A Place to Call Home

There's times in everyone's lives when they are in limbo. Just waiting for things to happen. Desperately wanting answers. I've been there, anxiously waiting. I've lived my last few months in this state, wondering where I'm going. Wondering what I'll be doing. Wondering where I'll be living. So many questions and all it took was one word to shatter the silence.  

Melbourne. 

I'm going to Melbourne.

For ten beautiful and amazing weeks I will call the city of Melbourne home. I will live there, work there, shop there, and possibly never sleep there. There just might not be any time for it. My head is spinning with all of the possibilities. Everything I research seems perfect and wonderful. I'm counting the days and hours until I step off the airplane. I want to see everything from the tourists traps to the local bakery. I want to soak in their education system and the lives of all of my students. Everything is real now. I have a location. I have a school. I have an internship.

46 days and 19 hours

Correspondence Application

Gabe Schirm, Welcome to my Blog! 

As you can see, I already have a blog for my study abroad adventure! I created this blog in the hopes that my family and friends could follow along with what I am doing in Australia, but also as a guide to others as they go through the steps of studying abroad. I would be a great GlobaLinks Correspondent because I am already ahead of the game. I've already started a blog to do exactly what this scholarship would be asking of me. Not only would I be doing this for the $200 voucher, I'd be doing this blog because it is something I am passionate about. Since I am getting a degree in education, specifically Language Arts, I am in love with blogs. It is a way for anyone to get their written words out to the world. Personally, I have found that researching different blogs about expats who have moved to Australia and other students who have studied abroad has been very helpful as I have been getting ready to leave the country. I would love for my blog to reach more people and hopefully be that source of information and hope for others looking go abroad. I'm also a picture junkie! I take more pictures than anyone I know. With a combination of my love of language arts and picture taking, I think that my blog could be a huge hit. I would love to share my adventure and advice with others who are wanting to study abroad. It is a huge decision to leave your home country and live in a foreign land for 10 weeks. I'd love to be the guiding voice to help others be more confident and excited about their journey. Please feel free to click around my blog. There isn't much up right now since I have't gotten my assignment or left the country, but much more will be coming. You can count on it!