Long Day

Well, today I got up at 6ish because I didn't sleep at all.  I did a whole bunch of things, nothing I can really think of, but the sunrise was pretty. 

I watched The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and wrote an outline for my speech on Douglas Adams and then watched the first part of Sweeny Todd.  Then I had finance class.  They kept us late, but we did eventually get our tests back - I barely made an A, but that was a whole lot better than a lot of people.

Then I finished Sweeny Todd and talked with Sam and relaxed a bit. Her mom and cousin are coming tomorrow and staying for nearly two weeks.  She's excited, as am I.  Everyone's ready for a mom.

I'm excited about this weekend, and I have to leave the apartment at 6, so I'm going to bed.

Goodnight, world.

Productive?

I would say so.  I heavy-duty cleaned, repacked several times, and had law class.

Kristin brought over her scale for me to weigh my bag - I was 9 kilos over - which is about 20 lbs.  So I repacked and hopefully it'll work now.  My carry-on is another 12 kilos (in addition to the 23 of my suitcase) and then my purse is the only thing that has anything that won't be staying at home, and that hasn't been packed yet.  I'm excited for the weekend.

After class, I went to a new GB grocery store - one with an American section.  They had peanut butter (Peter Pan, 3.58 Euro for one of the LITTLE jars - they didn't have the big ones) and the epitome of America - Marshmallow Fluff.  Not to mention popcorn and hot chocolate and stuff.  I was excited to see it, just to know it was there if I needed it.  I got food for dinner, which was very tasty tacos.  It was just a few of us, but we had fun. 

I can't believe we only have a month left - it's been a whirlwind three months so far.  Gabe gets here in just over a week and we're going to Israel and Amsterdam, and then I won't be traveling anymore until I'm coming home.  It's astounding.  I've already been to Cologne, Dusseldorf, Zurich, Venice, Madrid, Toledo, Barcelona, Bruge, Dublin, Howthe, Birmingham, London, and Paris.  That's THIRTEEN cities.  And we have Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, the Dead Sea, Eilat and the Golan, not to mention Amsterdam.  I'm not really sure where all we're going to end up going when we're in Israel, but I'm sure it will be amazing.

And now it is time for bed.

Goodnight, world.

Terrible Tuesday

Wow.  Sucky day.

Well, I studied hard and I may not have bombed my finance test.  I went to one of our professor's offices this morning, and we worked through one of the review problems.  One of our teachers is really nice and helpful, and the other hates us.  We asked both for practice problems so we didn't wait until test day to see what we were doing, and one said of course and the other said absolutely not, that's why we have a book.  She wouldn't even narrow down the book problems, though.  We did find out that the average grade in Europe is a 55, so getting a 50 is a C, but we all freaked out because that's (obviously) failing in the States.  Then she told us that an A starts at 80 and the Belgian grading scale will translate to Clemson, so all I have to do is get an 80 in the class.  Which is very helpful, but they should have told us that sooner, because then we wouldn't have been so stressed.

Then I came back and studied for management.  I reviewed some stuff and watched videos, and then Sam and I went to the grocery store.  I decided I'm going to make tacos for Wednesday Night dinner, and so far there have been a lot of positives... I just hope I can find what I need.

I took the management test, did really well on it, and then finished watching season four of NCIS.  Now I just want to watch season five. 

Tomorrow I clean and pack, and have law class.  And of course dinner.

Goodnight, world.

Exhausted

By tests and studying. 

Today I woke up, read management, studied law, took a law test, learned about law for an hour or two, studied finance, read finance, sent some emails, reviewed management, talked to my lovely parents and am now going to bed.  Also thrown in there were two bowls of cereal, popcorn, a banana, two slices of cheese, a clementine, a tomato, rotten meat, mac and cheese, a salad with raspberries and a piece of chocolate.

Tomorrow I have a finance test followed up by a management test. And then I'm done.  Well, at least for the week.

Goodnight, world.

Back to Brussels

Well. Today was... long.

I woke up about 8:30 and laid in bed talking to Marion for at least and hour and a half.  Then it took her another half hour to pack.  We were supposed to go on a walking tour at 11, but we never made it.  Instead we went to the market outside our hotel down to the Bastille.  They had some nice stuff.  I had beignets (mini with table sugar) and a chocolate filled eclair for breakfast from one of the stands.

Then we took the subway over to Petite Palais, where we went to the Yves Saint Laurent showcase honoring his work.  It was actually really cool and I really enjoyed it.  I found that I really like the time period of 1965-1971 and 1988-1991 and the 2001/2002 collections.  I'm not sure what that means, but I thought it was cool.  He had some very... interesting pieces. 

Then we went over to St. Michel because we had tried to get there every day.  We ate at a little cafe, where I had a delicious sausage, egg and cheese crepe.  Of course, it was like the last time I got "sausage" - not the American version, but something that closely resembles bologna.  Then I treated her to Haagen Dazs before going back to the hotel.

I got my stuff and headed to the train station.  Barely caught the train, but did make it on time.  Headed home, read a chapter of my management book and listened to music.  I've been listening to my Jewish music selection a lot.  I miss going to services and youth group and my temple family.

I got home, unpacked, had a sandwich and did some online work for my test.  Two more chapters of management and a couple of law, and I haven't even thought about finance yet...

Goodnight, world.