Being Annie

I returned home from my exchange eight days ago.  When I left, I didn't really know what to think; I'd been overcome by countless em...

Today I graduated from my Turkish high school.  In the afternoon my friends and I went to get our hair done together.  It was fun, I've ...

This year, the 2440 Rotary District Conference was held in Fethiye, a city along the Mediterranean.  On Thursday the 9th, Riad and I took th...

So, yeah, it's been awhile.  After having Rotary weekends nearly every weekend in March, April was kind of slow because I was spending m...

Living in a Muslim country, the Christian holidays tend to just slip my mind (although I only celebrate two of them).  For example, at Chris...

This is me and my little cousin Jack the summer before I came to Turkey: Somehow I got stuck at the little kid's table during a b...

I went to Bodrum with all of the 2440 exchange students a few weeks ago, and I'm just now finally getting around to write about it!   ...

Every year, a city in Turkey called Manisa has a festival celebrating their special candy.  All of the exchange students went to the festiva...

Three weeks ago I went to Denizli with the other exchange students in the 2440 district.  I traveled to Izmir on Friday, then Saturday mor...

About a week ago my mom was able to give me a long distance hug through Skype.  I haven't seen my mom in seven months, and as a young ad...