Julia is Traveling

'Hello, Hello, Hello,' by Remi Wolf I’m back. Contrary to popular belief, I am in fact, doing school all the way over the Atlantic in Dublin. My mother told me I am due for a blog and that people (a lot of people) have been asking when my next one is coming out. Well sorry to keep you all waiting, I just had five final papers to write. No big deal, I’ll get write on my blog.  My mom should’ve known better than to stroke my ego and tell me people are talking about my blog. We all know I don’t need any more ego boosting, I do it enough myself.  Last time we spoke, I was just getting off of my Saint Patrick’s day bender. That feels like ages ago. As I write, I’m on a plane (airplane) on my way home from Italy (Italia). I have more to catch you all up on, but I’ll start with my Italy trip. And oh, was it a trip.  Flashback to early February when my roommate Bennett wasn’t strong enough to escape Covid like I was and had to bow out respectfully from his trip to Italy. When I h...

So I did the math, and I've been in Dublin for 74 days and counting. I did a little more math, and I have about 7 weeks left until I go home. That feels surreal. I didn't do a halftime check in so I feel like now is a good time to dial into my emotions as I am more than half way through with my trip.  One of my friends Parker posted a story on her account talking about how emotionally draining studying abroad is. I don't really let myself think about how exhausting this whole trip is because who really wants to hear my complain when about studying abroad in fucking Ireland.  "Oh you're tired? Must be so exhausting traveling the world and going out every night."  As I wrote in my first blog, there's a lot of things no one tells you and that you don't expect when traveling abroad. If you're abroad alone, the loneliness sets in fast. If you travel a lot, the money starts to dwindle. If you're always moving and doing, your burnouts are even more dr...