Making Progress!

Like I said in my previous post, this was going to be a stressful week for me. I wasn't lying. Monday I had my usual art history class from 9:30-10:45 and then spent the rest of the day writing papers. Tuesday was my Sex and Gender class, where we took our LAST quiz of the semester. After that class, we had recitation and then I had work in Brooklyn at the Trapeze Academy. I had this brilliant idea that Jay (my friend from Club Med) and I would take a road trip next week to Smith on Thursday and return on Friday so I could study the rest of the weekend for my art history final. We had everything planned out, and then I realized I had an architecture final on Friday the 18th at Noon. oops! So, right now, I have absolutely no idea when I'm going to drop all of my stuff off at Smith before I leave New York. After work, I had a final rehearsal for my Drama in Performance final performance. It went very smoothly, we finally got the DVD working, and we were ready to perform! That night I edited the paper I needed to turn in for my Drama class and I changed my flights for returning home to San Francisco. I was originally planning on flying home on Monday December 21st, but that morning I have an art history final at 8am. I figured I wouldn't want to leave New York on such a stressful day, so I switched my flight to Tuesday the 22nd. Hopefully that will give me time to relax and have one last fun night in New York before going to Scotland for 6 months!

Yesterday (Wednesday), I was stressing out most of the day because of my final performance. I always get really nervous performing and speaking in front of class, so I was going to be facing a huge fear of mine that afternoon. In the morning, we had our final review (and last class) for Art and Architecture in the Age of Giotto. I really can't believe everything is coming to an end. I don't want to leave these classes yet...they have been so much fun and I've really learned a lot. At 3:30pm, in Drama in Performance, we performed and it went perfectly! The performance was amazing, and I was really happy with how it turned out. Nobody made a mistake and we received many positive comments on our project. I spent the rest of the night editing my Sex and Gender final paper and woke up to print it out this morning.

Today, (Thursday), I printed out my final paper, and went to my last Sex and Gender class! No more ridiculous quizzes that don't make any sense!! (Well, I shouldn't say that yes because we still have a final exam next Tuesday with the same format of our quizzes.) After class, I walked to the Starbucks on Washington Square and I am currently sitting in here, updating my blog, and doing some other work for final papers and studying for exams. Who knows how much longer I'll be sitting here, but I have so much to do before I leave on the 22nd, and I really want to get work done early so I can pack.

By the way, I just opened up my email and received a $75 gift certificate to the NYU Bookstore! I signed up to be a notetaker for my Sex and Gender class for someone who is unable to take their own notes, and in exchange I received a gift certificate to the bookstore. Now I can buy the NYU apparel I have been wanting.

Love you and miss you all!

Love Always,

Jess