With, For, In Love

I've come to realize I know a minuscule amount of information about life. I'm not talking about the times when my friend asks me why air from a fan is cool or how we don't capsize when going through extremely rough waves. I'm talking about the fact that there are over 7 billion humans on this planet and I know so little about those people. Last semester I took a class called Global Fiction of the South and it literally changed the course of my life. I switched my major because of it, I started reading non-British or American authors, and I began to question problems I had never given much thought to before. One question I kept finding myself asking in the middle of our assigned readings was,  "What makes a fulfilling life?"  Shockingly I still do not have the answer to that but I'm learning more potential solutions because after all, or at least according to my mom, the world isn't always black and white. In the novels we studied immigrants, destitut

“Are you rethinking this?” “Yes.” “Ha. No you’re not.” Yeah I am… I’ve been incredibly fortunate to be able to travel to many countries and experience various cultures. Though I’ve seen a lot and spent a good amount of time traveling without my parents or sister, I’ve never been so uncomfortable as I am right now. Here are a few of the differences I’ve experienced so far. There is no AC!                                                                                                                 Why some of the hottest places have no AC yet is beyond me but at least I have a fan in my room. You are in a constant state of sweat as it is 90+ degrees and over 85% humidity. But don’t worry, everyone smells and is dripping just as much as you are. I live with a Spanish speaking mom                                                                             Sonia is the sweetest woman imaginable. When she picked me up at 12:30 on Friday night she told me tha


 Exactly one year ago I went to Rome and I became enamored with Rome, Italy, and Europe. Still to this day my heart aches that I am no longer in that place I came to love so quickly. One day I will go back but today is not that day. No. I've got some other plans in store.... " I came to Italy for one main reason: I didn't want to go on living life afraid. I was ready to get over my fears and not hold back in life because I was scared. What I soon realized upon my arrival was that I would HAVE to get over my fears if I wanted to live here. There weren't many options."  Clearly I didn't do a good enough job of getting over ALL of my fears because here I am...going abroad again. Where will I be going? What will I be doing? Am I even in school? I know you have all of the questions but don't worry because I have all of the answers. January 15, 2016 I will be on a flight to Costa Rica to live for four months. I'm living in a small peninsula to