Hello again!

As you could probably guess, Denmark has been keeping me extremely busy! I have been working for 3 straight days on an advertising portfolio project that is due tomorrow 9_9, but I just finished it and I think it's really good! So I decided to take a victory break and write about the CRAZY TRAIN of events that has happened to me in the the last few months! Boy, has it been a wild ride!

Not long after I last updated my journal, I had weekend trips to Stockholm and London (where met my awesome friend ~TheAmbassador! Wooo!). The next week, my 3-week-long spring break started! I traveled to Prague (beautiful and CHEAP!) and Berlin (creepy and depressing! lol) with my business program for three days each. When that was over, the plan was to meet a friend of mine in Paris the next day, but the night before I left, I got a facebook message from her that she wouldn't be able to make it! So not only did I end up going to Paris alone, I also missed my flight the next day and spent a good 8 hours in the damn Schoenefeld airport before the next flight.

But it all worked out - Paris was AMAZING and I fulfilled my life-long dream of going to the top of the Eiffel Tower! I also met Mona and Venus at the Louvre! A few days after that, my Mommy flew out to Copenhagen, and we then flew to Italy to spend 10 days in Florence and several picturesque Tuscan hill towns. It was an amazing trip - Tuscany is just as beautiful as they say it is - and I loved spending time with my Mom again!

But here's where the crazy train REALLY starts. The FIRST NIGHT in Florence, I get an email from the company I was planning to intern with this summer... the offer had been rescinded due to the bad economy D:. I was devastated, as I had worked SO hard to land that internship, partly so I wouldn't have to worry about it while abroad. I had even started to plan for working full-time for that company after graduating next year. Goes to show that you can't count your chickens before they hatch...

ON TOP OF THAT, I get an email a few weeks later that someone else will be the president of the marketing club I had been involved in at school for 3 years. As the most senior member on the exec board, I had planned on being president next year. But in the few months I had been in Denmark, the club had made many changes and decided to go in a "new direction".... without me. So just like that, two of my major near-future plans got upended. It was really hard to deal with, especially since I'm away from home.

But despite the setbacks, so many changes have happened that are actually better than how they would have been! First of all, though it was a tough decision... I decided to move to Kansas City this summer, where my boyfriend will be doing his internship! <3 I'm still looking for an internship there (although I already have one offer!), but I know in my heart it was the right choice. He means so much to me, and despite being apart for 4 months, we're actually doing better than ever! And GOOD GRACIOUS I can't wait to see him again!!!

So not only did we find an apartment for me in Kansas City this summer, the boyfriend reversed his longtime stance that we shouldn't live together and decided that he always wants me with him. I was shocked at this change! He was brought up in a really conservative Christian sect, so he never wanted to live together before because his parents would think we were living in sin! But now, he, our great mutual friend Joe and I will be living together in a triple apartment off campus. Thanks to this arrangement, his parents actually supported the idea (mine were totally fine with it, haha!)! Also, the apartment the guys found will cost me less than half than the on-campus apartment I was planning on living in before!

And finally, even though I lost out on being president of the marketing club next year, the faculty advisor offered me an alternative position in the marketing department working with the undergraduate committee. It will probably end up being a great leadership role for me.

So overall, I'm super excited about everything that has been happening, and this summer and my senior year are going to be amazing. All I have left are fun marketing classes and a lot of room for awesome stuff like History of Rock n' Roll and scuba certification! And this fall semester, none of my classes start before 2:30pm!!! And being here in Europe this semester, I've learned that you have to get out and do things while you're young. So I'm definitely going to live up my last year in college and enjoy everything my university and college town have to offer.

Even though I'm pretty stressed with projects and presentations and finals right now, it will all be over in a few days, and I'll have some time to enjoy Denmark and spend time with my wonderful host family before going home in... less then 2 weeks now!!! OMG!!! As much as I love Europe, I really miss the States. I also can't wait to finally have some time to do some dang art! XD I've been craving creativity and artsy-ness for a long time, so expect some new art from me soon!

... Guess that was an insanely long entry, so thanks if you read it!

KL