I am sorry, once again, for the lack of updates, but things have been rather crazy here in Kyrgyzstan. Everyone has gone berzerk with fear of swine flu so the Peace Corps resource center has been closed for two weeks now. I don't really understand why we can't use it if we're not sick, but I suppose it's a precaution to prevent potential spreading. Anyway, what that means for me is that my access to free internet is off limits until the resource center opens again. So I have been hesitant to do anything on the internet recently. Today, however, my friend Meredith and I have ventured into the capital to treat ourselves to one of the two establishments that offer wi-fi. That's right, folks! I am updating my blog from my very own computer! It feels weird using my laptop for internet again, as it mostly just fills the position of dvd player in my apartment.. And by weird I, of course, mean AWESOME! It's so fast and smooth!
Moving right along.. Things have been going along quickly here. I can't believe I only have ten more months left! It still feels like a long time but it really isn't when compared to how long I've already been here. And I have some really good news to look forward to. As some of you may already know, my best friend Shannon is coming to visit me in January! Originally we were planning to meet in India and spend a couple weeks there but that turned out to be a lot more expensive than we thought it would be, so in the end the cheapest alternative was for her to just come here. And I'm so excited! It's going to be the dead of winter, which means shitty weather, so we won't be able to do much sight seeing. But we're okay with that. I'm just excited that she's gonna be here and that I get to share my life here with one of my friends from home!
In other news, as some of you may also know, I've been studying for the LSAT recently and I plan on taking it here in Kyrgyzstan. I'll be taking it on December 5th, which is creeping closer and closer by the minute. I've been studying like crazy and I've done pretty well on the practice tests I've taken but I can't help but feel extremely nervous. So much rides on this test because I've been particularly picky about the schools that I want to go to. There's only 4 law schools that I'm really interested in and they're all on the top ten list (UC Berkeley, Stanford, Northwestern, and University of Chicago). My undergrad GPA isn't very impressive which means I really need a good score to make up for it. So wish me luck!
I think that's about it. Thanks to everyone who still checks this thing for updates!
