You can't always get what you want

Sometimes studying abroad is not all it's cracked up to be. In fact, many of the challenges I face daily fall under the umbrella of what's known as "roughing it." For example, today the Internet in my apartment has been maddeningly slow. No matter how I tried, I could not do anything: no Facebook, no blogging, no e-mails, no Skype. I was in the middle of a Skype chat with my mom and the Internet kicked me off and would not let me back on for HOURS. I'll say that again: HOURS with no Internet. Makes you shudder, doesn't it?

In a fury, I stormed out of the building and walked aimlessly around the streets of Galway until I finally ended up at the edge of the River Corrib. I stood there with a dramatic, "good-bye cruel world" attitude for a while. And then, I realized that I was on the edge of the River Corrib and decided that maybe having no Internet (for HOURS) was not the worst thing that could happen to a person. And they all lived happily ever after.