Starting on April 30th, 2010, I began making a list of all the things that I wanted to do on this trip. Then, I realized that it is not fun or practical to make a list of stuff to do on your own. So sometime on the wee hours of May 1, 2010, with Bullet in a Bible playing in the background, I asked those who I consider close to me about what they wanted to do on this trip if they were to go as well with me.
The list was finalized the day before I boarded the plane to Halifax. Well, knowing me, and knowing that that day is 43 days away from now, it’ll probably be finalized as I’m meeting the people who are on the same flight as I am going on. But I digress.
The following is a list of the 66 things that I hope (or hoped) to do, above all else, while on Semester at Sea. 66 days means 66 items (cheesy, I know, but I don’t care. It’s my list. And my blog). They aren’t in any order, except for the order that I thought of them I guess.
1. Go on a Zip Line
2. Bike Tour a major city
3. Bike Tour a countryside or somewhere that isn’t a major city
4. Stay up all night talking
5. Have a conversation about randomness that will probably be one of the most meaningful conversation we have the entire time on SAS (Sandy,
6. Be awake for and take pictures of us as we arrive in port. (no one cares about Morocco or Egypt; stayed awake for the rest)
7. Find the European club scene/participate in the European club scene
8. Absorb as much of the culture as possible (Christina Turcoane)
9. Be fiscally responsible. (no reason to go poor having the time of your life when you
have to go back to real life after)
10. Spend as much time on the outside of the ship looking out at the ocean as much as possible (Amanda B)
11. Find someone cute to make out with
12. Find someone awesome to hook up with
13. Kayaking in one of the ports (Gracie)
14. See the Pyramids at sunrise.
15. See a legitimate musical concert in Europe.
16. 6,000 pictures. (and for anyone reading this, no, that is not an exaggeration) (As of now, it’s close to 10,000 taken and 6,500 kept)
17. Ride those boats in Italy that’s on that water.
18. Do something crazy with a local. (Jenn Paciullo)
19. Surprise Jenn with the post card “Dipped in Italy” (you’ll get this, Jenn, when we get back to the states. True fact. BTW, “Dipped in Italy” turned out to be “Dipped in the Trevi Fountain”)
20. Capri/Anacapri enough said.
21. Pick one really large monumental place and visit it (AKA Make sure to see the important places in the world that changed history for Better or Worse) (Chrissy K)
22. Randomly join in singing a random song with a group of people that I would otherwise not sing if not for the fact that we were all singing the random song together… again (Reference: Club o2, 2007, Backstreet Boys)
23. Get Mom and Dad their surprise gift
24. Get Julie and Stephen (who I still think should be spelled Steven) their surprise gifts.
25. Get Rose and Indra their surprise gifts.
26. Find the Equivalent of the Enchanted Forest (Club O2 2006) or The Jungle (Club O2 2007) or the E Staircase (Speech 2007) (Classroom 1)
27. Find a place to “Leave our Mark” forever and ever. (Those on SAS knows where that place is. Those who aren’t on SAS will never know. Hehe)
28. Play “You and Me and One Spotlight” by Yellowcard on night 64 or 65 (Turned out playing it during a meteor shower is 10000x better). True fact.
29. Get Mr. Joe Kelly and Dr. Greene something from one of the countries as a thank you gift for dealing with all my crazy throughout the year before SAS
30. Get a picture of every cruise ship I see from Halifax to Virginia, and then again in NYC.
31. Find a Park Bench, sit at it, and enjoy and watch and embrace the culture.
32. Try Mostly foods that are Local in each port (found from online)
33. Find 3 people in each port to ask what they want to do before they die:
a. Spain
b. Italy (Rome)
c. Italy (Naples)
d. Croatia
e. Turkey
f. Egypt
g. Morocco
34. Find 15 people on the boat and ask them “what do they want to do before they die” before the end of the voyage: I found them, but won’t share their responses here
35. Get the stuff for the Psych Friends
a. Shot Glasses for Jess F (2 from each port = awesomeness)
b. Sara = Cool ass Necklace
c. Postcards from Rome, Naples, Athens, Capri, and Casablanca for Lindsey
d. Something for Camille (super chic earings)
e. Jess B (Spice Plate… to crush spices and stuff)
f. LAG (Olive Oil/Olive Oil Soap)
g. Angela (other awesomeness)
h. Alissa (other awesomeness)
36. Find the second OLP fan and find out what they think about the awesomeness that is OLP.
37. DON’T GET ARRESTED!
38. Find someone who has done Forensics or Debate, and run ideas by them as to what to do for the 2010-2011 season. (Found Andy and Lizzie and Carmela, who won VEX in 2006)
39. See Toy Story 3 when it comes out.
40. Go to a Sports Bar as the World Cup happens.
41. Stand on the Bow of the ship and experience a Sunrise (can only occur when going towards Europe!). (Joys of sailing into Turkey especially!!!)
