Today is the last day of classes! Now, on to the finals! I have already taken one of my finals. So I only have six more finals to go! Two are actual papers that I am writing in Spanish, and four are in-class finals next week. Monday thru Wednesday I have 8:30 finals and on Thursday my final is the last one of the day at 3 p.m.

This week has been extremely busy for me! I turned in three papers and took a final on Thursday. (That was the worst day of the week!) But I did well on the final, so I am positive about my grade in my CIS304 class. Monday, I took a test on the subjunctive in Hermana’s SPAN302 class. Tuesday was Reading Day and we didn’t have any classes. It gave me a chance to write all of my papers! I also watched some Spanish movies I had borrowed from Hunter Library for extra credit in Hermana’s class.

Of all the classes I am taking, SPAN302 is the one I have had to try extra hard to maintain an A average in, and there is no telling what will happen until after her final (on Monday!!). That is the only reason why this weekend (the 2nd weekend this whole semester) I am staying in Cullowhee. (The first was for the awards ceremony and study abroad orientation.) This whole weekend is dedicated to my SPAN302 final.

Today was my last day tutoring at Cullowhee Valley School, and it was so sad leaving the classroom knowing that I wouldn’t be back. I will really miss those kids! and Ms. Clapp (the teacher), too! I have had fun being around younger people and remembering what it was like back in the 7th grade. I have to write a Spanish paper on my experiences this semester at CVS for my SPAN393 class. I also had to keep a journal in Spanish for each day I tutored, which will be due with my paper next week.

I also applied to graduate today. I had to pay the $30 graduation fee and meet with my advisor to go over the application form. I believe I will be over the 140 credit hour limit and will have a surcharge applied to my account if I don’t go to the Registrar’s Office to delete the excess classes. I transfered to WCU with 74 credit hours and became a Senior after one semester of 18 credit hours. Since I will be in Europe all of next school year, I have to apply to graduate now and get my affairs in order at the Registrar’s Office. I also met with my financial aid advisor to verify that I had turned in all the needed documents for my 2006-2007 school year. (Always good to double-check!)

Thursday afternoon, I attended a Co-Op Meeting for my Summer Internship. Mardy Ashe and Michael Despeaux discussed the process and the required work for the internships. All I can say is, I will be busy this summer! Dr. Grace Allen is my department head for (in-charge of) the internship, and her required work will be to keep a daily journal. I have never had to keep journals for any classes before this Spring Semester, but it seems to be a catchy thing! I am just glad that I have gotten used to the routine.

For my CIS304 class, we have to make a professional website, and if you apply extra personal links, you get extra credit. Well, I have been working on it like crazy, not because I have to, but because it is so addictive. Once you start one, you’ll keep coming up with different ideas and start changing and adding. Yesterday, I got this great idea to put music on my website. I had copied an independent artist’s song and uploaded it onto my paws account. After some troubles accessing my account, I went to the “sandbox” in Hunter Library, where Dr. Chris Snyder totally helped me out. Unfortunately, you can’t play it on Western’s computers, for some reason, but I accessed it off-campus and the song played fine. So that was a major accomplishment for my website. I can’t think of anything else to add (that I am able to add myself). There is a professional class on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. that I was thinking of going to, but it costs $75 so that is out of the question for a student like me!

My teacher, Dr. Grace Allen, is throwing a BBQ cookout for some of her students tonight, so I am on my way, and absolutely perfect weather, too!