Disney Duster wrote:
Wow Michael, you really are amazing for finishing that class that you didn't even know you had for three weeks!
I agree with Amy, you should get your money back for the trip, sad as it is. Maybe you can do it another time?
Whoops. Can't believe it took me 4 months to supply an update on stuff. It's been a busy and by far exciting semester.
I know that's sort of weird with covid, but first let me explain the study abroad situation.
Back in may if I cancelled I would have only gotten half of my money back because of rooms booked etc.
However, now with the travel ban things have changed. I have until 2022 to decide if I want to go on some sort of study abroad to get a refund with all about 500 bucks. This is great news tbh. So, the study abroad whether to cancel by a certain date between now and this summer hasn't been an issue. So, I've been able to mentally put that on the back burner. If the trip doesn't go this summer, I'm taking the money and applying to school stuff. This is also good because it's a bit of a nest egg too. Trust me when I say this is great and I have no doubt that the travel ban imposed of blocking people from traveling to the USA to other countries is the reason why. So, for now I'm not worried about it right now so I can focus on more important things for the moment.
I have been extremely busy because I'm back on campus. If classes at my community college can be online they are. Only those with lab classes are on campus. I paid about $120 for a 1 credit indy study in radio. I have been back on the radio, making productions and having a sense of normalcy. Though on Monday our region goes from phase 4 to 3. if it goes to phase 2 then we all back to being fully remote. I've made some amazing productions that have been on the radio a lot. You can only be around the radio department if you are there for something academic related. So, that's why I've been so busy, but having fun.
I've also made several projects for my main class. I am going to transfer to another university this coming spring. Several classes will be online lectures, but being on campus apartment will help because I will have resources there I can use and I'll probably be involved with the college radio station in some form or another.
So, I've been happier than I have been in a very very very long time since this pandemic lockdown began. I do have a cousin that's been on a ventilator for over a month after being diagnosed with covid. So, it is frustrating to see the falsehoods and lies being spread and believed by people, even those I know, but I digress.
I have also been sending off for autographs for various celebrities. One of them was Ed Asner. I mailed him a picture of Hudson whom he voiced in Gargoyles along with a flash drive of radio work and a 3 page paper. He has a son my age with Autism and for 15 years I've always wanted to share with Ed Asner how much he's helped me since that fateful day I impressed him.
He sign the picture and wrote a hand-written note front and back. One of the comments he made was, as a father with a son of autism I'll tell you this. Take a deep breath, relax, and be amazed at what you can accomplish. I had to take a picture of his note on my phone with flash because he writing was chicken scratch. That's probably why he wrote that he normally doesn't write too much and now I know why. I've gotten Jay Leno's autograph, Sally Struthers, Bob Newton, Tad Stones, Jesse McCartney, Alex Trebek, Lin Manuel Miranda, James Marsden, a former saint louis cardinals player (Gift for my rtv teacher), and Pat Carroll. I think there's more, but it's late and I'm tired. I'll try to post and update on things sooner than 4 months later next time.
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