42. Sit on the Aft of the ship and experience a legitimate sunset (Again, can only happen when going towards Europe) (Joys of Sailing out of Turkey especially/chilling on the Aft)
43. Legally Buy Recovery by Eminem. That shit’s gonna Be Hot (Turns out it is album of the year good!!!)
Turns out that the last 23 items or so would be decided on the ship. As such, here is the continuation of the list, as determined by lists of things that happened while on the voyage.
44. Be on the Sea that wins the Sea Olympics (Caribbean Sea: Yah Man)
45. Meet People I will know for life forever.
46. Didn’t Get Crabs (inside joke)
47. Didn’t Lose my Passport at all (big issue if it did happen)…
48. or get Robbed
49. Hookah for 4 days straight in Turkey for 3 hours a day
50. Olympia – Mafia
51. SPOONS!!!
52. Host the Auction with Tom
53. Be a part of the shipboard drive that made the most money any shipboard drive ever made… by $10,000!
54. Get full use of the Internet on the voyage.
55. Spend less than 5 hours total on the internet or computer for the entire 2 months.
56. Bite Size Strong Island and Female Sid-Cros
57. Litty. True fact.
58. Somehow meet a Dude I met 9 months before that I randomly gave directions to while going home, and spending the next two months with said dude
59. Sex and Gender in the Theater = best class ever
60. Public Performance = other bestest ever
61. Rode a Horse by myself
62. Gay clubs and Gay Pride
63. Straight clubs and alcohol fun times
64. Taking an hour by myself in each port to appreciate the country we were in
65. Taking a Cab alone in Cairo
66. Taking the Barcelona Metro alone.
67. Public Transportation in every port/country
68. Finding out how the world is truly connected via globalization,
69. and how the world imitates each other through graffiti
70. Remember everything that I did
71. Appreciate the last two months for what it was, and lastly
72. Use the last two months to change my life.
That’s all that I have. it’s been a fun two months, and the best two months of my life. Tomorrow, I’m back in the states. Sunday, I’m home. The time for us has passed, but the new and next chapter begins soon enough.
Debaters, your topics are already ready. Congress kids, get your shit together.
SFC Peeps, update angel. You’re slacking majorly there.
Family peeps, you rock.
Friends, I’ll be functioning in about Tuesday or so.
Until then, Bon Voyage.
August 20, 2010
The Last Post... The Buried List
August 18, 2010
Second to Last Post
July 20, 2010
RAIN!!!
July 19, 2010
Turkey Day
July 16, 2010
No Bores today
July 8, 2010
There are some things that I need to figure out. For instance, why is it that I got 9/11 flashbacks when I was visiting Pompeii, but there was nothing wrong going to the war photo’s museum in Dubrovnik? Maybe someone can help me figure out that.
Anyways, I’m in Dubrovnik, and it is much more beautiful here in one day than it was in most of Italy (with the exception of Capri and Siena). I’m only keeping about 60% of the pics that I am taking, and the other 40% are getting deleted.
Kayaking tomorrow with friends, and I will leave you all with this.
SAS is really the best experience I have ever gone to in my life, ever. Well, maybe with the exception of Alaska 2007
Until next time.
Jeff
July 2, 2010
Locals and Gelatos and Holes, OH MY!
I’ll keep this story short, but I figure this is the type of stuff that happens on SAS:
So back in Spain, we met this guy named Larry. He was a local there relocated from the states… and the world for that matter, and Mel and I began to talk to him one night. He was telling us about the real Barcelona, the parts that most of the tourists would never have known about. He also told us about the stories that happened while he was exploring the world in order to try and find himself.
