12-20-2010 (Colleyville, TX, USA)
Greetings friends, family, acquaintances, well-wishers, fellow students, and curious web surfers. As many of you know, I am about to depart on a fantastic study-abroad trip to Paris, France starting December 27th, 2010. I will be living in a small studio apartment at the French Institute of Petroleum campus in Rueil-Malmaison, France for approximately seven months while I am studying for my second masters degree in petroleum economics and management. A very special thanks goes out to the University of Oklahoma MBA program for allowing me the opportunity to take part in this unique, and prestigious exchange program.
My goal for this blog is to keep you all (or anyone who is interested anyway) appraised of my life, studies, and travels in France and Europe as a whole. I have never lived abroad before and this will be the first time where I will face a significant language barrier trying to navigate day-to-day activities. I'm sure there will be plenty of adventures and mishaps along the way. I hope to visit Italy, Germany, the UK, Spain, and Greece while I am living oversees.
Although I am excited about this wonderful opportunity, I also depart with a heavy heart and a tremendous sense of loss, confusion, and sorrow. While the details of these feelings are not worth going into at this time, just know that keeping in touch with me via this blog, facebook, email, and skype will be extremely helpful to me in terms of me feeling supported and cared for while I am away. While life is about responding to a series of unpredictable events and changes, some circumstances in life are harder to deal with than others. I'm not sure what the future will bring, but I know that this program will be an important step in maintaining adequate flexibility in my life to find the best possible career where I am needed or wanted most.
Song of the Day: Nitro by The Offspring (Smash is an excellent album all around)
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