Whew! What a day! I spent pretty much my entire Saturday working on my final paper for my Latin American literature class, and I’m very happy to say that I have just finished it. Praise God! I’m so grateful that He gave me the patience and endurance to get through that paper today, and I’m praying for continued strength as I begin approach my last final paper tomorrow. I’ve been working on my paper pretty much all weekend, and it feels really good to know that I was capable of writing a 10-page paper in Spanish. What a good way to confirm that the last two semesters have taught me an immeasurable amount of Spanish!
My paper has pretty much consumed all of my free time for the last couple of days, which is why I haven’t been keeping up with my blog writing, but I’ve actually had a pretty fun and eventful Thanksgiving break. After I wrote about our field trip and rested for a while on Thursday, I spent the afternoon in the library and got a great start on my paper before heading home to get ready for our Thanksgiving dinner party near school. Corinne and I had lots of fun getting all dressed up and wrapping our secret Santa gifts, and although I wasn’t sure why, I was super excited to go to the party.
Once we got there, we spent time taking pictures with everyone and finding tables to eat dinner, which was pretty good although it couldn’t compare with the homemade Thanksgiving meal my mom usually makes. Earlier this week we had all submitted affirmations about each other, and they passed out the compiled lists about everyone at the dinner and then we got to do our secret Santa exchange. With my three euro budged I had bought a mini sling shot for my secret Santa, Mark, and a couple of other girls gave him rocks as a joke, which was just hilariously perfect. We couldn’t believe how well his gifts went together. I got a lovely scarf and some post cards from my friend Rachel, and I had loads of fun trying to figure out who everyone bought for.
After dinner, there was a live band and dancing, and I stayed for a little bit and then headed back home to get some rest…I was exhausted, but I had a blast at the party! On Friday, I was supposed to have a pretty packed day, but a few of my plans fell through, and I ended up having more time than I thought I would have to work on my paper. It was good to work on it, but it also made for kind of a long day. I was relieved to get a chance to talk with my family in the afternoon and to go out with Raquel, my intercambio, in the evening. She took me to a really neat, young part of town where we hung out for a while before I headed home for dinner.
Corinne and I finished the TV series we were watching on Friday night, and we are so sad that it’s over…it was a wonderful Friday night tradition for us. The truth is we only have two more Friday nights left in Spain! This coming Friday night we will be in Paris, and then there’s only two left. Can you believe it?! It’s been such an incredible journey, and I’m excited to see it through to the end. The weeks ahead are going to be full and no doubt good…I can’t wait to see what they bring!
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