Back to Reality

Spring 2011 semester is starting its third week, granted we can deduct a week from snow days, and reality is hitting hard. I've been back in the U.S for two months and Italy is beginning to feel like forever ago and a minute ago at the same time, talk about confusing. It feels as if the overwhelming amounts of school work are burrying me and I'm being left in the dirt. This often happens to the majority of students and we somehow dig ourselves out. However, having returned from an adventure most only dream of, I'd finding it extremely difficult to get back to "the swing of things." All assignments are sort of floating in the air. Every so often I find myself spending hours clicking through my pictures from start to finish trying to escape and envying my friends and their newly uploaded "Taking over Florence!" photo albums. For those of you who have experienced this, the transition is a tough one but it's most important to remain optimistic and remind your self of your goals. The ones you've set since you were a kid, the ones you set entering college, and most importantly, the ones you hold sacred to you that others probably don't know about. Every so often, write those goals down and study them. Drill them into your mind and focus hard. It's a beautiful distraction.