Countdowns:
My 21st Birthday: 16 Days
Foreign Service Officer Test: 22 Days
Visit Home: 23 Days
Leave for Rwanda: 32 Days

May is already half over! Crazy stuff. I'm trying not to wish the rest of the month away, BUT I AM GETTING SO EXCITED ABOUT JUNE! It will be a month full of amazingness :) Can it get much better than turning 21, taking a huge step in the direction of my future career, and going to AFRICA all in the same month?! I don't think so ladies and gentlemen! I just don't think so...

Now that summer has started, I've been working non-stop. I have an amazing tan already, and the tan lines are fierce. I also just dyed my hair back blonde for the season! I've been growing it out too, so I'm officially a long blonde hair girl again :) AT LAST! Ever since I chopped my hair off and dyed it black, I have kept it short because i LOATHE medium length hair on me. But now, the wait and patience has paid off! I missed my long blonde hair! I feel fifteen again! Haha ok maybe I won't go THAT far...

My room is also complete!!! YAY! While all the furniture was wonderfully comfortably priced, putting it all together was not very fun. BUT, thanks to some manly men and myself, all furniture is now put together and perfecto! Since my room is officially finished, my apartment feels like home. I love it. So much perfection. Totally me. And totally on a budget. WIN! Poor College Student: 1, Economic Crisis: 0! Well, actually the economic crisis beats me ten fold usually, but not this time! Bahahaha! I am quite content. I also found a Febreeze scent that is called Sunflower and Sunshine. So naturally, my room now smells of sunflowers and sunshine. Fitting? I think so.

Having your own place is so much fun. Quite liberating as well. It's so nice to have a little place that you can truly make your own. And not just a semester. I wish I could live in this apartment longer than one year. But alas, San Antonio (while amazing) does not play much into my future plans. At least not 'til after the Foreign Service and the completion of a doctorate program. Speaking of the FS, I have that test coming up! AH! Everyone wish me luck. It's going to be INTENSE. I ordered the study guide and will spend the rest of my time studying until test day arrives on June 7th! This is an understatement, but I NEED to do well on this exam. NEED. It is a life or death kind of need. Well, that's being slightly dramatic, but ya'll get the idea...

ps: Be jealous of my closet