One of those stories included a Gelato store by the Pantheon in Rome. He claimed that this gelato was the best he ever had in his life ever. He told Mel and I that if we only did one thing in Rome, that it had to be to go to this gelato store. He gave directions that only a local would give (in that it consisted of “turn down this street” and “don’t pass this way” instead of specific map-like directions that would be found in a tour guide or otherwise) before we left Barcelona.
That was Saturday night. We left Barcelona on Tuesday. Got to Civitavecchia (the port that is an hour outside of Rome) on Tuesday. Explored the Civ and other outlining areas on Tuesday, and went to visit the beautiful city of Siena on Wednesday. It wasn’t until Thursday that I ended up in Rome. We visited the major sites through an SAS trip, and then visited the ones we couldn’t see with Ally (who we met that day) and Tim (who is in my Public Performance class) at night.
Now for a quick sidebar about these sites:
1. The Coliseum is HUGE
2. The Vatican and St. Peters Basilica are also HUGE! It’s much bigger than we thought it would be, or bigger than any of us could ever imagine.
3. The Sistine Chapel is a lot smaller than we think, and the famous painting of Adam that is there is, comparatively speaking, really really really smaller than what we expect it to be.
4. There is a hole in the roof of the Pantheon. How the fuck did that hole get created?
5. The entire city is lined with numerous paintings, statues, and other forms of art, with each piece taking at least months, if not years, to create. Why do we only know of the famous ones? (pictures of proof is coming in the end of August)
6. NO, SERIOUSLY! THERE IS A HOLE IN THE PANTHEON! HOW DID THAT GET CREATED?
Anyways, back to this story. We get to the Pantheon, and life is good. Then, we look for the Gelato store. There were two in the general direction, but one of them seemed like Gelato was a secondary food choice (almost any store that serves food in this country serves gelato) while the other seemed like a legitimate gelato store.
We get there, we order the gelato, and I can honestly say that it was the best gelato that I have ever had in my life ever. I will return to Rome just to get this Gelato. It was that good.
There is one more detail that ties everything together. There was an English speaking family that walked into the store while we were enjoying the proof of an existence of a higher power. They were asking what the good flavors were, and our group (Tim, Ally, Mel, and I) said that every flavor is nothing short of greatness. We began to talk more, and we found out these details.
1. They’re not only American, but are from Pittsburg (where Ally is from)
2. They were also told that this store was the best gelato in the entire country of Italy (a fact that I will now defend until my death)
3. The father, a 40something year old man as of now, did Semester at Sea when he was in college. So did his brother, and so will his kids.
Let’s think about that for a second. The odds of finding a local in Barcelona who spoke English was okay at best. Him telling us about the gelato… meh. Us going to the same gelato place was more meh. Us finding a family of a person who did Semester at Sea before during the time we’re docked in Rome? Almost nonexistent.
The point of this story is that you never know what you are going to find when you explore the world. You never know how small this world is, nor do you know how small this world could be. Think about this as you go through your summer, and start exploring your world around you.
Maybe you can find yourself in the process. I have just about 50 days left, and I’m still in the process of finding myself.
Hope all is well.
Jeff
June 27, 2010
Real quick Spain Recap.
June 22, 2010
Adults and other fun times at sea.
Time for the second update from sea:
It’s been three days since the last post (this is being written on the night of C5, or class 5, and will be posted on C6). And there’s a lot that has happened in the last few days.
The sunsets around here are nothing short of beautiful. There is going to be about 60 pictures of just sunsets alone, and I swear that almost each of them are going to be different. The only way to describe them is as an act of awesomeness. True fact!
Anyways, the adults of the trip are almost as important as the kids who are here. There are about four kids per one adult (which, for the sake of this trip, shall be defined as a person who is of legal age who is not a student on this voyage). This blog post will just tell about the few of the many adults that I have come across throughout the voyage so far in the last seven days.
There is, of course, the two main deans. There’s one from UPitt, and there’s one who is from UVA. Their names are on the website, so you can look them up (yeah. I’m making you do work. I don’t care).
Then there are the assistant deans. There’s Lynette, who is not only the dean of students, but who I found out grew up no more than 6 blocks away from where I grew up. Furthermore, she took the same train as I did. It’s crazy. Truly is. There’s also Jill, who is also awesome. She’s also obsessed with gelatos. And I mean OBSESSED! Well, for that matter, so am I, but that’s a story for when we get with Italy.
