28 DAYS LEFT!!!!!

28 days means 4 weeks!!! I am so excited! A couple of weeks ago I was worried about my passport, my CoE, my housing, and getting everything paid for. Now my only worries are finishing summer school with good grades, getting my visa, and getting more scholarships. I need to meet with A&T's Financial Aid Department, because they are giving me the run-around (as usual). Hoepfully all that will be straightened out next week and my financial aid for the fall will be applied to my account.

I have good news though........I WAS AWARDED THE GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP in the amount of $4,000! I am so happy!!! I received the email around 9pm last night and I was so shocked, because I was just talking to my cousin about it earlier. Now I will receive a $500 bonus from AIFS for being awarded this scholarship. All I have to do is turn in the required documents by the deadline July 7th and they will send me the check.

Today is the day for the drawing I entered a week ago. Two friends of mine are masons and I bought 12 raffle tickets from them to enter the raffle. The first prize is a 2008 Honda Accord, the second prize is $6,000 and the 3rd prize is $4,000. I would be happy with any of these three, so I am just going to pray on it.

I appplied for my passport and I should be receiving it within two weeks and I received my CoE and approved courses through email. I also received my housing agreement and the housing rules. Each day I receive an email, I get excited! The emails let me know that this is really happening. I am really going to Fiji and Australia. I am really about to live a dream! I am really about to make a lot of people very proud.

As soon as I receive my passport, I am going to apply for my visa. The visa process is a 24-hr process and I was told it is just a number. Now all I need to do is worry about what I'm going to pack. I need to make a checklist and hopefully I won't leave anything off.

Next thing up is my trip to Deland, Florida for my Diversity Leadership Conference. ~TIP~

33 Days Left!!!

It's 1:20 am, but I can't sleep so I decided to update the blog. I am still extremely excited and nervous about Australia. It seems as the days count down, the more my excitement and nervousness increases. I finally received my flight itinerary and its super long as I expected. I have an appointment for my passport tomorrow, so I hurry up and get it expedited. I still have to get my visa, but I'm glad it's a 24 hr process.

This week is the last week of summer school and I can not wait till its over. I don't think I will do this again, because this is just a lot of work. I am excited for my trip in July to Orlando for the Monster Diversity Leadership Program. I want to get some scholarships!!!! I also need to network and the DLP is a great place to network.

I'm still trying to find some books on Australia. I found a few at Barnes and Nobles, but I need to make sure I compare them so I get the "best" one. I also plan on buying a book about Sydney too. Well I'm not tired yet, but I don't have much more to say......So I guess I'll update in July or something. ~TIP~