Another Term Comes to an End

This blog comes on the last day of the term and it has been crazy. Last week did not prepare me for this week for sure... Last week I had so much fun! Tuesday night, I had dinner with my wonderful South African family and it was so nice and lovely. Wednesday night, I went to a friend's digs to cook dinner, I was responsible for dessert and I cooked a delicious chocolate cake! I got the recipe from Mrs. M and it is a M family favorite. Anyway, it was crazy fun and crazy good and we named the cake Lucille, we had to encourage her to finish baking so we weren't too late for Bible study, we were anyway. Then Thursday night, I went to the house of some Episcopal Missionaries with some friends of mine from Boston College. We made pizzas and played games! It was so awesome to be able to hang out and chill out. It was also so nice to talk to some Episcopalians! I love the church I've been going to and the people are fantastic but there is something about talking to people who go to the same church as you. It felt like home almost... We talked about Happening and how it changed our lives and how much we love it! That is especially important to me because this weekend is Happening at home and I'm so sad to be missing it. Especially since 3 of my most favorite people of all time will be there. (NB This is what my cake would have looked like if I'd had strawberries.. so this is what it will look like for my birthday party :D which you should all come to!)

This week has been.. um.. awful in some sense but good in others. I've been working so much all week. I'm going to be honest.. I'm not good at interpreting poetry or literature so why I chose interpreting Sowetan poetry from the Soweto Uprising in 1976 for my H201 semester essay topic, I don't know. It was a great learning process for me and I did get it done before the due date. I feel pretty good about it but of course, it makes me nervous. I also had a research proposal due for my ethnomusicology class, which unfortunately was done at the absolute last minute. I had to change my topic for the researach project yesterday and the proposal was due today. It's a long story but I had to change my topic 3 or 4 times, I'm just glad that I've got one now. I also had a isiXhosa test on Wednesday night. They take tests at night here.. it's weird. I really don't think my brain functions enough then to take a test.. I went into it feeling prepared but leaving was another story alltogether... I honestly don't know how I did on it. I guess we'll see after break.

Tomorrow I'm leaving for April Vacation! We're going to be gone for 2 weeks! I can't believe that we get a 2 week break in the middle of the semester. So, 8 friends and I, all American exchange students, are going to drive the Garden Route to Cape Town! I'm really excited! I think that I will have access to the internet along the way so I'll try to keep you guys updated while I'm gone. I think we'll have to wait on the pictures though until I get back, sorry... :( Maybe I'll be able to post some of my friend's pics. For the break, my res had to pack up our rooms. The school makes money off of people staying in the res's during break for conferences, so I had to move all of my stuff to a box room on the hall. It's a MONSTROUS hassle and just added stress to my life but I'm all packed now.. well for the most part. Ok so back to April Vac.. While we're driving along the G. route, I think that I'm going to go ziplining and shark cage diving! I'm really excited about it! It's going to be crazy and I'm going to be careful, don't worry. Then when we get to Cape Town, we are definitely going to hike Table Mountain, visit Robben Island, and visit the US Embassy! I'm really looking forward to that! :D I'm such a dork, I know. We also hope to go see the penguins and go to some museums. OOOOooo we're also going to go on a wine tour in Stellenbosch! Yay for wine tasting! I've heard such good things about Stellenbosch wine, you all should go down to your local liquor store right now and buy some. :) Isn't Cape Town pretty?!

I'll update when I can. Love you all!