T-minus 2 days!

Hi friends!

So this is my first official blog post on my new official moving-to-Ireland-and-going-to-grad-school blog! Hell yeah!

I'm excited. Obviously. Because I'm leaving in two days to start on my next super-fun adventure (and by "adventure," Mom and Dad, I obviously mean serious business). But I'm also mostly sick to my stomach... Because I leave in two days. !!!

In case you aren't on the up-and-up, I'm starting graduate school with an international program based in the EU, called the NOHA Mundus Master's program. At the end of a year and a half, I'll have my Master's in Humanitarian Action. My home university is University College - Dublin, so I'll be in Dublin this fall.
The program involves a mobility component, kind of like a study abroad, based on your choice of concentration. I am concentrating on Post-Conflict Rehabilitation with Emphasis on Geopolitics and Public Health; this part of the program is right outside of Brussels, Belgium and is taught ENTIRELY in French. (Terrifying, I know.)
After the mobility part, I have to get an internship/work on a thesis/do research. This could be in pretty much any country, depending on what the focus of my thesis is and/or where I get an internship.

Lots of travel, lots of humanitarian action happening -- which I am looking forward to. But also, hey, moving to a new country without knowing anyone. Which yes, I've done before but is also terrifying. So there's that.

Here is a quick (read: not boring) rundown of what I'm doing/where I'll be in the next few weeks.
Warsaw, Poland: I have orientation -- called the Intensive Programme -- in Warsaw for a week. I'll be phoneless, but not internetless, so expect (possible) updates here and on facebook but no textabilities. (Sorry, Jackie.)
Dublin, Ireland: I'll be attending University College - Dublin as a grad student this fall. I'm taking four classes: Medicine, Social Anthropology, Management, and Geopolitics. And I am SUPER excited about all of these classes.

So yeah. Exciting times! I can't wait.