Kaitlyn in St. Croix

      Like I mentioned in my last blog, a  few of the NSE students decided to take a trip over to Puerto Rico. We left early Friday morning and headed over to San Juan. Our first stop was the mall, we were so amazed! We haven’t seen a mall and food court in so long, so we were definitely excited! It felt so good to see so many people. St. Croix is small so you run into a lot of the same people, on and off campus.      We spent the rest of our day checking out the town. For dinner, we had a delicious Italian restaraunt. Our Airbnb was so nice and spacious for the 4 of us! On Saturday, we got up and went to San Juan National Historic Site to take pictures and walk around. We went to the beach and the waves were strong. I hadn't realize how different St. Croix's beaches were from other beaches. The beach we went to was what I am use to, no rocks and you gradually walk out to the deep parts. That night we went out and had a place called Raices for di...

     A few NSE students decided to go to Puerto Rico because it is a short flight (40 mins) away. We booked our flights and got all packed up. My week was pretty hectic. Aside from packing and getting excited for my trip, I had lots of work to do. I had to do a presentation that had a total of 80 slides for one of my classes. It wasn’t too bad because there’s only one other student in the class and I did well, just wish I didn't have to present on so much information at once.       I also received a scholarship from my church, so this was great news! I’m most excited for the mall next weekend in San Juan. I know we will have a blast! My other classes are going well. I try to call home to my family pretty often, or atleast shoot a text. The days feel so long here, but also go by so fast at the same time. I got to go to the grocery store and get some watermelon, I appreciate small things such as this. The cafeteria doesn't have a wide variety of fruits...

     We had a pajama themed movie night! We all dressed in our favorite pjs and headed to the local cinema on Tuesday. We saw The Addams Family, I have never seen the original but I enjoyed this one. I mentioned this in a previous blog but I love the movie theatre prices and food selection available here. Our dance midterm was both a written test and a choreographed dance. I was not too excited for this because I know very little about dance. However, I enjoyed the assignment and got wonderful feedback from my professor.       Recieving mail here has been pretty dificult, but I ordered a package from Amazon and got it in a few days so that was great! However, i'm still waiting on a package my dad mailed from back home. This has been one of the best week since I got here. It just felt very refreshing and I got some much needed sleep. On Saturday, we went to the beach, I got to have Louie and Nacho's again. When I find something I like, I pretty much...

Midterm week is finally here! It's actually more like two weeks, this week and the next because my assignments and assessments are kinda spaced out. I haven't really done much this week besides study and go to my classes. It's crazy to think that i've been here for almost two months. I found a local tattoo shop and went to get the ankh symbol on Wednesday. This is a pretty common Ancient Egyptian symbol, it means life. I took my first exam on Thursday night, it was much more difficult than I imagined. It was about 100 questions with everyhting we've ever discussed in class, every class example and all. My other classes are going pretty well! I enjoy projects and I've actually had quite a few in all of my other classes. This was a fairly slow week. I got Covid tested again on Saturday, we are tested every two weeks and I was negative! I hope to plan some day trips in the near future and more outings as my time here winds down.