Personal Note

il cuore non sbaglia

^This is the blog that I will be posting all of my travel/study abroad posts for the next five months. I am required to post there weekly once I arrive in Italy, but lets be honest, I'd probably post that often anyway...

Feel free to check it out, as I'll be posting text posts and photos while I am in Rome.

-Kaitlin

Study Abroad in Italy

So since I've transferred to Castleton, I've had many exciting opportunities. The one I am most excited about right now is my upcoming study abroad in Rome for Spring 2015. I have been officially accepted. I just can't wait to go. (Can it be January 19th now? Pretty please...?)

I am doing a bit of fundraising so I can lower the amount of loans I have to take out, as well as pay for some everyday expenses that will come up while I'm abroad. Please check out the link below if you're interested in helping out or by learning more about myself and the program I am studying through.

Here is the link for my fundraiser. I was also picked to be Abroad101's Student of the Week. Here is that article.

Thanks,

Kaitlin

Changes

On Saturday, I went to tour Castleton's campus. It was exciting and terrifying all at the same time. I had decided early in this semester that I was going to transfer for next spring, but now that the time has finally arrived and I'm almost there, I'm scared. I don't know why exactly. I'm nervous to live away from home for the first time. I don't know how long it will take to become friends with my roommate. I'm not 100% sure about the food (from what they had available during lunch, or brunch as it's called on the weekend when they serve omelettes and chocolate chip pancakes at noon.) It's certainly not home cooked meals. I just suddenly unsure, but it's going to happen.

I'm confident about some things though. I'm looking forward to the new learning environment, to the teachers that I've met and all the potential courses. I'm excited about my major; Global Studies. (I'm not too thrilled with the need for 12 credits in a language alone, but there are worse things.) I get to travel abroad for a semester, it's required for a Global Studies major. I might become a journalist because of my degree, and I am just excited for my future, even though I have no idea what it will really hold. It's all unknown at this point, with a lot changes about to happen, so it's completely terrifying but amazing all at the same time.