right back at it again.

I’m still alive. I wasn’t taken while in Ukraine like everyone said I would be. Nothing bad or scary happened. Unless you count that one time on the trolley with the drunken man that I thought was going to follow me home. But, aside from that, Ukraine was amazing. I want to go back. I will go back.

In October things got really busy and I kind of stopped updating my blog. Okay, not kind of. I did. I completely vanished from the blogging community, and for that I apologize. However, I am right back at it again. Hopefully.

Well, a lot has happened since October. So here is a brief overview.

I went to:

Budapest, Hungary

Vienna, Austria

Prague, Czech Republic

Dresden, Germany

Krakow, Poland

-Dimples was our tour guide and he didn't speak any English but I loved him anyway.

-I cried like a baby when I left Ukraine. 

-I had a wonderful Christmas with my family.The rest of Christmas break and the beginning of the new year was a pretty great time too.

-I came back out to Utah for my first official semester at Brigham Young University.

-I went on a huge A Day to Remember kick and even went to one of their shows. I'm still a little obsessed.

-I went home for a few months for part of the summer and I am so glad I went home when I did.

-My parents moved from our house of 17 1/2 years to a new house. I cried like a baby then, too.

-WE GOT A PUPPY NAMED CHARLY AND SHE IS PRECIOUS AND MY ONLY LOVE.

-The girls that were in my group in Ukraine are my best friends still and I love them to death.

-I am now back in Utah for summer semester and then I am flying back home in August so I can go to LITHUANIA.

Yes, you read that right. Lithuania. I am leaving in August and coming home in December again. The main difference between this time around and my time in Ukraine, is that I will be a head teacher this fall instead of a normal teacher. Basically, I will be in charge of the normal teachers who have their specific groups of kids that they teach. It is going to be a new experience and a lot of responsibility, but I am beyond ecstatic. Thank heavens for the International Language Program (ILP) for allowing me to have these opportunities. Seriously, everyone should do it. ILP.org Go to it. Now. Apply. You won't regret it.

The one question people ask me when I tell them that I am yet again taking off a semester to go abroad to teach English is, "What about school?" and to those people I would just like to say, I am young. I have time. School will get done. My parents aren't going to let me not finish. I want to finish. I enjoy school. I plan on going to graduate school. But for now, while I don't have any major responsibilities, I am going to enjoy my time.