Making plans for the midnight sun

As I said in my post earlier this week, I will be traveling with a few other students and a faculty member this coming June to the country of Estonia. This morning, me and my friend Katelyn (who is also going to Estonia) were discussing passports and plane tickets and all the nitty gritty stuff that needs to be done before we depart.

Then we began discussing our post- program plans, or what the heck we were gonna do after the official program was done on June 19th. Well, my parents will be coming over to travel with me at some point, but we discussed maybe adventuring up to Finland for the weekend.

Sooooo that leads me to the main part of this post. I was just on Facebook, and noticed a video on another one of Katelyn and I's friends walls about Finland, where she is originally from. Can't say how stoked I am that we will be (hopefully...) in Helsinki for the summer solstice, or the midnight sun. Here it is: Land of the Midnight Sun


PS HAPPY SPRING BREAK FINALLY

Crunch time

I keep forgetting it's Friday today. Usually that never happens. I guess this has been what I'd call a "busy" week. After getting back on Sunday from the Birkie, I took Monday morning to sleep in and slowly acclimate back into the college life routine. Once Tuesday hit, however, everything changed with huge deadlines looming on the horizon of another perfect storm that is hitting right before I head off to California for Spring Break.

I have a web page due tonight. A paper due Sunday. An exam on Monday. Another exam on Tuesday. A graphic design project due Tuesday. A homework assignment due Tuesday. And finally, a huge paper due on Wednesday. Whew. Right now, I'm just focusing on making it out alive, but I'm already ahead of the game with finishing that blasted web page this afternoon. After a good 15ish hours of hard work and problem solving, here it is! I am very proud of it and actually had some fun putting it together.

Also, I'm stoked to add that the study abroad program to Estonia has been approved, so I will be spending roughly 6 weeks this summer in a faculty-led program that will get me and 8 or so other students client project experience as well as a unique experience in eastern Europe. I am so excited.

Most people ask me where the heck Estonia is. Right there, just a short ferry ride from Finland and short train ride to St. Petersburg.

Well, happy Friday, and happy end to the longest week ever for most Tech students. Keep plugging away, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's coming from Truckee, CA. Lake Tahoe awaits.