Almost Finished

My last semester of college is almost over and in a few weeks I will be a college graduate. I have to say this whole blogging experience was bittersweet. It was actually a lot more work than I thought it would be, and it was really a pain in the ass to remember to put it up every Monday, but I learned a lot.

This is my last blog for the Cat Scan, but now that I have figured out how to put links and pictures in, I think I am going to keep it up.

I am taking off to Italy and traveling for awhile and I plan to use my blog as a diary. I have learned a lot about online journalism and how popular blogs have become in the past few years to the journalism world.

Before taking this class, I really was not extremely concerned about the environment. I think I was like the majority of people who care when it is brought to their attention, but I really never worried about it afterwards. I have been writing and reporting about environmental issues and everything green everyday for a few months and now it's difficult not to think about what I do everyday in relation to the environment.

My blog has forced me to research endless study abroad opportunities that help the environment. Every week I would read about a new program overseas. Thailand,Africa, India, Brazil, all these places I have always wanted to go, and now I know about possible choices that would keep me safe, busy, and environmentally conscious while I am abroad. I think this will make me feel better, but more importantly my parents who are less then thrilled about my future travel plans.

For the record, I think my favorite program was the trip to India, which was organized by the Tucson zoo. I met Susan at the zoo and she told me all about the India trip, and other excursions she had personally taken. I kept thinking, "how do I get this woman's job!"

The next time you here from me I'll be in another country : )