What Not Writing on Your Abroad Blog Means

So it is quite evident that I have not written on here in a while, three weeks and counting. I know that I have in the past I have become frustrated when someone who has gone abroad temporarily abandons their blog. I wonder about why they have failed to write about what I assume is an amazing experience, one that would drive them to capture it in words. As with some many other things associated with going abroad, I know understand.

Quite simply, I have been living. Doing all the things that a normal college student does. I go to class on two days a week, study in the library most afternoons, attend meetings for clubs (societies) in the evenings, and hangout with friends on the weekends. I suppose that I overlook the significane to these ordinary college student activities because doing them at St. Andrews no longer feels peculiar and different. They have become intricent parts of my daily existence.That is not say that they are not enjoyable. I refuse to life that is anything except enjoyable. It is just they are not the headline activities people clamor for when inquiring about studying abroad. 

 St. Andrews feels like home. Similar to my experience in the summer, it is hard for me to imagine any other life for me at the present moment. I cannot speak for the experience of studying abroad in the spring, but I feel that if I came from half an academic year at Stonehill, I would feel differently. I would be left to wonder about how things were progressing as the school year continued. I would feel connected to projects started, friend groups formed, and habits begun. Coming in with a fresh start allowed me to fully become interwoven into life at St. Andrews during the school year of 2012-2013.

Part of these weaving is a type of focus which is the reason why this blog has been barren. I have been fully invested in and thus fully enjoying what I am doing. Consequently there is little time for pause and reflection. Admittedly, any spare time has been used for writing in a personal journal. It is no offense to my readers, but my priority is personal rememberance, then public story-telling. So, I do apologize for not holding up my end of the baragin as a blogger; I have been too busy holding up my end of the baragain as a human who is blessed with a beautiful abroad experience.

I vow to write more in the future. For now please enjoy some photos taken around and near my favorite spot at St. Andrews (blog post to follow).