Good evening Gamecocks and fellow readers!
It's the final week of classes before exams here at LSU. That means final projects and papers are in full swing. Everyone is preparing to batten down the hatches in preparation for finals next week.
Last week was a fairly relaxing week as everyone went home for Thanksgiving break. Rather than drive eight hours home, I chose to do a simple hour and a half flight. If you are planning on flying home for Thanksgiving, make sure you book your flight weeks ahead of time. Also, make sure that you arrive to the airports a couple hours ahead of time because they are packed! Regardless, it was nice to be home after being away for so long. It definitely made me miss home a little more though.
In regards to NSE, it has been an amazing experience. I would whole heartedly recommend this experience to anyone who is interested. Through this exchange, despite it only being domestic, I have become connected to an international community. I have met people from all around the world that I would have never encountered had I not done NSE. Also, NSE allowed me to learn more about my own country and the people who live in it. I was able to travel to a part of the United States that I had never experienced before. It has been a thoroughly enlightening process.
For anyone thinking about participating in NSE, know that it is going to be a long journey. It'll involve a lot of paperwork and patience. There will be times when you worry if the whole process is going as it should. Just have faith and patience that it is all going to work out. It will be more than worth it. My only recommendation would be to finish all of your requirements as soon as you can. It will save you a lot of worry later on.
Anyways, it's been an amazing journey. Thank you for tagging along and reading.
