Pondering Life

The start of a new semester is always daunting. That first week of class when the chaos of campus is not familiar and waves upon waves of students pass by, headphones blaring, minds blank, just repeating steps they have taken millions of times before. It almost seems surreal to tread the path I have become so accustomed to all these years knowing that there is only one semester, a few months, and then I will be gone. Forever.

I often think about what life holds in store for me. What sort of adventures and mishaps I am about to experience. What country will I be in next? What language will I endeavor to learn? What people will I surround myself with? What time will be spend in solitude, pondering life's questions and what purpose I will fulfill.

I suppose in a way I can be very introverted, focused in my own world, drinking in the experiences of life.

It has been almost a year since I have left the country and I am starting to feel anxious. Desperate for a taste of what I have come to love about new cultures, new places, new people. I am spending Spring Break in Cancun, Mexico thanks to my parents, with a bunch of friends. I have actually never been to a nice part of Mexico, so that will be interesting. But mostly I am excited to get out of America, speak a different language and immerse myself in sun and sand for a few days. Use that time given me to think about all the possibilities upon graduation. I want so badly to just pick up and leave, travel the world without a care, and worry about a job when I have to. Easier said than done.

When I think about all the places I haven't been to, all the things I have yet to see, and what is out there in the world, I just want to get on a plane and leave everything behind and just... live. Experience the beauty of the world again. I feel as if I have lost touch a bit with the person I was living in Costa Rica, then Spain. I love that person. I want to be that again. Maybe I will just pick up and move to Europe. But who really knows. For now, I will attempt to immerse myself in studies. I love my classes this semester!

Spanish 3040 - Spanish for Business II
Spanish 4070 - Spanish - Problems in Business Translation II
Spanish 4010 - Advanced Rhetoric and Writing in Spanish
Geography 4712 - Political Geography
International Affairs 4500 - Critical Thinking - Post Cold-War Economy of Europe
Business Law 3000 - Introduction to Business Law

All of my professors are great, and the best thing about last semester of senior year is that I'm actually very interested in all the subject matter of my various classes. To be sure, a lot of work will be involved in order to get through the semester alive, but I think it's worth it. I suppose it's all part of the plan.

Well, I'm trying to update this more than I have been lately. And you all will definitely get a post about how amazing Mexico and the beach are. Until further inspiration reaches me...