Looking Forward

I leave for school tomorrow. I kinda don't know how to think about it. Dr. Inzer gave me some encouraging points about how to get into medical school, but I still have to face this semester. I have the second semesters of both Physics and Organic Chemistry, the former of which is easy, the latter of which (for me at least) is incredibly difficult. Fortunately, I also get to try something new this semester in the form of my "fun class", Radio Practicum. Until I was on the radio in the Philippines this summer, I hadn't given any thought to talking on the radio, but now I'm curious enough to want to learn about it.

I'm also really wanting to host the talent show. I still have yet to find a co-host (the ideal one doesn't want to), so I'm just hoping it doesn't fall through.

I'm hoping to get coffee and have real conversations with people. It's something about experiencing the fall semester and then realizing over break how many people you should have gotten to know better. Whatever the reason, I hope to get bonding time with friends and perhaps some soon-to-be-friends.

I'm hoping to get onto a good schedule. I liked my sleeping schedule this week. I got up at a decent time and would be busy all day. Granted, I felt the need for Starbucks because I also stayed up till 2 AM, but I still developed an appreciation for waking up earlier.

Since I'm going on a mission trip to Uganda this summer through JBU, I get to be an active part of the preparation all throughout (unlike the trip to the Philippines, where I only had two and a half weeks to prepare). We have meetings every other week, so I'm finally going to have that accountability that I so love. And working in a Ugandan hospital is going to test me. A lot.

I'm also really looking forward to what I'll be doing immediately after the trip to Africa. I will travel to Europe for a week or so, though I haven't decided where. One very hopeful possibility is Hamburg, Germany, where Snow Patrol will be playing a concert.  If that happens, I will be seeing my two favorite bands in concert in the same year (I'll be seeing fun. during spring break), making Snow Patrol the third concert I've ever been to (I went to one Showbread concert in high school for a friend's birthday, where I moshed the night away). However, it is unlikely that I will see that Snow Patrol show, since the tickets go on sale Friday, and I would like to make sure I'll be in the country before I buy a ticket, and those tickets sell out quickly.

Anyway, I'm up too late and have to drive my sister to school in four hours. I'm hopeful for this semester.