Priorities

I have been noticeably absent from this blog, lo siento! It’s for good reasons, I promise.

More and more lately, I’m realizing life is all about prioritizing what you need, love, and want. The reason I haven’t updated in a while is a combination of these three.

I need to devote a majority of time to school and related pursuits, such as cultivating relationships with my professors and the Alumni Office, where I work. 

I love wasting my time on other blog sites looking at pictures of the love of my life favorite celebrity and his various hair colors while listening to Florence + the Machine.
 I want to pursue my post-college plans and dreams more seriously, be a better sister and daughter, and take care of myself.

Love of my life.

As far as school goes, I made the Dean's List last term with a 3.9 GPA and I've made an impression on many of my professors, but one in particular. She's overseeing my independent study and I spend a significant amount of time in her office working on my research. I always thought she treated me different than the average student, but my suspicions were confirmed when she made me tea the other day. I don't know why, but I was really touched someone with a PhD would do something so menial for someone that is on the bottom rung of the ladder. The independent study we've been working on has yet to be accepted after two submissions. I turned in the third revision on Wednesday and I'm hoping the third time really is the charm because if I don't get this research grant I won't be able to go to Jordan. Essentially, my whole future relies upon a committee of professors, who I'm not convinced understand my project. There also the problem of perceived danger and prejudice against the Middle East and Arabs, but I don't want to even begin discussing that.

Future home away from home, hopefully!

I've never been one to have a lot of friends, which is derived from having four sisters, but I've made efforts with new people in the past 6 weeks and I'm pleased with the variety it brings into life. It's nice having someone to talk politics with and someone else that obsesses over television shows with you. I'm content, I don't need anything else or more. I'm constantly asked "Why don't you have a boyfriend, yet?" The truth is I've never made an effort to have one, but more so that I don't want one. I can't imagine having to devote time to a person other than myself. I see other people put so much time and energy into one person and it seems exhausting. I can't lose focus on my goals and dreams. Adding another person into my future would only complicate things (except if that person was named Benedict Cumberbatch or Idris Elba. I can make exceptions, I guess).

Three BEST friends. I'm not creepy at all.

In the near future, I will be moving in with my sister so I can continue my internship at the Field Museum and nanny. I would like to start volunteering my time towards educating refugees, too. There's so much to do and ,in reality, so little time.

This song has been my absolute favorite for a few days. Enjoy!

New blog, new adventures.

I've been reading travel blogs for a couple years now and finally decided to make my own. I figured "If they can do it, surely I can too." 


Since this is a travel blog, I'll start off with the basics. So far I've traveled to Turkey, Greece, Spain and France. I actually lived in Spain this past summer; I found a job as an Au Pair online, which I will tell all my readers how to do step-by-step in a later post. While in Spain, I learned a lot about myself and what's important in life. Nothing comes before my family, especially my sisters, and I have the ability to do whatever I set my mind to. It's cliche to say so, but that's the truth. With a crazy idea and a search engine, I was able to get paid to live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. 

My next travel destination is Jordan, where I will be learning Arabic and conducting independent research. I'll move there in September of this year and stay until December. A lot of people have been telling me that I'm absolutely insane for going to the Middle East. This might be true, I'm not entirely sure, but I believe in going for what you want no matter what. 


I want to live in Jordan. I want to experience a new way of life. I want to broaden my horizons.


I want to travel the world.