One Year in the Making

While I am not yet in England, I wanted to make this blog, (and figure out how to use it properly) before I head overseas.  Over the passing weeks it has been consistently harder and harder to get the work done that I am still stuck doing here in the States, as my Hilary Term in Oxford is fast approaching.  I am so anxious to wrap things up in DC, however I have to move back to New York first before I can officially move to England.  If I wasn't me I would absolutely think that I was some chic jet-setter, and I wouldn't be more wrong! Traveling, I find, is a hassle and moving between states, and soon to be, between countries, is horrifying! I have come to the realization, however, that this journey to Oxford has almost officially been "one year in the making."  After deciding and discussing with my Mom that studying abroad "just wasn't for me," aside from my pretentious and audacious comment "except if I somehow get into Oxford or Cambridge, those are the only universities that can get me out of this country," I received my letter to apply to the Oxford Honors Program on January 4th, the day after returning from a skitrip for my 20th birthday...

         My 21st birthday is in less than 3 weeks, January 3rd, and I will be moving to England on January 5th, leaving January 4th, the day in between these two milestones, to become a milestone in itself. While this milestone marks an end to a one year journey of preparation, I know that it is merely a new starting point for the journey of my lifetime...

New York bound for now,

   Jess