Istanbul Study Abroad Blog

So they asked us to fill out a profile for the blog they are doing for the study abroad trip. It is going to be a lot of work, but I am excited. The link to the blog is at the bottom of my profile so check it out if you want.

Name	Misty H
Major	Journalism PR/ Art Minor
Fun Facts about yourself	Grew up with the Okefenokee Swamp as my backyard (South Georgia). I have been married for 13 years. I have 5 kids. I was one of the two white girls on my high school basketball team.
Anything else you want to share (Background, Accomplishments, Vision)	Background- I am the middle of 7 kids. Accomplishments- I have potty trained twins. Vision- I want to work hard and hopefully leave this world a better place. My dream is to do humanitarian work and convince my kids to want to change the world as well.
Your expectations about Turkey and this program	I expect to work like crazy and enjoy every minute, except the jetlag. I am most excited for the food; it looks to be an experience in itself.

http://www.gsustudyabroadistanbul.blogspot.com/

Textbooks at an amazing price

It is starting to get close enough to the trip that I am finally getting some information. For one, I just found out what my textbooks are and I bought them on Amazon for .46cents+shipping. Definitely the cheapest textbooks I have ever purchased. They are:

Undercover Economist by Tim Harford

The World is Flat: 3.0 by Thomas Friedman

Shay is excited that I am reading business books. I guess he wants me to be like him. Which is reasonable considering he is awesome.

I also found out that Turkey is 7 hours ahead of US Standard Eastern time. Which means we leave on the 17th and arrive on the 19th at 12:45 a.m.. Yikes.

Typhoid fever

The appointment I made at the school clinic finally came. Our health insurance changed this year to where the first 6 k is out of pocket, so I opted to go to the school clinic because it is included in tuition. Finally after an hour I saw the doctor, she told me that I needed to get some vaccinations to go to Istanbul. Hep A and Typhoid fever. The latter had to be taken orally over 8 days. My least favorite part is that it is a live virus. My only experience with live viruses was when Shay got live flu mist and then got the flu. I really didn't want to do it, but have opted to. I hope it has different results than Shay's flu mist!