Then there are the professors. Prof. Bowler is the one for global studies, and everyone on the ship has him. We all take that class together. Then, after him, there’s prof. Gillespie. The only way to describe her is that she’s like Dr. Goodstein and Dr. Tabrizi combined. True fact. And, lastly, there’s Dr. Huey. And while his class is awesome, and I mean awesome, and while I think he’s a good prof and person and all that stuff, let’s just say that I will never raise doubt about silver fox’s long pauses for notes ever again. I mean ever.
Chela is our LLC (R.A.). I don’t want to say that we have the best sea, but just about every other sea is jealous about us and the stuff we do. We initiate, and then they imitate.
Then there’s Ruel and Dante, who are our cleaning people for the ship. And by that, they make sure the room is looking good and that there are no damages and stuff, and then they also clean the beds and stuff for us. It’s weird that we are on a ship and that they are here, but I think that the entire ship is thankful that they have come here to help us. at the very least, the kids are grateful for them, and treat them well. (sidebar: I’ve talked to Dante and Ruel a few times, and they said that we were their best room to clean b/c our room was the “easiest and required least work” to finish. That makes me proud).
Anyways, I’m just finish this post by saying the highlights for the last few days, for my laptop battery is dying right now and I need to charge it soon.
The food on the ship is edible most times. It’s gotten slightly worse since we left Halifax, but that is somewhat expected after being on a boat without land for more than a week. Dinner with the group of awesome peeps has been just about daily, and that is an awesome thing to have on one of these voyages.
There was a dance on Saturday, but it was just meh. However, the party actually happened in two places. There was the alcohol line, and then there was the smoker’s deck. (mon, I don’t smoke). Everyone just hangs out there and meets people and has fun and all of that stuff.
Sunday was our movie night for our sea, and we saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It’s ridiculously funny. True fact.
Anyways, there should be land approaching in less than an hour, so I have to finish and read and do all that fun stuff until then. The updates will get better when we get to Spain in two days (which I hear is a Thursday).
Be safe. Enjoy the Summer. If Jessica F or Sara are reading this, Be Safe in Jamaica.
Until next time,
Jeff.
p.s. the concept of time and days are completely irrelevant on this trip. It’s a ship.
June 15, 2010
Halifax: Fun times
It's 12:30am and there is free internet in the hotel. Tomorrow, we board the ship, but the whole group of kids, parents, teachers, and other people are already in the city. Lifelong learners and student workers already boarded the boat. The rest of us are going to board sometime tomorrow, and then the boat leaves at 1700 (have to get used to ship time since they use the 24 hr clock system). Anyways, if the two days in Halifax were any example as to how this trip is going to run, then the next 68 days are going to be awesome. J
So here's the low down on what happened in Halifax.
So I got into Halifax yesterday with about 8 people on our same flight. There were two who came from California, but the rest of them were from Upstate or Long Island. The flight was smooth, and we were on one of those commuter planes that travel to the local places (sidebar for Matt, it was an Embrader 140. We're tall people, Matt. You know our pain). I think that we all had excitement the night before, causing us to 1. Get no sleep before JFK, and 2. Fall asleep the entire way to Halifax.
Getting to the hotel was also a trip. I met Mel (Cool girl from Long Island) and Amy (other cool girl from Long Island) on the plane, and we decided to split a taxi to the hotel. They ended up staying at the same hotel that I was staying at, so it was worth it to split the stuff over. When I got to the hotel, I met the two roommates for Halifax, Josh and Tina. Fun times, ya know? I settled up here, got some stuff, and then explored the city with Mel, Amy, Josh, Tina, and Sami, this guy from Boston who met with Tina and Josh the night before. We ended up finding a Subway sandwich shop in order to get some food, but right across the street, there was a good sushi place. And by good, really really really big sushi rolls.
After that, we went to walk around the city and explore and have fun times and such. You know, bonding and all that fun stuff. Then, after waking up, Sami and Josh found two girls from down the hall of Sami's room. The four of them ended up coming to the room, and them, plus Tina and me, went to go explore the Halifax nightlife for Sunday (Mel and Amy were tired and wanted to sleep in/wait for their roommate). Exploring the city is a lot better when the legal drinking age is 19 instead of 21, and to be honest (soapbox alert), the city is probably a lot more safer now with a legal age of purchase at 19 than it being 21. True fact.
