Progress?

I'm finally writing in this thing. Like numerous globetrotters, I want to record my travels--in this case, this upcoming summer, which I will be spending in Jerusalem! 

This trip is coming at an interesting time. In March, I found out that I need some serious help from the good people in JTS Financial Aid to be able to stay at JTS/Columbia. All of the paperwork has been filed, now I'm just waiting. In the meantime, I applied and auditioned for the University of Illinois' music school and marching band. The French horn teacher accepted me into his studio, which means I'm unofficially accepted into the music school. (I'd be pursuing a Bachelor's of Music in ethnomusicology, with a strong performance component on French horn.) I haven't heard back from the Marching Illini, but I think the audition went well.

I'd actually be okay with transferring. I mean, I wouldn't want to leave behing everyone and everything that is in NYC, but when I went to visit the campus, I really liked U of I. Also, as much as it pains me to say, the Joint Program can be a real pain sometimes. It's just not an easy program to manage. If I stay, I need to take 7 (real) classes next semester. It's just a whole lot of work. Like seriously, woah. Also, I might be 1-2 semesters behind, which means summer school classes at some point. However, I have decided that regardless of what happens, I am going to go through with this internship, because it's an awesome opportunity. So yeah.

ANYWAYS, I will be spending the month of June in a conversational Hebrew class, and the month of July and half of the month of August in an (unpaid) internship at the Jerusalem Post. Only now am I getting down to the nitty gritty. I applied to Pardes (the school where I'll hopefully actually learn some Hebrew), and am in the process of looking for an apartment room to rent for the summer. I'm also looking at airlines. I think I found an awesome deal through Air Canada, I just need to call them and find out about traveler's insurance.

In other news, I fly back home in a month, I am probably ridiculously behind on all of my work, I have an art history paper due Monday that I haven't started working on, and...yeah.

But I'm making progress.