Scholarships

I have been super busy trying to finish up this semester. It is now finals week. I am very happy to be one semester closer to graduation next May. But some good news, I got the IEF Scholarship for my trip. It is 1000$ and on the reward email, the director said there were over 100 people who did not get it. I feel very fortunate.

I also wanted to say Thank You to those who helped me out by donating for this trip. I could not have done it without that help. We were able to scrap together just enough. We actually have been eating out of our food storage to make it all happen. So THANK YOU!

I have one more Scholarship I am hoping to get, so if you are willing, pray that I get that one too. I am excited for the trip and I am so thankful to everyone who will be helping with the kids this summer while I take classes. Let me know what I can do to pay you back.

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!

Justin Bieber Fever

Skyler really does not like Justin Bieber. He has actually talked three perfectly good fans (Kaely, Jane and Elly) into despising him as well by telling them he smokes cigarettes.
He does that with most of the stars that the girls like, as soon as they hear that they smoke cigarettes they are over them. Poor Hannah Montana died by the tale of cigarettes. An attempt was made on Taylor Swift but they did some research before believing him.
Anyway we were at Target after Valentines Day and they had tons of Justin B valentines on major clearance. I said to K, let's cover Skyler's room with these, so he can wake up to Bieber Fever. She loved the idea.
To make it even sweeter Skyler had said that anybody who wakes him up will be doomed to everlasting torment or something dramatic like that.


So we covered his walls with the valentines and Shay woke him up playing "Never Say Never".


He woke up saying "what the crap is on my wall? And will somebody please turn that radio off!"
I love it, so fun.

Writing Essays

I just finished my essays for the only scholarship I could find that I was eligible for. I am not a minority so I lose most options. I just wanted to say Thank You to everyone who has helped me by donating. It has been amazing to have so much support. I feel extremely blessed. Thank you again.

Turkish Cuisine

This is some of what I will be eating during my study abroad in Istanbul.

For breakfast

Fresh Turkish bread with butter, honey, jam, feta cheese, eggs, cucumbers and olives.

There is a pastry eaten for breakfast in Turkey which is stuffed with cheese and parsley and served warm.

They also have many types of soups for breakfast.

For Lunch and Dinner

Salad or soup is served before most meals

Kebabs of chicken, lamb and beef are common served on flat bread with dressing.

Fresh fish.

Sounds super yummy! I can't wait to take pictures and post them for you to see.

Thank you so much to those that have donated, you are amazing and I am grateful.

If you are willing donate to help me on my Study Abroad please use the donate button on the side.

Thank you,

Misty