Finally, the end of the semester

I have never in my life been so relieved to be done with school! It feels like I've been going to constantly since I started fall quarter at UCSB as a sophomore, I never got a real summer! Well, now here it is, and I could not be more excited. The prospects ahead were definitely a little foggy though this last week, finals and a case of tonsillitis definitely tried to keep me down. I really only had one final that was an actual test, and it actually went pretty well. For my poetry class, we had to compile an anthology of poems and then write a 6 page prologue.... I have never done anything like that before and I was really overwhelmed. I absolutely hated working on it and thought it was such a waste of time, but I actually am really happy with the final product. For poly sci class on the political processes in latin america I'll have to write most likely a ten page paper of sorts. We had the option to write our last paper in english, and I thought I was all cool and attempted to write it in spanish... Well the professor wrote on the back of mine, "I think writing this assignment in spanish didn't help you convey your ideas thoroughly", but hey I still got a B! Looks like the next one will be in english. As for my last class... dear god, talk about stress. I originally was going to take the final early, because the TA said I could, so I booked all my flights and everything for Patagonia. The TA then came back and said that taking the final early was no longer an option. Genial!( absolutely wonderful!, sarcastic in this sense). Sooooo I am taking an incomplete and I have to take the final the first week of next semester. Thank GOD I am here for a year, otherwise I would have been completely screwed. Well that's all of my rant for now, I leave for Patagonia tomorrow. Two weeks of nothing but breathtaking nature and backpacking that is going to kick my ass, words cannot express my excitement!!