This morning I woke up to a new message awaiting me on my BB. Obviously, that happens every morning. But this morning the sender that caught my attention was EAC STAGES. My head was on my pillow I opened one eye and attempted to judge the content. Assuming it was an official rejection I hit snooze and went back to sleep.

When the alarm went off again, I mustered the courage to start my morning with bad news. I opened the email and read:

“Congratulations,”

There was no need to read further. I ran downstairs and screamed at my roomies in a voice still hoarse from sleeping – “I’m off to Europe!”  And thus my next five months interning for the European Commission in Brussels begins.