October 17, 2019
Well, it's been quite a week and I'm currently running on what may be the weirdest sleep schedule of my life (and that's saying something). It's currently 1:22 AM, and I think it's safe to say that I've done a lot in the past week or so. First off- I went out of town! And not just to the next city over. I actually went near Pattaya, and the biggest tragedy there is that I even saw a Starbucks but wasn't able to get anything. My host family brought me there to visit some friends (fellow exchange students) for a few days, and needless to say, the trip did not disappoint. We started off by heading to a resort of some kind. One of my friends, an exchange student from Belgium, is living there. We met up with several others, including two other exchange students from Oregon, one from Wisconsin, and their respective host families. We took a boat from Pattaya Beach to an island, where we spent the majority of the day on the beach. Despite it being somewhat clou...