Procrastination.

Hi there, Michelle here.

I've been meaning to start a blog for a while now (hence the title of this post). This seems to be an easier way to send my "updates" of my travels to friends & family.

As of now, I'm not on any exciting travels. Just finished my 3rd semester of grad school (1 to go!) and am applying for jobs.

I guess I shouldn't say that, I'm leaving this Saturday (3 days) for a month in Germany. That's pretty current, and exciting. So while I'm gone I'll do my best to update this blog & add a picture or 2. As I continue in the program I seem to have less & less free time, which I'm okay with, but it makes it more difficult to send lengthly updates & pictures. So this is me admitting that I'm going to try & do better, feel free to hold me accountable for it!

I'm a little nervous for this winter's trip for a few reasons. 1) I'll be missing the holidays at home. I'm very excited to see Europe at Christmastime, but that comes at the price of missing the holidays with my family. I'm sure it'll be more difficult but I have a few good friends traveling with me that will make it fun. Also, I'm pretty sure this will be my first New Year's ever without Dick Clark & watching the ball drop in NYC. Although I've never been to NYC, I'm afraid to admit it's going to be weird without watching the T.V. at midnight. 2) I have to drive a manual car, in Germany & Belgium, during the winter. Yikes! I've had a few driving lessons here in Iowa so I get the jist of driving, let's just hope it clicks under pressure ? I'm sure I'll be fine, just nervous for it. 3) Supervising over winter break. I always get nervous before another stint of supervising, and it's more the anticipation than anything. Since this program is only 4 weeks it should (hopefully) be easier, especially since all of my staff have participated in the program before. Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself in saying that (knocking on wood).

I think that's more than enough for my first post. I'm going to (try to) end every post with a quote I like. Here's todays:

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. ~Benjamin Disraeli