Maybe no one is reading this anymore. I don't blame you, I haven't been posting very often. I think my last post was maybe a month ago? That's alright, I could just write for myself if no one else is watching. I know, I was trying to post more often. It's difficult to post often when you have nothing to say though.
I'm really not the same person I was two years ago. I think most people in the world live in a box. Usually, there's nothing wrong with what's inside that box. You can make a good life out of the contents of your box. You can see what's outside your box, but you can't always understand it. The good thing about it is that you don't need to. Your box has everything you need. I think I could have been content to stay in my box forever and do exactly what everyone thinks I'll do. I think I could have easily spent my life avoiding certain things because they're outside my box. I was all set to do that, for a while.
I don't know when I changed myself, but I did. The box is nice but it's not for me. I took a few journeys outside my box, as everyone does, but I liked it there. My box was just a little too restrictive. I don't really want to stay.
I don't remember where I was going with all that. The point is, I could have come back from Europe and gone right back to my daily life as it was before. I don't think I'd have been at all happy doing so though. It's what everyone does, it's what people expect, but I don't want everything I do to be because it's what people expect. I don't feel like the things I was doing previously were getting me anywhere at all. I hate feeling like I'm in a dead-end with no U-turns. I guess that's why I'm pulling my U-turn before I get to that point.
I think I'm all set for the Netherlands now. I have my acceptance letter, and I have financial approval. I applied for the student apartments but they say they won't start accepting students until the first of April. I am not too worried about it, because I got my application in early and they supposedly give priority to first-year international students. I haven't started the immigration stuff yet, but I might wait until I know about the student apartments first.
I've been looking at flights. Apparently all the cheap flights this summer go through Reykjavik. Means I'm going to Iceland this summer, right? It's actually kind of nice, because it means I won't have to sit through an eight or nine hour flight. The one I was looking at was four hours to Reykjavik and 3 hours to the final destination. Sitting through an eight hour flight is tough, no matter how many movies they put on your little TV screen. I just have to decide when I want to leave and what I'm doing when I get there and I'll be ready to buy a ticket. I will probably wait to do that after I know about student apartments too though...
Aside from all that, I haven't been doing much of anything lately. Like always. At the end of this month we're going to Washington D.C., and I'm really excited for that. I miss all the walking I used to do in Europe, I look forward to a week of walking in D.C. Besides that, I've been to the capital city of three different countries, but never my own. It's about time I go, right?
That's it for now. I'll try to think of other things to post soon. Goodnight!
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