Minor Detail.

Got to the airport yesterday... attempted to check in only to find out that my passport expired in FEBRUARY... yes. FEBRUARY 2009. 

Had  an incredible American Airlines lady named Diane help me out and I am able to get a flight out Monday night at 9pm. She was so wonderful!!!

SO between now and then. Actually Monday I have to drive down to Houston to get a new passport and get back for my flight Monday night. 

You know... It never even crossed my mind that passports expire. So when i realized it had... it was just one of those things I could do absolutely nothing about at that moment. I'd say I handled it well. 

AND I got to see my brother Elliot graduate from high school today!!!!! I am sooo proud of him and I am soooo glad I was there!! 

So hopefully everything will sale smoothly and I will be in the Netherlands Tuesday night. 

Really at this point all i can do is laugh about it. And I have to trust God because there is nothing I can do about this... Cheers!

EVERYONE ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PASSPORT EXPIRATION WHEN YOU FIRST DECIDE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY!!!

Got this from the New York Times online. This was taken off the Tuscan shore and it made me happy:

Have a lovely day. 

Eliza 

Off to Netherland

So it has been a while... 

This semester went well. Have a lot to learn from it and hopefully I will never again pull five all nighters within 3 weeks. 

On Friday I leave for the Netherlands. I will be in The Hague... which is more South and on the coast....

ssssuuuper excited! It is for an international law course at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. My focus is on what future tribunals can learn from the ICTY in prosecuting mass rape. Rape was prolific during the Serbian attempt to take over Bosnia-Herzegovina and wipe out Muslims in 1991 - 1995. It was used to instigate fear so people would leave their homes and country, a weapon of war, genocide, have you. I have been reading accounts and victims testimonies and words i would write trying to describe how awful don't do it justice. Intense, horrific, depressing, but i love this kind of stuff. It makes me mad!

I do not know what to expect on this trip... I feel a little in over my head. But I know it will be amazing. 

Ok my most recent celeb crush... 

When I get back from the Netherlands I am going to read...

And Kurt Vonnegut also wrote Harrison Bergeron, which is if not my favorite short story ever. (You should read it!) He is a BRILLIANT writer. 

I created a book list. I am afraid it will take me a lifetime, but I want to read classics that i never read in high school. O and I want to take a break from non-fiction:

To Kill A Mockingbird. 

The Great Gatsby. 

The Color Purple. 

Grapes of Wrath. 

And there is more, but we will start there. 

Tomorrow I am going to get my haircut. AH! Mid-boob... maybe a little shorter. I will probably cry, but I need a change (For those who have not seen me in a while it's down to my belly button!). And I would like to look at least a little older. I keep getting asked about high school. 

Well, maybe I will blog on my trip. 

Have a beautiful day!!

Eliza