Rachel goes to STATE!

My little sister, Rachel (18 y/0), plays Lacrosse at Lassiter. She and her team are going to STATE!!! 5A!! GOING TO STATE!!! I am so excited for her!

Oh, p.s. I was going to keep this blog solely for my travels, but I changed my mind. This is MY blog. I will blog about my life. Starting now.

My dog, Henry, is the love of my life. He is a Weimaraner and only a year old. He is good most of the time, don't forget he is still a baby. He is off leash all the time, and he stays right with me. Except-today.

He chases a black man out of the courtyard, into the street, across the parking lot, and the guy jumped ON TOP of his car...uh oh...

Needless to say, I will have a quiet evening, as my dog is in timeout.

GO LHS!

Cait's Blog

One of my BFFs Cait Moss is in Panama. She has a blog...which I never used to read, until she went to Panama. She has been there only four or so days, but I am loving what she is writing! It is making me so excited to get to go to Spain! I cannot beleive that the good Lord has given us such opportunities to see the world! I love it!

:)

I am also really excited for when I graduate...cause after I finish my internship for that year...Cait and I are going to South America for 3 or so months!!!!

and Skype wins!

I have been on the phone and internet all day trying to figure out how I am going to be able to call home when I am abroad. I am not going to use AT&T nor will I use World Traveler. According to my friends Alba and Fernando, they are exchange students here in America who are fro Spain, it is the best to use Skype. It will only cost me like 5 bucks to have unlimited calling to the US and Canada via Skype via the internet.

I am going to buy a headphone and microphone so that I can use my computer like a cell phone. Now all I have to do is teach everyone back home how to use it, too.

Registration

Suazo emailed and said that most of the students have been registered for their courses. I am the exception. I have a hold on my record due to a health form not being turned in. Suazo is going to see if they will waive it, because I am already admitted into the University System of Georgia. They should already know that I have submitted my health records.

After that I will be registered for my three courses. Then I will have to pay the remaining balances of the program cost and airfare. HOPE will cover most of Tuition and Fees. Maybe a few hundred short.

Books Came

My Spain Travel Guide came yesterday.
I do not have to go to the GSU Study Abroad meeting next Thursday. But I do have to go to the Segovia meeting on May 22...I am missing Rachel's graduation and Chris's family get-together in West Virginia. : (

I still need to send in my papers to Suazo. I also need to send him a passport sized picture of myself...Oh the things I need to get done!

Orientation is Over!

One orientation down, lots more to go.
I did learn a few things:

I have a huge to do list. I need to contact financial aid. Just made a meeting with Mrs. Crawley to see if I can get a loan for the trip. Filled out summer survey for financial aid. Waiting on confirmation email from GCSU. Then have to check GSU's webmail to see if they have received the information. Need to call Suazo to see if my classes are actually registered for (maybe an email will suffice?). I need to let my bank know about my trip to Spain, so they don't freak out at the "random" charges to my account. I need to find out if I need to change my phone plan as well...I am going to need to be able to call home at least a few times!

I have to do this INST 2985 Study Abroad Seminar because I am not going with GCSU. It's actually kinda cool what they have me doing for it. Oh, and I get a 1 credit for the "class". I will have to stay in contact with Dwight Call from GCSU by email while I am over there, and I will be updating him a few times, letting him know who things are going. I have to read the Spain Guidebook from Lonely Planet. I will like this, cause it requires me to learn about the country before I go over there. I also get to choose a book of my own liking. I will have a paper on the books due before August 16, the start of fall classes. I also have to write a paper about my primary research in Spain, based on any topic I want! This will be exciting. I think I want to write about family life in Spain.

That's all for now.

The Start of Orientations

Tomorrow is my first orientation for Spain. It is through GCSU, even though I am going through GSU, I still have to go to all of the stuff for GCSU´s programs...I guess technically I still belong to them?

It is at 10 am. Lasts 2 hours. We will see what I learn! Stay tuned!