Something that people always warn you about when going abroad is that you probably won’t have much time for yourself to sleep, workout, keep in touch with people, … and, of course, update your blog. Between my classes during the week and traveling every weekend, I regret that I have not had the “me time” that I would like. Here’s what a typical week looks like for an abroad student:
Monday: Classes start up again. Thankfully for me, my first class isn’t until 3:30 pm on Mondays. This gives me some time to catch up on sleep from the weekend and grocery shop for the week. Mondays also include scrambling to complete all of the homework that I didn’t do over the weekend due to traveling. It’s also time to start thinking about travel plans for the next weekend….
Tuesday: My longest day of classes. I start at 11:00 am and go until 6:30 pm.
Wednesday: Only one class today at 12:30 pm, but it’s time to start really thinking about plans for the weekend. Transportation and lodging must be booked by now. I need to start packing and/or doing laundry. Not to mention, the majority of my homework is due on Thursdays, so I’m trying to finish that.
Thursday: Another long day of classes from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. After classes, I’m either packing for the weekend or already off to my weekend destination.
Friday – Sunday: Traveling, site-seeing, walking, eating delicious food and… not sleeping.
Now, I’m not complaining. This little swan loves being a busy bee. However, many things fall through the cracks, namely this blog. I’m going to start working a lot harder to update this blog as quickly as I can… stay tuned for lots of posts! I dated all of them correctly, so they will appear earlier than this post on my blog 🙂
Little Swan, Big World 