Hola!
My name is Melissa and I am a 3rd year
Engineering Student. Today, I begin an Aventura of a life time!! In just a few
short hours I will be traveling by plane to the beautiful, historic city of
Madrid, Spain to study for 4 months. I will be attending ICAI, La Universidad Pontifica de Comillas. This
is an opportunity of the lifetime and something I have dreamt of doing since I
was a little girl! How exciting,
right? Well, after today’s litany of events,
I am just thankful that I have been able to make it this far. Flashback to a
few weeks ago, when I was studying for my finals (which by the way I took 2
weeks early) with some friends when out of nowhere my beloved laptop crashed. I
took immediate action and got it fixed as soon as possible because I knew I
would need it in Spain. As all college students and many business people know,
your laptop contains your entire life and when it goes down your life
temporarily stops until you can get it fixed. With a lot of help (S/O college
IT friends and parents) 4 days before my trip I was finally able to restore it
to its previous state. However, it still
was not functioning properly. So finally, my computer company agreed to send
out a technician to look at the computer today, the day very of my trip,
exactly 3 hours before I had to leave for the airport. How kind of them….
Anyway the technician replaces my system board and tons of other important
pieces and BAM… my computer died. Apparently in the process of changing the
other broken parts the techie realized something else was broken and did not
have the part to fix it. So there I am, having a meltdown, a few hours before
my trip. MAJOR CRISIS: I now have no laptop and I still hadn’t finished packing
either. Why is this is such a big deal? As an engineering major my laptop is
full of all sorts of fun programs like CAD, ProE and Matlab. Since I left school
early, my final drafting project for the term is due in a week. So, I have a
project due in 8 days that I have not started and currently have no way of completing.
This is classic Murphy’s Law - everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. There
was no time to waste. I pulled myself together and made gameplan: email my
professor and ask for an extension find a repair company in Spain. Thus, with
or without my laptop, I am off to Spain for an Aventura of a lifetime. I cannot
believe I have made it this far. Only 3767 miles to go! Vámonos!
Chao for now!
