“It’s been a while since i last posted over here, I am sorry, but i had a really stressed time due to personal issues and school pressure.”

The regestration day in Schiller goes on for 2 days, i was worried about all the paper work and steps as well as every other new student. But the moment we got there, i was impressed.. All the rooms that we have to visit for registration step had numbers, from 1 to 9, so that’s it .. u go to one and then 2 and so on.
I met with my advisor, picked the classes i want, and moved on to the next step .. that was the case that day, until you get to the last step.
There wasn’t anything special about that day in the school, the only thing though was that we had to wait forever in the line to be able to pay.

I walked back home With Jerry, and we decided to go grocery shopping. Neither of us had a car, i knew only 2 ppl with cars back then, Moe and another guy, Both of the guys were working so i didn’t bother calling them. We started walking to walmart, which supposedly is near by, but again .. the sun is burning.. i looked it up online, walmart was 1.3 miles away from us, and started walking… getting there was kind of easy, we were just laughing and talking, watching thing on the way … we got there, started filling the cart with i need this i need that, we bought enough food probably for a month, BUT none of us thought of how are we going to take these home… we left walmart with at least 10 bags loaded with stuff..
And there wasn’t even a second thought, we were going to walk home, like it’s nothing, it’s near by.

Well, after one minute of walking, we had to stop, reposition the bags in our hands and try to walk again, but it didn’t work.. the bags were heavy and we are wearing flip-flops, and walking under the sun.. it was a perfect combination… there was only one thing missing though !! what’s that ?? to have the cans and juice bottles falling from the bags we are carrying!! Yes one of the bags got torn, and everything started falling out of it, that’s when i thought we should call some1, but !! i called moe, he couldn’t make it .. and i called the other guy i know but same thing, he had work.
We had one solution.. and that is to WALK !! and so we did, until we saw a bus coming .. a bus that we don’t know where is going to, and that’s one thing about Largo, Busses don’t have a certain time, you just go chill in the bus stop, and the bus will come eventually.. yea that’s a fact !!
So anyway, we jumped on that bus and after talking to the driver, it turned out he is just going straight, it wasn’t quite what we wanted, but it was eough to get us just a little bit closer to our place. we got off the bus and, kept walking again with stopping every once in a while, and finally we got home after a long adventure learning the lesson that says: you can’t go major grocery shopping without a car, and that 1.3 mile, is not a short walk

the 1st few months over here, were like a movie scene put on replay, I never went out that much, although i was friends with almost everyone, but i never felt like going out. I spent my time home in front of my computer, either talking to my friends, or watching movies. It was more fun for me to be talking to my friends and parents rather than going out. This doesnt mean that i never went out, but i didn’t go that often, my dad always used to tell me: “Don’t worry, it will be better in time”, well he was right, AS ALWAYS.
Things started getting better in time, one of the key solutions over here is having a car, although i don’t have one, but still, now i have friends, friends that are close enough to me for me to ask them for a ride or anything.
I used to only hang out with the people in the dorms in the beginning, and then i got used to the situation over here, and things got better. I like going out more often, but that old feeling still hits me sometimes, that i don’t want to do anything but stay home, be my self.

The school it self has many activities for students, which is something awesome, A picnic for students in the beginning of the semester in a nice park in the area, we get to meet each others talk, play soccer, volley ball or just hang around. Oh and too much food it’s one of the cool days in the semester it’s just fun.
The next good activity was the Bowling night, always fun !! bowling food and drinks, you meet every one, and feel the love, it is great when you see International people, and when i say international i do mean it, you can literally find people from any spot in the world. Every body getting along just fine and enjoying themselves.
Another thing the school does all the time is the Open Buffet dinners, picking a different spot every time, and gather people around the same area to eat, laugh and relax after classes.

Things are going better, the train is going forward and we are on it.. I do believe my dad now, Yes! everything will be fine, I still miss him, my mom and my nephew, but again i have to do something for my future, and since I’m blessed by being in such an environment, i might as well take advantage of the chance and enjoy every single moment.