BTW, when I do go on a soapbox, I will probably preface it. Why? Well so that readers know that I am preaching about nonsense and when I am not. True fact.
Anyways, the Club was awesome (some stories are not for you all until after I come home. Just know that it was really fun). Then we came back and Tina and I slept while the rest of them ended up chilling for a bit.
The next day, Mel and Amy, and their new roommate Emily, along with Tina, Josh, and Me all went to chill for the day and explore what the daytime of Halifax had to offer. Two words can only describe that day: Harbour Hopper! There will be pics in 2 months to explain all of that. Then, there was Canadian Wal-Mart to get some last minute supplies (such as a Broken Phone Charger…) and then back to the hotel to pick up our last roommate, James (who we ended up finding a few hours before on Monday for Monday Night).
Then was dinner, and an SAS gathering in a Bar down on Argyle Street, and then some general hanging out between then and now. The night ends with Josh and Tina talking about randomness and fun times and life, and me writing this blog to say what's good. It's now 1:10, and I thought this would have been posted a few minutes ago, but it's on its way now. We have to wake up early, then go thru security and ship protocols and all that fun stuff, find out our roommates, find each other, say goodbye, and then start the actual journey itself. That's the things about these two day buffers. It's doesn't seem real, and yet it seems fully real. So we'll see what happens the rest of the day.
James is Asleep. Josh and Tina are going in depth about life and nonsense (which are really the same thing). And I'm writing this. See you all sometime soon, if not before we dock in Halifax.
Until then, Au Voir, mis amis.
June 12, 2010
t-minus 22hrs
Today is it. This is the last full day in New York until August 23rd. How about that?
There's something that I've noticed about those going on Semester at Sea. We tend to analyze everything, plan most things, and yet be spontaneous at the same time. There's planning and then not planning and replanning and overplanning and underplanning and everything that comes with it. It's crazy really about what's about to happen. 8 countries (with Halifax included) and 9 ports in 70 days, and then a daytrip to Richmond to cap it all off. 700 people who all coordinated their lives to take the same trip at the same time are, on Tuesday, going to go on that trip.
So before I go to Halifax, which I leave for tomorrow, I'll tell you all about the journey of how I got here.
All of this loosely began in 2008 after graduation. I went to my Home School, St. Francis College, b/c they gave me a full scholarship. I always heard of this program, but never looked too much into it. I did know that I wanted to do something abroad during university.
Fast Forward to spring of 2009. Tried to find out about study abroad programs and possibly doing one sor the summer of 2009, but was told that the school's policy was to wait until the end of sophomore year in order to do anything. So I waited and relaxed and hanged out that summer.
Fall 2009 began the first real meetings about study abroad with the SFC Study Abroad director, Dr. Greene. I had a sense that I wanted to do SAS, but the price did seem to be a bit expensive. So, we looked at a few programs from ISA (institute for study abroad) along with SAS in order to see what would fit. And, for good measure, I applied to get some information mailed from SAS and other places.
Then, the SAS stuff came. And in that batch of stuff was an 18 minute DVD. And I was hooked. No other programs seemed to be as good anymore, and as such, it was now time to set up the application for SAS. Forms began to be filled out, finances were going to be figured out (worse of a process than the forms), and logistics and all that fun stuff.
The application was sent in sometime in the Middle of October, after Dr. Greene's approval. Then, the waiting process began… and went on and on and on.
The day before Halloween, I get the email. I'm accepted. And then, the journey became real. In however many months came between then and tomorrow, I would go on SAS
What followed in that time was the planning of craziness: months of paperwork, forms, finances, more forms, reading, researching, packing, buying, selling, form filling, and not to mention the fact that there was still the fact that I had to not fail at college… and show up for work and stuff… and all of that stuff.
But by May, it was mostly done. Classes were passed and forms were finally being mailed out and everything seemed to be working.
Then, the goodbyes hit. 3 weeks of them to be exact, with the last ones tonight. No need to go thru them since most of the people reading this were either a part of one or know what it's like to have 3 weeks to say "see ya later" to just about everyone they know before SAS
And now, we're here. I leave tomorrow, and say goodbye today. And then tomorrow, the fun begins. For those who don't know, I'm seeing 7 countries and 8 ports while away. Barcelona, Rome, Naples, Dubrovnik, Athens, Istanbul, Alexandria, and Casablanca. There will be some other stops along the way and lots of pictures when I come back.
