I leave for Rome, Italy this Sunday 5/15, and come back to NY July 1st.  I CAN'T WAIT!!!  I have all my traveler's cheques, euro, electrical adapters, alarm clock, little pack thingie for under my clothes, and lots of other stuff.  I am so excited, this will be a life-changing experience.

If you want to keep in contact, email me at: lsk125@psu.edu

I miss all you PSUer's already, and am gonna miss all you New Yorker's soon.  Maybe I'll meet some hot, sexy Italian man to marry while I'm there!  Wait, no...I don't want an STD.

Think of me while I'm overseas, I'll be thinking of you.

Here's a couple great paragraphs from the Beloved Community website:

"War poisons the moral fiber of every individual and rips the intricate fabric of life. As a nation, our core values are peace and non aggression towards other sovereign states. The war in Iraq, however, violates this principle of non-aggression for the Iraq war is a war of choice. We did not engage in diplomacy, but rather, bullying. Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction and Iraq did not invade or attack our country. It is painful to face this nation’s arrogant and brutish tactics but our conscience tells us that we must end this war.

The war in Iraq violates law and perverts our sense of justice. We can no longer be viewed as an impartial arbitrator of disputes, but as a biased proponent of our own self interest. We have lost the moral high ground for condemning the aggression of others. Our compassion and care for our fellow man , ohas been twisted and warped into intolerance, hatred, and bigotry. The war in Iraq was born from the curtailing of freedoms and liberties  speak so that our familiesur children, our loved ones, and our nation are not lost in a miathat our founding fathers, and those like Dr. King, worked so hard to secure. This war promotes fiscal insanity for us and future generations and it narrows and degrades our soul. It is a cancer that, if left unchecked, will only spread. Our conscience tells us that now is the time for action, before the war destroys all that we hold dear. We mustsma of fear, anger, and retribution. We must end this war."

want more? http://www.fvcommunity.org/beloved/

I thought I'd share that with whoever wants to read it...

Only 4 more weeks left of my sophomore year!  I'm gonna miss some special people, but I'll meet some more in Rome, Italy!!!

And I can't wait for next fall, I'll finally have my own apartment! 

Can't wait for the next chapter of life to begin.  I'm more than ready!!!