summer

I feel the need to continue writing this blog even though it’s summer and I’m not taking any classes.  My technical reason for not furthering my education this summer is that during the first session of summer classes at IUPUI I was going to be in Florida and would have had to miss a whole week of classes.  Which pretty much equals two or three weeks in ‘real time’ since the classes meet for three hours a day, two days a week.  While I wasn’t sure about my trip to Vienna when it came time to register for classes, it was an idea already and I was hoping to go, which would mean missing another week of classes during the second summer session.  See?  It was practical.  And money saving.  Maybe.

The real reason for not taking classes?  I NEED A BREAK!  I’m so burned out with school right now.  I need to be excited about it again, and I think that taking a few months off where I don’t have to think about it, AT ALL, will help me get back to being excited.  When I’m excited about school, I get very good grades.  My first semester back to school after a 7 year break?  A 3.9 GPA.  All the semesters since?  Not even a 3.5.  Need to do something about that.  And a break, even a short one, is the ticket.

So, since I’m not taking classes this summer, expect to see some non-school-related posts from me.  I might have the occasional financial aid induced rant, or a comment on the classes that I’m taking in the fall.  Or, most likely, a little bitching as the summer comes to an end, but other than that, this blog will mostly consist of all the fun things I plan to do this summer.

Like my upcoming trip to Vienna, for instance.  That’s right.  Vienna.  In Austria.  That’s in Europe.  I finally have a chance to use the passport I got last year!  Even though they probably won’t stamp it, it’s still cool that I get to use it.  I’ve been out of the country before, but never to Europe and I’m very excited about it!  I think I’m going to need a crash course in German.  Luckily my dad’s girlfriend is from Germany and can help me out with that.  I’m going to need to learn important phrases like, ‘Where’s the bathroom?’, ‘Check, please.’, and “May I have another beer?’.  Since I’ll be in Austria and rumor has it there is beer there.  Good beer.

So it’s T minus one month and 5 days till my trip.  I wish it was now!