Like a dream come true...

Hello everyone!

There's been a lot to say to all of you... Here it goes. 

Wednesday (October 26) was a very special day for me. I received an e-mail saying that I had been accepted at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) as an exchange student for the spring semester 2012. I couldn’t believe my eyes – I was so happy… I started jumping and screaming “thank you”! :D There were even tears in my eyes… (blush)

I have to say that calling my Mom and telling her great news over the phone was extremely exciting and emotional!!! Don’t you just adore telling your loved ones something amazingly pleasant? Then I also called my granddad. He was so glad, he couldn’t speak normally – and so did my Mom! :D I also wrote to all my dear friends in skype. Their support was incredible! There’s no need to say that I was the happiest person at that moment…

On Friday (October 28) I found out that my visa would allow me to stay in the USA for 30 days after the end of the semester! I can't resist the temptation to stay there as long as I can!!! Besides, it has been my dream to go to the USA for so many years…<3

On Saturday (October 29) I bought tickets for my trip to the USA! Riga - Paris - Salt Lake City and then back the same way… I’m leaving on January 3, 2012. America, here I come!!! God, I’ve been waiting for ages to say that!!! <3 P.S. Isn’t it great that I will also have an opportunity to spend some time in Paris??? This can’t get any better…

I must admit I’ve been dreaming about the USA for a long time now. Maybe 5 years or so… Somehow I couldn’t figure out the best way to go there. Everything I considered ended up as a bad idea. My whole life in general was nothing special. I know it’s a very sad thing to say. Maybe it’s not true, but that was how I felt about this whole “life” thing anyway. I wrote a couple of depressing entries about it in my blog as well... I was unhappy for too long and now here’s my chance!!!

When I got the news about the USA my life turned 180 degrees. Or maybe it wasn’t my life, but just my thoughts… It doesn’t even matter!!! The fact is that my life will never be the same. And right now I feel so blessed. I feel so incredibly pleased and happy… Even today I still can’t believe it!!! I will never be the same person again… I feel like I’m about to live my dream! Who could have thought???

Let me just say – when dreams come true (and they really do!!!) – it doesn’t feel like reality any more… You’re in a parallel universe!!! <3

I have to confess that I’ve been feeling in high spirits lately – no surprise there. I feel on top of the world!!! By the way, there were quite a few problems during these last few days as well. But even those problems didn’t feel like real problems… I hope it will stay this way my whole life! :D

I’m entering a new chapter of my life. Well, what can I say? Feels so good to be in this blissful state of mind... <3

Lower are the photos of Salt Lake City - the place that will hopefully become my home next year...

♥ 

Love,
Daria

Surprising

Hi, people! 

I want to go back to September… Unfortunately I fell ill and I even had to cancel my shift at the restaurant on September 11. However, I didn’t miss any of the classes at the university. I just really don’t like missing classes…

On September 14 when I came home, still quite ill, I decided to lie in bed for a while. After an hour or so, I didn’t want to get out of bed, but I didn’t want to lie still either.

I decided to start reading a book. Somewhere in August my friend Christina gave me all “Twilight” series books and I couldn’t think of a better opportunity to start reading them! Besides, it has been a while since I’ve wanted to do so. Moreover, I even haven’t watched any of the movies related to the books – so that I could first read the books and then watch the movies.

I wanted to read Twilight more out of curiosity, since the books got such good reviews. I had no idea it would grab me this much. <3

Let me tell you something: I spent 6.5 hours reading the 1^st book that day. I couldn’t take my eyes off of it… And it’s so unusual of me, since I almost never spend so many hours on reading in one day. It used to be a big struggle for me to read when I was a child. Then gradually I found more fun in reading.

Honestly, there are very few books that I read the same way… Even my all-time favorite book “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger isn’t on that list!

I finished the book in 3 days. At school I was thinking about getting home sooner and start reading. I had only small breaks for talking with my Mom & stuff.

That’s why being ill is not that bad after all. If I hadn’t been ill I would have probably spent my day in front of the computer…

P.S. The way Edward is described, it is almost impossible NOT to fall in love with him.

xx

Daria