Hello!
I’ve also been gone because I had the CRAZIEST week last
week! I have finals coming soon and basically I have one or two exams every
week up till then! I’m also trying to figure out my life since I won’t be at my
university at all next year (maybe never again, eek!). I will be doing online
courses through my university back home in California this fall, and then I’ll
be studying abroad in Salamanca (hopefully!) next spring. I’ll also be applying
as a transfer student to some other universities this fall and next spring. And next spring I have to declare a
major, which will be tough for me as I have no freaking idea what I want to do
with my life/I won't have access to any advisers in California or Spain… So last week I was trying to figure this all out. It’s very
stressful! Here’s a quick rundown of my busy week:
Meeting with the Spanish
major/minor and International Studies major/minor adviser on Tuesday; math exam
and meeting with the History major/minor adviser on Wednesday; meeting with my
actual Division of Undergraduate Studies adviser and in-class essay in Spanish
on Thursday; in-class essay (1/4 of my grade!) in history on Friday; and I left
for an out-of-town weekend trip on Friday evening! It doesn’t sound that bad
now that it's written out (?) but my stomach was in knots all week from the stress and I also had daily
homework and classes that I had to do/attend.
Then I have an oral exam in French
this week, a written French exam and a Spanish exam next week, a Spanish oral
exam/final the week after, and then its Finals Week during which I have a geo science
exam, a History exam, a French exam, and a math exam. Life’s good.
So I’m just trying to stay sane right now. This weekend was
really good for that though, as my friend Kelsey (who’s also from California)
and I went to visit our other friend Kelsey who lives about 2 ½ hours away from
our university. The second Kelsey (who I will refer to as Kels in order to
differentiate between the two) attended our university last fall; however, she
hated it here even more than I did, so she left after first semester. We hadn’t
seen her since then, so Kelsey and I were ecstatic for this opportunity to
visit her. It was a short bus ride, then another two hour bus ride, then a taxi
ride, then a 30 minute train ride, and we were there! We spent much of the
weekend eating at restaurants, going to Hershey Park (an amusement park and the
original location of the Hershey Chocolate Factory in Pennsylvania), and
watching Grey’s Anatomy. Kelsey and I agreed it was the highlight of our spring
semester!
Anyway, so that’s it for now! I will be getting a post up
soon reviewing a café we went to on Sunday morning (as I am obsessed with
independent-ish coffee shops with character and coffee in general). Maybe that’ll become my “thing”! Reviewing
cafes I go to all over the world! We shall see!
Have a wonderful week!
Zoe
