7 Days: Anticipation

Hello World,

7 Days. In 7 days, I will be losing one day of my life. Yes, the 19th of February will not exist as I will be flying into the future and arriving to my new home on the 20th.

Everything I have ever read about Australia is about to come true as I spend the next four months of my life there. I am anxious to learn, and furthermore be immersed into something other than anything else I have ever experienced before. I am probably making this sound a bit more exaggerated than it should be, but to shorten this all up, I am excited.

The past couple weeks have been good to me, and I couldn't be more thankful for the friends and family that have made it that way. But big things are still ahead as I continue to move forward!

Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview with the Kerry Wood Family Foundation for a summer internship. It actually went pretty well, and I am looking forward to hearing from them soon. Kerry Wood was one of my favorite players on the Cubs, and I am excited to potentially have the opportunity to support his foundation this summer.

Two weeks ago I also took myself to see the Hobbit, which was kind of embarrassing because I was the only person watching the movie. As I was leaving the show, I could see all the teenage security kids pointing and laughing as pushed my way through the spinning door. I hung my head low, and sped out of the parking lot in a hurry. However, I had the last laugh. I hope they enjoyed the peanut butter I put under their car door handles. Sucks to suck lol

Well, I also saw "Mama" with my brother, which was pretty good, and have spent a ton of time playing NBA 2k13, which has quickly become my favorite video game.

My friend Drew and I also invented a new sport. It's called "Jeep Boarding!" It involves a jeep, a plastic snowboard, a tow rope, some snow, and an empty forest preserve. Needless to say it was all fun and games until the forest ranger said it was time to leave :( Pictures can be seen at Mike Bruce Instagram! Feel free to follow for a visual journey through Australia!

Last week, I needed to redeem myself from my lonely experience seeing the Hobbit. So, a few of my buddies and I hit up Hooter's for some wings! I ended the night feeling pretty stupid, because our "slow" waitress completely played us all. Not only did she hang out with us the entire time we ate, but she gave some hope. Numbers and Instagram names were left on our receipts, along with generous tips, and that was the last we heard from her. I still had the last laugh tho. I hope she enjoyed the peanut butter under her door handles lol

The next few days will be pretty busy, because I still have a ton to do. Packing, applying for housing next semester, running for Vice President of PRSSA, house sitting. It's gonna be busy but I'm definitively ready for my next adventure!

If you haven't taken a look at my bucket list you should now! Let me know if there is anything you think I should add!
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Oh. Bad news. Just found out that 50 % of Koalas have chlamydia. Great. Looks like the Aussies are having the last laugh.

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Love, Mike

Preparation: 27 Days

Hello World,

Well, it's been a little while since my last post. So I suppose you would like to know how I am spending my time off from school.

Last weekend, I had the privilege of  hanging out with some of my  old friends, as well as my Grandma and Brother at the 28th Annual Cubs Convention. With plenty of players, artifacts and conferences I definitely had my winter Cubs fix. One of the highlights of the convention involved meeting Kerry Wood, who was my favorite pitcher growing up. Although he finally retired last year, it was great to see him still involved with the organization. With that being said, I felt that I should join his cause to help kids in and around the city of Chicago. So I applied to intern with the Wood Family Foundation! Here's the link! They do some pretty great stuff during the summer, so hopefully I can be apart of that as well. I have an interview next week, so wish me luck, and any prayers would be nice too :)
http://mlb.mlb.com/players/woodfamilyfoundation/index.jsp

While preparing for Australia, I decided to look into things to do there on youtube. Of course I found some great stuff, but then I found this...The Huntsman Spider!!! Watch this video. This is the only reason why I am getting scared to go haha 
Stupid Spider Video

As the days keep counting down, I am growing farther and farther away from wanting to do school work. This of course is not good, because it means I'm not gonna have fun the first few weeks in my new country. But, after this semester is over, I will finally be a senior! Which means that I will be done with school forever and I am definitely ready for that.

My brother and I also saw Haunted House. It's really funny, but super stupid. So if you want to have a good laugh see that! 
I also saw Django which is sickk!!! See that if you want to see the best movie of your life! lol I'm still trying to see the Hobbit. So if anyone is down. Please tell me!

I have also had the opportunity to do some extra PR work while I have been home with my High School. So tomorrow I will be conducting a focus group to get some inside Social Media information for the school. Thank you Dr. Lee, for giving me the skills for that!

With all this being said, I am looking forward to my trip and cannot wait to start living in a completely new culture. I know things will be completely different than I'm used to, however I also know that I will be making some sick connections along the way. I figured I might as well network there so at some point I can move to a nice Australian city. Feel free to join me if you would like.

Well, I hope things are well. I miss everyone at school too. I want to come back for a Komets game, so if you're down to go, let me know and I will make my way back! 

If you would like to follow my travels on Twitter you can here:http://twitter.com/mikebruce1291

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If you would like to connect professionally you can here: linkedin.com/in/michaelbruce3

Until next time....

Peace!