Baltimore and DC

Here are a few pictures from my trip this weekend to Maryland and Washington DC. Washington Monument, White House, Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, and a pretty church next to the Basilica in Baltimore.
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What a year

wow! So walking home from running errands, I was walking down a street that had stereotypical NY apartments, brick buildings w/ fire escapes. The street looked so pretty, even if the lack of leaves on the trees, and the dirty melting snow on the edges of the sidewalk. I realized as I walked down the street that if someone would have told me a year ago that I would be living in NYC and going to NYU I would have thought them crazy. First off, there is NO WAY that NYU would accept me, and secondly NYC?!? I always thought that it would be so much fun to live here for a summer but I thought that I couldn't last longer than that here just from what I saw in movies, tv shows, and how people described it to me. I have to admit when I came to visit I didn't understand what the big fuse was, and why everyone hated this city so much. So many people have very strong feelings about NYC, some positive, but mainly they were negative thoughts and feelings. I have been here about 6 months and I think I fall into the category of those who have positive feelings towards and about NYC. I think this city is amazing and I love that there is always something to do, somewhere to go, and you never have to do the same thing twice or eat at the same restaurant twice.

A year of go I would have thought you were crazy that I would move cross country and leave all my friends and family to go to graduate school. It was really hard, and still is hard to not be able to just take a quick trip home for the day, but I am so glad that i did it. I think I would have always regretted and wondered "what if" if I hadn't come. I know that this is not a city I want to spend the rest of my life in, but for someone in their early 20s I think it's a great place. Moving away forced me to leave my comfort zone and do many things that I wouldn't have done if I still lived in California. I will run errands and go shopping alone, I will go to the movies alone, and I will even eat in a restaurant alone. I feel like as a person I really have grown in the last half a year, and I have learned a lot about myself and who I want to be.

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That is all for now, off to Baltimore and DC in the morning! :)

This is a video that I made for my mom showing all the snow we got here in NYC today! Shut down public schools for the first time in 8 years and NYU the first time since 9/11.

Blizzard of 2010

So pretty, can't wait to go build a snowman!! :)

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February

January has come and gone and now I beginning my busy social life for the next month. This semester seems to be easier than last, maybe it's just because I know what to expect this time around, or these classes/professors are just easier. I have one midterm at the end of this month, one next month, and an exam next month. One of my classes there is no midterm but weekly 1 pg papers. I like 2 of my 4 classes, which is a step up from the 0 I liked last semester. The good part is they are my last two classes, so by the time I start to get burnt out because of my 12 hour school days, I can remember that I enjoy my last 2 classes.

This month I have a lot going on. Next week I have a couple field trips with the children at my internship, so we are busy trying to get them all organized and get everything we need for the trips. Next weekend, Valentine's Day and Presidents Day weekend, my friend Amanda is also coming to visit! I'm so excited to see her and show her my city! ;) The week after that I do not have my internship because schools here have winter recess for a week in February, the week of Presidents Day. The weekend after Presidents Day I am going w/ my friend to Maryland to get a personal tour of Baltimore and then down to DC for a day. I'm so excited, because those are both places that I have not been, and both are on my list of places in the states I want to go! :) The last week this month I have a midterm due, then I leave to go to North Carolina to visit my brother, sister in law, and my 2 little nieces! I'm so excited to finally meet Hannah! It's been too long since I have been to NC and been able to visit my brother and his family.

I'm excited for all the fun adventures this month, but I know that school is the first priority, and I want my grades this semester to be just as good as last. I'm actually procrastinating right now from my readings....so back to that.

<3 Bye for now