Okay, so... what have I been up to...?
Well, I finished the written and pool portions of getting open water diver certified in LA. Then my dad, brother and I flew to Grand Cayman where I did my ocean dives. That was a great trip. Well, except for the airport part... we got stuck in Miami for about 2 hours because there was lightning and they wouldn't let us go to the gate, but we finally got there. We also went horseback riding on the beach. Grand Cayman was a beautiful island. On lur last dive, a night dive, my first as a certified diver, we saw a huge (the instructor said that it was the biggest he'd ever seen) sea turtle sleeping underneath a ledge on the sea floor. It was amazing!
From G. Cayman we flew up here to NY. We went Cayman --> Miami --> JFK in New York City. Our flight to JFK was really late and then they lost about 100 people's baggage. They said they'd been coming in on the next flight though, sowe waited until 1 am to get it, then, since there were no hotels, we slept in the airport. The next day we took a flight to Syracuse and drove from there to Ithaca.
Ithaca and Cornell are beautiful! I've never seen so many trees. I've also seen my first chipmunks! They're so cute. Today I saw a rabbit and a chipmunk like 3 feet away from eachother. I think other people think I'm weird, but I'm not used to seeing animals other than squirrels.
Today marks the first of 3 weeks of my Genius and Madness in German Literature program. I turned in my first paper today as well. I spent all of yesterday writing it, saw the TA right before he left (I think he liked my new tablet PC (fujitsu T4215) more than my paper though). This program is amazing. I feel like I'm learning so much and meeting such cool people. My roommate, for example, is from Venice, Italy.
That's about all I have to say for now. I've got some napping to do. I'll update on my birthday later.