Alright, the weekend was total relaxation for me. And wham! I got hit with a quiz and a hard test this morning. I am still in shock. But all is well because I only have one more class before I can go home and finish up the speech part of my presentation for SPAN431 (due tomorrow!) and work on reading Vejigantes for SPAN310. I have to start working on the CIS304 group presentation (presentation date is April 20th) where we are analyzing the communication flow for the emergency call buttons located throughout campus.

Crunch time! There are so many assignments due and quizzes/tests scheduled it is so not funny! But I keep telling myself that there is only 11 more days until finals week. And then one week of killer tests and I am home free.

Some highlights from last week are that the International Festival was on Wednesday, where you could eat food from around the world, listen to Spanish/Cuban/Peruvian/etc music, watch the fashion show, get a mini passport and “travel” and just enjoy the day out on the UC Lawn. Both my Spanish classes that day visited the festival for the music. ¡¡Qué chévere!!

After some technical difficulties, I finally did get my study abroad class straightened out on Monday. So I won’t have to worry about that until Nov/Dec when I register for my spring semester study abroad class from another country! That should be interesting. I also finished a study abroad scholarship application, so I will have my fingers crossed on that one! When you are studying abroad, you need all the help you can get. Tuition and fees are double, but financial aid “covers” everything, my problem is I just don’t want any loans. So far I am loan-free/debt-free and am here on scholarships and grants. I hope to be able to do the same next year, my last at Western (when I study abroad), and I am working hard to search for different scholarships to make it happen. Dr. Lois Petrovich-Mwaniki, IPS Director, Paula Coates, financial aid advisor, and Cindy Noren, scholarship coordinator, have all been extremely helpful in my financial aid quest!!

But other than that, I was just working non-stop on my power point presentation for Norris (431). I spent from 11 to 3 pm and 4 to 8 pm on Wednesday (8 hrs), and then from 11 am to 5:30 pm on Thursday (6 1/2 hrs) working on it, and I finished it up just now after another couple of hours!![Total: 16.5 hours] It takes me twice as long to make it perfect when it is all in another language. Tonight, I will be working on the speech!! Wish me luck!