Until then, see u all on the flip side. Yes, I said flip side.
June 1, 2010
0… 0… 0… 0… 12 and 14
It's been so long that I didn't update this, I forgot to mention everything that's happened over the last few weeks.
I started and finished my Sea Lion Seminar…
I turned 20. Spent it at the Aquarium and Coney Island, then Sushi
I finished the Sea Lion Seminar.
And I went and came back from CFL Nationals (pics are on FB).
And now, there's only two countdowns left: 12 days until Halifax, and…
14 DAYS UNTIL SEMESTER AT SEA!
It's unbelievable that it's legitimately two weeks away. And there's still a ridiculous amount of stuff to do. I have to repack everything from Nats to SAS, figure out what I'm going to bring to SAS, make sure my money's all set for nats, figure out what to bring to Halifax, figure out what to get in Halifax, and finish everything until a week from Sunday.
Anyways, Nats was fun. Time to make sure everything's in order, and then, time for SAS.
14 days J
May 13, 2010
The Legacy Carriers…
Random tidbit. There are 4 legacy carriers left (American, United, US Airways and Delta). I have to fly United for the trip to CFL Nats, and I'm flying American to Halifax. If I fly back to NYC, I'm flying either US Airways or Delta. This means, within the span of 3 months, I would have flown at least 2 of the legacy airlines; the third one will be flown from Halifax if I do fly back.
So if you're an airplane nerd or an airline nerd (like me), enjoy this random tidbit. If not, well… yeah. It's 1:30 in the morning, and this is what my random thoughts think about.
34 days. J
May 8, 2010
0… 9, 17, 20, 36, and 38. But mainly 0.
Yesterday was the last final of the Spring Semester. The joy of being a commuter to college is that my summer began the instant I left the last final. I tried to sell my only book back to the book store, but they gave some crap about how it was an "old edition" and how they can't give me any money for it. Ah well, someone has a donated book for the fall (probably one that will be sold for a rip-off price, but I digress). Took the train home with Jenn, until she got to her stop, and then I got sushi with Mom and the sis.
When I got home, the first book for the summer came. A full 4 pounds (limiting my carryon weight limit from 50 pounds now to 46); it's gonna be fun to try and lug this book around for 10 weeks. I will say thought that it seems to be one of the more humorous choices they could have made for a book, albeit dry humor at that (you know, from the 2 minutes I spent browsing the book to make sure that it was the right one). If we have to use the book, it will be better than some others out there.
Sidebar, those looking for the book should really go to half.com to get it. I spent $23 (with shipping). UVA is charging $50 (plus a $5 dollar handling fee). That's 50% off.
Anyways, today's the first day after the spring semester, which means it is the first day in about a month in which I was able to relax. I got some cleaning done and am trying to find the bags that I am going to bring with to SAS with, and for the first time since the semester began, I can see the floor in my room again. Fun times.
There's a week between now and when the May Seminar class begins (two weeks where I get to play with sea lions for my psych seminar). It's really windy in NYC toda y, but it's time to go out and get some food and hang out and stuff. Shall see anyone who reads this later probably
Finals are Done
9 days until Sea Lions
17 days until my Birthday; 20 days until I leave for CFL Nats
36 days until Halifax
38 days until SAS
May 5, 2010
midnight emails and random thinkings... and applied psych?
This really can't be healthy; thinking about everything related to this trip this much. Then, I see that I'm not the only one, and I feel better. Time to see if SAS trips would count for hours/credits needed for Applied Psych when I come home in/for the Fall Semester.
Oh. And this is to test the email function for the blog. If it works, then yay. If not, then not so yay.
May 4, 2010
3, 13, 21, 24, 40, 42
3 days until the end of finals, and effectively, the spring semester
14 days until the start of the Sea Lion Seminar, where I get to play with sea lions for two weeks
21 days until my birthday (turning 20!)
24 days until I leave to Judge CFL Nationals (Speech and Debate Nationals, which are in Omaha this year)
40 days until I leave for Halifax.
42 days until I start the voyage known as Semester at Sea.
All I will say now is thank you to those who made it possible for me to go on this exploration. More will follow in the next few weeks or months or days or sometime in the future.
