented itself I jumped on [View Full Entry]

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hey all, so just writing to give a quickie update on life. woke up at about 8am saturday april 29th to study for my HUGE practical and do my hair that i wasn't going to have time to do later on because AFTER the practical (that by the by i passed with flying freakin colors- THANK GOD, talk about sigh of relief) we had our senior formal- think prom but with legal consuming of alcoholic beverages! so anyway, after much assistance from caity kelly with makeup (we were going for a 50's look after it was decided that "all those [View Full Entry]

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so here it is, my first real entry into the "real life"... ps- it kinda sucks! i like my job, i'm in a really great profession, i get to be silly and make ppl laugh and help them feel better all @ the same time... the big problem is that i'm working with ppl that i have to constantly convince they want to get better- n that's not even really the issue, the bigger issue is that a vast majority of them don't feel the need to get better because they don't want to be alive- n quite frankly i don't [View Full Entry]

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Recently, perhaps fueled by the ending of my educational career and beginning of my quasi-professional career, or perhaps fueled by my new found time to actually reflect on my travels, I have indulged myself into thinking that I could possibly delve into the world of travel writing. Uh huh, travel writing, yup that’s right. However, with no solid English background, except the 3 I got on my AP English exams 5 years ago in High School, and the current lack of funds I have to take the exalted "backpacking through Europe" trip etc etc, this goal seems just slightly out of [View Full Entry]

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Visited US States Map This is a pretty cool feature. Its nice to see the red. I'm looking forward to my road trip to the mid west in February where I'll be able to add a few states! It would be fun for my international friends who are always counting their states between them as a competition! [View Full Entry]

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well, i'm officially a week away from being done with the fall semester of what is somewhat technically my senior year! i've finished and passed all major practicals (and i do mean MAJOR!!!), now all that's left is 5 finals- the first of which being today @ 9am, a presentation in pharmacology (and it's adjacent paper), an interview with my clinical instructor for my rotation in january, some drug testing (same reason), and packing for my trip... it's going to be a VERY busy week i think. non-stop studying somehow interupted by everything else. but don't worry, we (my roommates and [View Full Entry]

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HEY ALL!! well, i've finished my last exam of hell week round 3- no idea how i did yet, and considering it was neuro- probably not well, BUT, it's over- and currently that's all i care about. i'm a bit swamped through tuesday (last day before thanksgiving break) with a few projects that i have left- but then it's home for some family and food!! granted i'll be studying my butt off for my integrated practical and my neuro practical, as well as trying to write 8 annotative bibliographies for my research project... oh yeah- and doing all the christmas preparation [View Full Entry]

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HEY ALL! i apologize to those of u that have already gotten or seen this. but i saw something today that was quite literally the most amazing and beautiful thing ever. it's so incredibly inspiring and the love that this father has for his son is truly awesome, in the real sense of the word- it is TOTALLY awe inspiring... any way, the link is @ the bottom, i promise it's not a virus, n it's worth the wait to download it. just check it out- u'll be glad u did. nothing much is new with me, still @ school. another [View Full Entry]

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ok, so i'm finally back home again after the FASTEST summer of my life... i know to those of you that love me it didn't feel that way to you since we had such a huge gap in/lack of communication, but i assure you that i'm fine and had a wonderful time there for the vast majority of it. my last few days in corfu were key, as in i only worked half days and was able to do some of the more fun things on the island. first off i was able to go on the booze cruise. first stop [View Full Entry]

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