I’ve hit a rut again. I got back from my 2 week AMAZING travel break and I come back to registering for classes.

2 things:

1. Traveling, as cliche as it sounds, really does open your eyes to new worlds that you cannot ignore. New experiences, new cultures, new people is so exciting.

2. Traveling for fun, unless its your job and business trips dont count, is not a lifestyle. It’s an escape, it’s an experience. It’s a deviation from my life back home.

3. Traveling is enjoying and marveling at life and the world. Working is surviving in it.

4. I feel behind compared to my friends back home. I feel helpless to catch up. I dont want to do work, it’s all too temporary here. I dont want to work because I’d rather be traveling.

5. I miss NU like crazy. although im seriously going to miss all my white friends. Love me some asian an all but I love my white friends

Conclusion: Rut. Routine. Class to home to computer.

Sad Solution: TV shows and procrastination. and skyping the boyfriend ( i’ll admit it)

I need to fix myself.

What the hell happened to me. I used to be great at taking a ton of pressure. Now I just hide.

But seriously enough of this self pity. ( I’ve started talking to myself now, shhh you’re a third wheel)

I can do this. I can pull myself out of this hole with my own two, oddly small and stubby hands. Life, you’re a bitch. But so am I and I have a whole lot  more in me. And I will do it by the time I leave for London. On a brighter note!

Places I’ve been [Spark Notes Version]:

Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark ( just had to put that one ). by the way you have to say Aarhus with a grunt like a viking.

Brussels and Ghent, Belgium ( most amazingly multicultural/Ghent Illuminations still haunts my dreams)

Berlin, Germany ( i LOVE this city. They counted all their trees and labeled them.  They have a over 6 story central train station. Hitler’s place of death is a parking lot. Germans had to go through civil fights, Hitler, the Soviets, the Allies, and now the Greeks. I love me some Germans)

Oslo, Norway ( gorgeous country, FUCKING OUTRAGEOUS PRICES)

Malmo, Sweden ( couldnt tell much.)

Hruba Skala and Mala Skala and Prague, Czech Republic ( CHEAP DELICIOUS FOOOOOOD. Most beautiful nature I’ve ever seen in my life. Castle, candlelit treasure hunt, girl time, meat and potatoes, GOULASH)

Vienna, Austria ( Vienna Opera- Ballet. Who knew I’d like ballet? First time I went to CSO I fell asleep 15 min and woke up with no regrets. Schonbrunn palace, gardens and concert…who knew i’d like opera too?, wonderful apartment, clean amazing city, schnitzel, cakes and coffee, church with genitalia, history in the streets, music everywhere, culture coming out of the ass.)

Barcelona and Madrid, Spain ( palm trees, warm weather, ESPANOL BABY [ donde esta el bano? can you respond to me in ingles por favor?] 10 euro el menu del dia, mustachioed waiter and restaurant from NYTimes, Flamenco!, tapas experiences, biking through madrid, teleferico,food food food, FCB vs Real Madrid, Plaza de Trippy, drugs in the air, men selling beer and drugs in the streets, gorgeous park, bargaining, soccer scarves and shirts, i love spain)

will visit:

London, England

Germany or Turkey?

Then when I leave for home it’s

Copenhagen –> CDG –> LAX –> home ( for about 4 hours) –> LAX –> Taipei. over 26 hours on a place. Is there such thing as a Dramamine overdose? I DONT WANT TO BE AWAKE FOR THIS.

Then Taipei –> LAX –> CHICAGO!!!!