Long time no write! To everyone who was concerned about me and the riots going on…thanks but I assure you I am very safe! The riots are mostly downtown, and I live a ways away from the city-center…all of my activities aren’t down there, so it hasn’t really affected me. Well except there is no school and the dorm kids aren’t allowed to leave campus, leaving all the kids with cabin fever! Also, the Anatolia Christmas concert was cancelled (it was downtown) and so that will happen later the semester. Actually everything is kind of up in the airs…rumor has it that there will be another worker’s strike tomorrow…could thing I was planning on riding my bike…
Anyways, in other news I have a big announcement: despite strong dissuasion from grownups and friends, I decided on Sunday to buy myself one of the kittens at the Christmas Bazaar on campus! He was only 20 Euros and came with kitten food. I love the idea of having a kitten but also find it very frightening…I can’t believe I am responsible for a little life! Yesterday I came home from the gym and despite preparing my room for the kitten I forgot to put the toilet seat down. Kitty was only ½ wet, but I was so scared…if he had died I would have felt awful! He’s already well potty trained and the kids are having a name contest right now (I like Aris (local soccer team and Warrier God) but I also like Gatulis (which means little boy cat)) some of the kids also have some really stupid names…like “Barbie-nos” or “brent.” I spend lots of time thinking about him, or playing with him!!!
Other important news: I submitted Part I of my application to medical school! It took a lot of work and editing (thanks family!) but Im applying to two schools (Kirksville, Mo and Denver). Having so much down time here made me realize that I think being a doctor is what I want to do with my life (which is still huge for me to admit). If I don’t get in, I think I’ll do more volunteer or service stuff for another year, most likely within the United States.
And finally, on to winter break…I am leaving the 19th to go to Brussels!!! I had a huge debate with what to do with my self, and finally my friend Alexa came over and helped my find the cheapest ticket to Europe…which happened to be Brussels! AND even better is that my cousin Danny will be joining me on this adventure! We are going to go to Brussels, Amsterdam, down to Paris on Christmas, maybe Switzerland, then over to Milan. From there I’m meeting two friends from here and we are touring Italy (Milan, Venice, Rome, Naples and oh yeah, Pisa!)
Right now despite all the riots, the scratches I have from the new kitten, and lack of sleep, I am REALLY loving life!
~allie
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hey allie, this is a very round-about way of getting ahold of you, but i need a new email address for you! i wanted to tell you all about this book i read that i think you'd really like!
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!
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