Saturday, December 30, 2006

Sad day with a cheerful ending...


Sadly, today was my last day working at the Orientation & First-Year Programs office. It definitely started to sink in when I handed in my office key, erased my name off the check-in board, and took down my office star. Even now I'm still slightly in denial...I keep thinking that I'll be going back to work on monday and do the usual: chill with Shannon in the front, talk about coffee woes with Bill, try to answer the wide of array of questions (some legitimate, some absolutely insane) that come through on the phone.... I think my favorite part about my job was all of the people that I was surrounded by. I'm truly sad to leave behind the friends that I've made at OFYP.

But, as one chapter of my life comes to an end, another one begins. When I came back from work today I was feeling really quite sorry for myself until I found out some excellent news! I will be interning at the Institute of Criminal Policy Research at the Law School of King's College London!!! Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised and grinning from ear to ear! This is exactly what I was hoping for and I'm so excited to have the opportunity to do this (www.kcl.ac.uk/icpr)! I think this internship will really help me to determine my future career plans. I couldn't have asked for anything more!

So, moral of the story, sad endings bring happy beginnngs!

Thursday, December 28, 2006

YAY! NEW TOY!!!


I got a new camera (with some help from Andy....thanks for the X-mas gift babe!)!!!! It's a Canon PowerShot SD600....and I absolutely love it! I can take beautiful pictures while I'm abroad!!! Hooray!!! This is one of the first pictures taken on my new camera. I really think the two subjects are absolutely lovely!.....*wink. Anyway, just under two weeks left to go! I'm becoming very anxious, excited, and a tad bit nervous...just to name a few of the swirling emotions in my head. I'm really going to miss my friends and family, but feel overjoyed at the prospect of meeting new people and making wonderful connections. I feel like the luckiest person on earth to have the opportunity to do this.....I can't wait to share it with all of you!!!

Watch out for more photos. Now that I have my new camera I will probably be extremely trigger happy and take pictures of everything and anything!

Monday, December 25, 2006

The countdown begins!

Well, it's official....I have a blog! Thanks to my wonderful sister I can now post all of my thoughts and pictures from my upcoming adventure abroad! I leave January 9th for London and will be gone until the beginning of May. Be sure to stay tuned! Oh yes, Merry Christmas!!!!