We're finally going on a cruise this year! Okay so "we" is my family and I and therefore it probably will not be as fun as other possibilities ... but I'm still really excited. We leave out of Galveston on June 7th and stop at Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel respectively in 7 days. I really can't wait until summer break gets here. I'm already preparing by trying to stock up on sundresses because I really don't have anything suitable to wear for this kind of occassion. Blue jeans and a t-shirt pretty much defines me on an average basis and I want this to be something special.
Speaking of breaks, I'm on spring break right now, finally. It seems to be ridiculously late this semester. But the nice thing about it is that school will be out again three weeks afterward. Not much to do here. I have to find a job for the summer (starting that tomorrow), work on Chinese, get the information for my Astronomy project, and work out like crazy. I've felt really unhealthy since winter started and now that spring is here I want to get more into shape. Doing just karate doesn't cut it.
By the way, had a karate tournament all day Saturday in New Orleans. I didn't place in anything (and I have to admit that I did only participate in kata) which I blame primarily on not feeling challenged. I hope it's not because I just suck at karate; I'm a lot more accomplished at it than I was a year and a half ago. It's even more sad because I passed up the chance of fighting my nemesis, Crazy Girl, in kumite. Long story behind that one, though honestly I could be overcomplicating it.
Tangent: I'm a French major. I really really want to study abroad in France. My parents aren't going to pay for it. Therefore, I need to apply for an insane amount of scholarships. In one that I'm going to try for you have to try out for a model position, actually model in a fashion show at the end of the semester (put on by FREN 2155) and win, and then you receive a $1000 scholarship to go to France! Okay, so it's not a lot. I'm hoping that since my old French professor (Monsieur Brager) organizing it again, he might be more preferential in my favor because he knows that I'm a major. If not, that's okay. I don't mind fighting for what I want, it just helps if there is some way for me to accomplish this faster.
If all works out, I want to study next spring in France, preferably at l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Aix-en-Provence. I chose this university primarily because of its location but honestly, anywhere would be amazing.
Otherwise nothing else going on. I'll try to keep this up-to-date but I've always been bad at keeping journals but this hopefully won't be strictly journalistic. I like to think that I am creative enough to think of diverse topics to discuss.
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