No one needs to be informed about the eventless summer I have before me, hence the barren blog gap between some gaffey Biden quote in March and today. Business is slow folks! I graduated (!!!) a couple of weeks ago and have spent each day since shriveling up in Athens and biding my time until my apartment lease is up. (Word to the wise - rent a house, folks! No pesky 12-month contracts involved.)
I'm STILL looking for a part-time job. In the meantime, I've been tutoring/babysitting in the afternoons and teaching English classes (I use the world "class" loosely) to native Spanish-speakers for an organization called Casa de Amistad. This week I've got a meeting with Athens' United Way to start volunteering there as well...hey, I'm a pro at working for free. Not so much at the paying gigs yet...
So this summer, needless to say, is going to be entirely worthless for blogging.
But never fear - there are big, exciting plans in the works so stay tuned. I won't give all my plans away, but I can give you some hints.
1. It involves me cursing Delta repeatedly for their ridic baggage fees.
2. I've been dreaming of empanadas quite a lot these days.
3. It requires me to learn how to surf - couch surf, that is.
4. I'll be taking my reporter's notepad and my pocket Span/English dictionary
5. Lastly, I can tell you that it has something to do with chili - but not the one you eat.
:)
Nos vemos!
...OK, I'm not that lame. I'll tell you what I've got lined up. As of August 13, I'll be flying to Santiago, Chile for an internship with an English-language newspaper called The Santiago Times.
It's pretty much for expats but covers all sorts of news, mostly human rights and feature stories. I'm going for a minimum of 4 months (I bought a one-way ticket, so we'll see how it goes...) so I guess I'll see you around Christmas at the earliest! This is the most exciting thing I've done in a while - especially since I'm funding it myself, it was my own idea, I'm planning it all myself, and I miss South America sooo much it hurts to think there are still 3 long months between us. But I"m sure Aug. 13 will come all too soon and I'll be shaking in my flip-flops as I board the plane for what is my first solo-international trip ever. There are no safety nets for this trip. It's all on me. So, if you have any wonderful travel advice, let me know! And pass my blog along to any friends who might be interested - I'll update regularly with pictures and short blurbs about the goings-on.
Anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself. Still time to work out the details! There is no greater rush than feeling as if I'm looking straight ahead into a tunnel with no idea what I will be like or where I will be when I come out the other end. Only time will tell.
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