What you've missed thus far...

OK so I landed at Las Americas (Santo Domingo airport) on August 18. On that day there was an ginormous explosion of tears that lasted all of two weeks (especially my birthday), and still continues to make it's ugly little appearance, but thankfully more sporadically as time goes by. The first month was  filled pretty much with anger, air mattress sleeping, frustration, no internet, loneliness, fighting with inefficient companies (including la UCE my new home/school), long hours of deep thought, frantically searching for an place to live, missing my old life,  students (and teachers!) who don't go to class the first week, and did I just really move to DR...WTF did I just do with my lifes? Had I wrote on this blog during that time, I (and the world) would've seen what a big baby I was being. So I spared the universe things I don't want to remember anyway. It's now October (how time flies sheesh!) and I already underwent my first round of midterms. There are two and a final in each class (of which I have 9 of them and two labs...yes I basically have 11 classes!). I almost died trying to study for them all, however, I survived with my head high thank God, but realize I need to study more in advance the next time around so I don't almost die again. Just got my check straight from Obama and the American government so I don't literally die (of hunger lol) so I'm super happy. No I haven't gone to the beach yet which I admit is a bit lame and yes it's because I have no life except for the occasional Friday Bohemia Lights (BEER!) with the neighbors, and because I study a lot, but oh well I chose to do this and I'll be damned if I end up a doctor with a C average. Would you want me operating on you?? haha. Plus the time to #$% up in school has ended, thus here come the years of sacrifice. Pray for me!!