By vgosalvez11
Yup, I am still not gone yet. I have become convinced that I am the only one left not in school or at my study abroad. While many of my friends were rushing to order textbooks or trying to cram a last pair of shoes into a carry-on bag, Chile still felt like a far-off dream to me.
To be honest, it still feels kind of like a far-off dream. I leave in three days, and then my program orientation officially starts two days after that. After that, it is a week of orientation, and then I don't even start classes until the first week of March. This is definitely an unconventional schedule, as I won't be done with finals until early July, rather than early May. Due to the fact that Chilean students are currently celebrating their Summer Vacation on the other side of the equator, they will be starting their fall semester in March rather than August.
These last weeks have been both restful and difficult; I am starting to get my first taste of something I know I will deal with all throughout my semester . . . FOMO. As many of my friends can tell you, I am practically the poster-child for Fear Of Missing Out.
Without being sappy, I can say that I love GW. I love my friends there, and I also love the activities and clubs I am involved in as much as I love DC. Okay, you got me . . . obviously, I don't love late nights in Gelman, but generally I have a lot of fun.