Man oh man. Life is crazy these days. I am now in the part of my education at JWU called Practicum, and its basically an intensive work sampling throughout the whole trimester. There are about 20 other students in this program, we get to wear awesome suits, and 4-5 rotations to choose from. I was lucky enough to get all my first choices, which would be Collette Vacations, AAA Southern New England, and T.F. Green Airport. Monday through Friday 9-3 I get to rotate through each of these locations and see if its something I want to pursue in my future. The first week seemed a huge sleepover party, we had orientation, and the 20 others in the class are girls I have known since freshman year and have taken all major classes with, so we are like a big family. And there is only one boy! He is lucky. haha.
At the end of the trimester, we all go on a FAM trip (familiarization tour), where we get to plan and carry out each day of the tour, just like a real tour guide! The professors wait until the first day of the trimester to tell the group where they are going, even though we have been trying to get the destination out of them since day one of our freshmen years. haha. (Last year I accidently found out early for the spring trimester kids and told them where they were going months before they were supposed to know. And they were not happy. hahaha)
WE ARE GOING TO GREECE! Ok. No joke. GREECE. for 9 days. in May. Now, Greece is never somewhere I would have ever thought of traveling, I guess it wasnt on my list of top desired places to see, but I am NOT complaining. The school pays for it. And I am a travel major. I want to travel everywhere. And the more I research it, the more excited I get. The group of kids Im going with are definitely the off the beaten path kind of travelers, so I hope we get to experience the real Greece, not only the touristy stuff.
This week is a little more intensive. I am working at Collette Vacations in the Air department. Collette is one of the worlds largest and best tour operators, offering travel to all continents, and they have 4 major offices around the world with 500+ employees. I dont do anything that exciting, but I have been working on some ticketing and accounting projects dealing with the multiple airline contracts that Collette has. It's crazy the amount of business that they give to airlines such as Delta or British air.
Its only week 2, but it has gone by very quickly, and I am very tired. In order to be on time, I have to be out of the house by 730am, and I dont usually get back until 4pm, not counting if I have something I need to do after, which might mean I dont get home until 1030. So its a long day. I know how my parents feel. Its especially tough because one absence means you are automatically dropped from the program. We all know about my issue with absences, last trimester I missed about 8/16 classes for Botany (passing gloriously might I add).. But still. I am working hard to keep myself in line.
I feel bad, because I have not really talked to anyone from home indepthly. Its also hard because I am trying to find a new apartment, as well as being a leader for Christian Student Fellowship, and my workstudy job that I havent even been to since this new tri started. Pretty sure I dont even have time to think... Let alone hang out or something.
I am coming home for Easter, which will be one of the last times I will be home for a while I think. Maybe not until next thanksgiving... I am really excited to be home and see everyone, and have sleepovers in the basement and take Kodey for a walk and see my sister. And I miss Janer and Casey and Bryan. Seriously, Im emo thinking about it.
Ok I need to sleep right now. I am exhausted.
I stayed up pretty late last night, 4am to be exact. Maybe it had to do with the nap I took from 8pm-10pm, or maybe it had to do with all the thoughts running through my mind about school and going home, or the huge batch of support letters I had to put together and get sent out for Russia, or who I should send a christmas card too, or the fact that I spent about $20 on postage in the past week.
