Forgiveness

Lately I've been dealing with the dilemma of forgiving people for events that happened in the past. It's the most empowering thing to be able to forgive someone. But how can we forget what happened? I really wish that it was so simple to move on in a way, I'm just not sure how to yet. If anyone has some good advice, send it my way!

Midterms/ Life

I'm sorry I haven't been posting a lot recently (that's assuming people enjoy reading my blog). For those of you who don't know, this week is midterm week. Holy cow, how time flies! I had a Spanish midterm today, my International Relations midterm tomorrow (wish me insane amounts of luck), my Italian midterm tomorrow, my Art History midterm on Thursday along with another Spanish one and a Communications midterm, and another Italian midterm on Friday. YIKES! The midterm I am fearing the most is my International Relations midterm. It is by far my favorite class and I find the material extremely interesting. However, the midterm sounds terrifying! I have read 320 pages out of one text book, and have to read another 200 pages in the other book (I am already on page). I have gone from never having to study in my life, to studying for one week straight for one test that is only an hour and fifteen minutes long. How is this possible? If someone has an answer, please let me know! But seriously, wish me luck everyone! Also, my motivation to get me through this week is the fact that I will be on academic travel next week! Woohoo! That is quite possibly the best reward for living through midterm week in college, and I get to go on academic travel after every midterm week, how lucky am I?
It's been getting a little difficult being so far away from home, I've begun to miss many things from Oregon. Some things that I particularly miss are my family, my dog, and people who speak English. People speaking English sounds silly, but it is slightly annoying when you go to the doctor and you cannot explain to them properly in Italian what is wrong. I still love it here! But I'm also looking forward to being able to hug my family, I'm halfway to winter break! Yay! Have a good week everyone!

TED Talks

Sorry that I haven't been posting in a while! Here are some videos that cheered me up today, enjoy them!
This is a TED talk remix that my physics class watched last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDHET3aCI2U
My friend Abbi showed me this one today! For those of you who get the spinny wheel of death while waiting for a page to load, et cetera, you can definitely relate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_6SfMZxoLc&feature=share

Everyone! Message me on Facebook or comment below on what you would like me to write about!! I promise I will make a post specifically dedicated to what each of you wants to hear about.

Swiss Medical Care

Wow! I am seriously impressed with Swiss health care. I had to go to the emergency room this evening due to extensive poor health over the last few weeks. I was in the waiting room less than ten minutes, was immediately seen by the doctor, given five prescriptions, and was out the door within the hour. Hopefully the medicine will be just a great and I'll be better in no time!

And It's Not Even 2 pm

Well, I've had quite the adventure of the day! After returning from the laundry room downstairs because my clothes weren't done washing in time, I looked up above my closet and noticed something out of the ordinary. Upon closer inspection I discovered that it was the largest spider I have ever encountered. Not wanting to let it out of my sight I decide to kill it with my shoe. Unfortunately, it was ABOVE my closet. I dragged my chair over to the closet, stacked some books on top of the chair (because I still wasn't tall enough), and smashed it with my shoe. Terrifying experience, but necessary to kill it because it was in our room!!! Then I returned to the laundry room to deal with the washing machine that never wants to give me my clothes. After banging on the machine, I got the laundry card scanner to finally work, and so I could get my clothes. What elese will the day bring? I have no idea. But I've already dealt with spiders and laundry machines, so bring it!

Valle Verzasca

Valle Verzasca is one of the most beautiful places on the earth. Here are some pictures from my day trip during orientation!

 

 The rock just below the bridge is what we jumped off of for initiation! It was very high, and we jumped into freezing cold water! The bridge can be seen in the upper left part of the Frankin College Switzerland logo.