:: eye of the storm ::


About Me

A 27-year-old PA student who wants to visit all seven continents, write a book, work at a pediatric clinic in Africa, and basically meet as many of the world's challenges as possible.

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Life List

(already accomplished)

Become a PA

Visit all 7 continents

Take a SwimTrek trip

Bike through Western Europe

Raft the Grand Canyon

Improve my Spanish proficiency

Go on safari in Africa

Trace my roots at Ellis Island

Vacation in Hawaii

Work on a hospital ship in a Third World country

Celebrate New Year's in Times Square

Visit all 50 states (29 to go: AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY)

See the ruins at Pompeii

Swim in Capri's Blue Grotto

Tour Mt. Vesuvius

Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain

Tour the Colosseum

Visit the D-Day beaches

See the Mona Lisa

Visit the palace at Versailles

See the Acropolis and Parthenon

See the Egyptian pyramids

Hike the Inca Trail

Walk El Camino Santiago

Take an Alaskan cruise

View the Taj Mahal at sunrise

Hike Table Mountain in South Africa

Climb through the Amazon canopy

Walk at least part of the Great Wall of China

Get laser hair removal

Learn to surf, ski, and snowboard

Learn to drive a stick-shift

Learn to play the piano

Go on a tropical cruise

Ride horseback on the beach

Ride in a hot air balloon

Get tickets to the Olympics

Go to adult Space Camp

Witness a shuttle launch from up close

Build a full-sized snowman

Sew a quilt out of my old race T-shirts

Update and continue my Life Scrapbook

Become the oldest person to ever do the River Run

Live to be a happy, healthy 100 years old - at least!

(unlikely dreams)

dinsdag 10 februari 2004

Current Music: Volumia – "Hou me vast" (yeah, again)

Mom Quotes of the Recent Past:

[watching Renaissance Man]
Me: You know, it might be fun to be in the army… do the Victory Tower and all… just not full time.
Mom: Yeah Jess, but you have to submit to authority… that’s not your strong suit.

[talking about me sending my application home with no personal note attached for Mom]
~ * J e s s * ~ blij dat ik weer op school zit!!! zegt:
LOL... sowwy
~ * J e s s * ~ blij dat ik weer op school zit!!! zegt:
i wasnt feeling creative
CJW zegt:
you, not creative? just an off minute I suppose

Hahaha…

Anyway, so it’s me again. Yay for school starting again! My teacher talks funny – very ‘exaggerated’ – but she’s nice. We already have a 1500-word essay due Thursday, but that‘s no problem. The whole class is exchange students except for one Dutch girl, L (and of course she and I have already teamed up, LOL). We sort of have a bond because she’s the only Dutch girl in this class and I’m most likely going to be the only native English speaker in the class I start tomorrow. (And it’s scary…) So we promised to help each other. But I like the class, it’s cool. There are only two of us – me and another girl (yeah, okay, and of course L too) – who have been in the country for a semester already; everybody else just got here. So it should be a no-brainer…

::sings dramatically:: “Vraag me niets, zeg me niets, sla je armen om me heen... Praat niet met me, hou me stevig vast... Woorden schieten toch te kort, als ik mijn hart bij jou uitstort...”

Sorry, LOL, I just love that part of that song...

Well, Saturday is my six-month anniversary of being in this country. It’s also Valentine’s Day, not that that really means anything. I think T and I might go do something… we’ll see.

Translating class starts tomorrow – can I get an AAAAAHHHHH!?!?!?!?!

Haha… I’m in a really great mood today… considering everything, I really shouldn’t be, but I’m glad I am. :)

Going to get ready for school now…

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