Gettin' it done

And so another weekend has blown by...literally, really, it was ridiculously windy yesterday (oh man, i'm feeling witty, watch out). Not one of my more exciting weekends, as I did have a lot of studying to do. Today was my second Transatlantic exam, and after I made some stupid mistakes and got a B on the first one, I was determined to ace it. So, this entire weekend I have devoted large chunks of time to learning all the blasted material for the exam...I thought my head was going to explode. The preparation paid off though, I had the exam a couple hours ago and think I did really well. This week I also have a paper and a presentation due (both on Thursday), as well as some other little assignments I need to take care of. So yes, for the first time in a while I have to put some serious effort into school work. I did manage to have some fun this weekend, however. Thursday, Florette, Laura and I went to a cafe after our afternoon class, where we got some drinks and tapas, and sat and chatted for a bit. We then walked around the new zone of Santiago for a while, which I haven't been seeing much of, and we checked out some of the many shoe stores scattered throughout the area (Laura bought a cute pair, but I was very good). After that, we made our way back to the old zone, where we stopped in at Pizza Movil (very similar to Pizza Hut, very yummy), where we were soon joined by Guy Sam. After hanging out for a while, we decided to head over to a nearby theater, where we were hoping to see a production of "The Tempest", in Spanish of course. When we got there we were informed that it was all sold out (which was actually fine with me, i wasn't really in a Shakespearean play in Spanish kind of mood). Instead, we decided to head over to Laura and Samantha's place to watch a movie, picking up a couple bottles of wine on the way. We ran into Samantha on the way back, so she joined in as well. We decided to watch this Spanish movie called "Tesis", our Grammar/Conversation teacher (Milli, I really like her) had lent it to us. We settled around Laura's computer, divvying out a bit of wine for everyone, and started the DVD. The movie is a thriller, the plot being that a girl is doing research for her thesis (hence "Tesis"), which is on violence in films. In her research, she stumbles across a real snuff film, and terror ensues. It's a really good movie, although I am a scaredy-cat so was hiding behind Florette and Laura for a fair amount of it (the girls were all pretty freaked out, we had to put some lights in the apartment during the last half of the movie). But yeah, very good movie, and I felt very accomplished as I was able to follow another Spanish movie without subtitles, success! The movie was pretty long, so it didn't finish until late. Florette, Guy Sam and I headed out, after watching an episode of Arrested Development via Laura's laptop so we would be able to sleep, haha.
Friday I slept in late, and then spent the morning studying for my exam. Florette invited everyone over to dinner at 7, so I picked up a loaf of bread from the bakery on my street and made my way over to her place for dinner. It was really nice, she even cooked up some breaded squid, very impressive. After a long dinner, we headed over to the Auditorium of Galicia, this time to try and see a play called "Emma", which we didn't really know anything about. The auditorium was really big so we had no problem getting seats, and we settled in for the show. Turns out the play was set in America like the 1800s, and was following this woman Emma in her crusade for workers rights. The best part of the play was that they used old video footage between acts...the rest of the play was pretty boring, and we all agreed that we found Emma just obnoxious. At intermission Florette and I campaigned to leave, which Guy Sam and Laura quickly agreed to, so we left the play, haha so much for that. Guy Sam and Florette decided to call it a night, but Laura and I went back to her place, where we met up with Samantha and decided to go out. We called around to figure out what everyone else was doing; it turns out there was a KU game on, so they were all planning on heading to Fusion, where they are regulars and would be able to watch the game. Laura, Samantha and I headed over early, and had a fun time just drinking, talking, etc. Everyone else showed up later, so we hung with them for a while, although pretty soon everyone was just watching the KU game, ick. We decided to move on, so said goodbye and headed back towards Laura and Samantha's place, where there is a disoteca we have been meaning to check out. It ended up being two levels, and absolutely packed with people. We stayed for a little bet, but weren't too enthusiastic about it and decided to head out (by this time it was after 3am, so we were ready to head back.
Saturday I spent the day sleeping, studying, and lazing about, until dinnertime, when I headed over to Laura and Samantha's as usual. There was a party over at a friend's place, but we were pretty wiped from the night before, and didn't really feel like another crazy night. Instead, we hung out for a bit, watched some arrested development, and then I headed back home and watched most of "Harry Met Sally" (which I had borrowed from Laura, such a good movie!). I also finally got to talk to Kristin, my best bud from Paris, which was sooo nice, I miss that girl. She and I discussed summer plans a bit, we're both really hoping to spend the summer together some how, but we'll see. So yeah, not a crazy exciting Saturday night, but it was just what I needed.
Sunday I again spent doing work, this time at a nearby cafe with Laura. My main accomplishment for the day was that I got my class schedule for next year all figured out, which was exciting. Looks like i'm going to be taking a Spanish Short Story class (with Laura as well), Clinical Psychology (perfect for people considering in going to grad school in psychology, which I am considering), an English course, and then Sociology of Gender. The only problem with my schedule is that the Psych course is at 8:10am...I might die. But yes, it was a relief to have that all sorted out, I was kind of stressing out about it. Sunday night Laura had me over for dinner again, which was a nice break from studying. And that brings me to today, Monday. This week will be geared towards getting all my work done, and then Friday I leave for my eight-day tour of Italy, yay! Wish me luck, love you all,
Brit