Author: mewen@rollins.edu

It’s 2:23 am on Saturday, February 4th 2017. In a little while the rest of my family will roll out of bed, groggily get dressed, and shuffle off to the airport to drop me off for my 7:30 am flight to LAX that will then connect to Australia. Perhaps it is odd, but the idea…

Last night my parents treated a group of forty of my closest friends, professors, and family to an evening of community and laughter as a form of farewell party before I leave or Australia ( which is in 5 days, 17 hours, 58 minutes, and 45 seconds… but who’s keeping track, right?) There was a…

I’ve spent the past four hours researching UofN while watching Border Patrol: Australia on Netflix. Its freezing outside and my body is working to fight off some undetermined illness. Despite my bodily conditions, my day has been incredibly productive and has sparked all sorts of Ausome  excitement. ILead : After searching for a while for…

So here we are. It’s a month and 6 days before I board my flight and travel across the universe. At this point the reality of my journey is both a distant fantasy and so close that it eats up my air. I find myself in alternating states of wondrous excitement and crushing anxiety. Although…