Summer 2015

Summer is quickly approaching and I feel the need to share my summer plans, as I do with most other things here.


Starting in June, actually tomorrow, is my Senior prom. (exciting, I know) And that means pictures for the blog post next week. Prom includes Prom Weekend, which I'll be spending at an amusement park and the beach (working on my sunburn obviously). After that is Graduation, and my graduation party, and by the end of June I'll actually be back at school.

Except, I'll be in Germany. I'm doing a 3 week Summer Study Program through the AATG, where I will be staying with a host family and going to school with their son/daughter (no homework thankfully) and becoming accustomed to a different way of living, even though I worked in Germany for 6 weeks two years ago. The trip is meant to get my  to speak better German and to understand the culture more.

After the 3 weeks, I have the fortunate luck of going to Paris for a week, and meeting up with my Mom. Which I have already planned for everything in my head and I can't wait to get out of school. (thankfully I finished my finals 5 minutes ago) 

Leaving Europe at the end of July, subsequently brings my back to the real world too, even though I really want to go to the South Western States for a week or two in August, though my Dad doesn't seem to agree with me on  the trip. (we'll see how it turns out) 

Hopefully by the end of the summer I'll actually know what/where I'll be in September but until then you are in the same boat as I am when it comes to my future...

Also, sorry for missing yesterday, my english final kept me up until way past my bedtime...

Talk to you later,

-Karin xx

The Intrepid, Met, and 18

It has been quite a busy week over here, going into New York three times and running around like a crazy person. In my last post I talked about where I had gone on Monday, so here's what I did on Tuesday... 

First Stop: The Intrepid Sea, Air&Space Museum

almost died going down the stairs

this looks like something out of a sci-fi movie

Then to the Metropolitan Museum of Art,

could probs make the same thing, nbd

my new bedroom

the angsty teenager being super dramatic

After a long day in the city we stopped at an old favorite of my family's, Dallas BBQ. When my grandparents used to live in the city there was one about a block up from their apartment. Our waitress must have been psychic because after we ate, she brought out mini cupcakes (probably left over from something else, but whatever free food). And I got this super cute picture.

Speaking of pre-birthday celebrations, at the last Theater club meeting of my high school career, last Wednesday, I had the wonderful idea to have my "birthday party" there because a)I don't have to plan anything b) senior assassins is well underway and I can't risk inviting the enemy to my house. So I brought a cake into school and had everyone sing, I felt so loved, it was great. The cake (which I designed myself had the funniest photo of my on it that I have ever taken. 

this gem

In a dollar bill.

It was so funny. I also had the honor of getting the piece with my face on it.

To add to the busy week, I also had made plans to go into the city with some friends and my family for dinner and such.

Only problems were:

• Ed Sheeran decided to play a show on my birthday that most of my friends were going to except me, and two of my other friends
• It took 2 hours to get into the city because I decided it was a good idea to switch to the path train in Newark Penn (DO NOT DO THIS)
• I didn't know when the reservation for dinner was
• My friends and I were 50 blocks away from the restaurant when we had our reservation
• tried to take the subway down to 14th street, went up instead of down

but other than that, it was pretty good.

my brother keeping warm by my birthday candle light

We're too cute

And I'm going back in on Saturday...

Talk to you later,

-Karin xx

P.S.

I also made an 18 piece Bucket List for Year 18 list which, hopefully will all be done by this time next year.