GAH!!!!

Ok I'm sorry it has been so long since I've updated, but life got insane after Spring Break! I got home from Barcelona and only had two days of class the next week, but since that week I have barely had time to stop and think much less write about what's going on. Insane...

So, basically, we're getting pretty close to finals time here. Our last day of classes is in about three weeks, and then finals begin. Since finals are basically our only grades the teachers have been working us pretty hard "preparing us" to take our finals. The cool thing about finals in Spain is if you fail them, you have two chances to take them again. The problem with that is, your next chance is a month later, and your second chance another month after that. And I'm going home a week after my last final! So, I've gotta do it right the first time. And, in all fairness, that's how it works in the states, so I should be used to it. But in the states we also have quizzes, tests, homework etc. as some sort of feedback on our progress through the course, which we don't have here.

So we'll see I guess!

I got my RA letter written last week and I sent it to my boss. The letter just basically introduces me to my future residents and tells them about the house that we're gonna be living in next year. Turns out my boss really liked my letter, so she forged my signature on it and sent it out without any revisions or anything! So that's pretty cool.

Life got a little less insane last Friday, when I turned in my second program for programming class. So last weekend my roommate and I took a day trip to Valencia to visit the largest aquarium in all of Europe. It was so amazing! It was like a combination of SeaWorld and an aquarium. The exhibits were divided between the regions of the seas (Mediterranean, Arctic, Pacific, etc.). There were paths and gardens going between exhibits (like sea lions, dolphins, flamingos, etc.) and then next to each exhibit was a stairway that took you down to under the exhibit where the "aquarium" part was. So you got to see the sea lions from above and beneath the water, plus all the fishies etc. that live in the region. There was also a dolphin show, but we just missed the show. So we just took pictures of the dolphins swimming around instead. Speaking of pictures, the pictures I took from that trip are here. My roommate also took some pictures, so when she updates her photos I'll update mine.

This week of school is also short because tomorrow (Thursday) is some sort of holiday. Classes start again on Friday, except the teacher of the only class I have on Friday wants a four-day weekend, so he canceled class for that day! So I get a four-day weekend too! I think that some friends and I are going to try to go to Benidorm on Thursday and visit Terra Mítica, which is a huge theme park there. Should be pretty fun!

Hopefully school stuff won't get too crazy again and I'll be able to keep this updating thing a bit more regular!