Croquis 281, Message to R

I'm leaving for Nepal next Monday! It's a ten-day trip and my brother and I will be tagging along a group of people who go to the same church. It'll be weird being the only ones from a different church, but if we hang out with the other kids for ten days I guess we'll end up getting along.
We'll be volunteering at a hospital and a school (deep in the mountains where a minority ethnic group called the Jetbang live: no electricity after sundown!), and then we'll do some trekking, ride elephants in Chitwan national park, visit hindu and buddhist temples in Kathmandu, take a look at (but not climb) Annapurna at Pokhara, etc. :)
Sending us on the trip was my mom's idea so my parents are paying for everything, which is awesome.. but we were only informed of this opportunity two weeks ago, and the decision was made rather haphazardly (as with most decisions made in my family...sigh).
And I am still not done with my law school applications (I still haven't given up on applying to 15 schools.. am I being stupid?) so I'm in a rush to write all my essays and application forms by this weekend. And it's driving me CRAZY!!! on top of that, my brother is having an interview tomorrow to go to university, so my entire family's attention is focused there and nobody gives a damn about my law school applicaitons. I'm glad no one tells me to do this and that, but I'm also a bit upset thtat no one cares what I am up to.
I might end up not applying to so many schools because of the lack of time to work on the applications.. and I only have myself to blame, for putting it off for months and months when I should have started in the summer! arrrrgh I'm so stressed out and angry at myself these days.. I am so on the edge whenever I meet someone and can't say anything nice to anyone, which makes me hate myself even more.
Sorry for spilling out personal drama at you.. now back to writing application essays!
How do you like your school so far? judging from the pictures you've uploaded, it looks like you're having a good time. :) envy you so much.. I hope I'll be posting photos of my law school in the US next year! hehe