Buried February 21, 2008

Okay, I know, I’ve been a BAD blogger! I know! But the thing is, this term has totally crept up on me, such that I find myself, you guessed it, COMPLETELY buried at the moment. I’m not entirely sure what exactly I’ve been doing this term but, erm, from the picture above you can get a decent idea (at least of what I did last weekend–which is, let’s just say, a photographic representation of what I LOVE about the Spanish Section! Saturday afternoon/evening barbecue, hurray!!).

All of a sudden there are group projects, case studies, problem sets, and, lest I forget, the omnipresent internship search that is all anyone is ever really talking about. Which means applications, which means cover letters, which means helping other people while trying to work on my own, and, oh yeah, if I want to study “abroad” next fall? (In quotes because, duh, I’m already abroad, clearly.) Yeah, that application is due tomorrow, and I haven’t started it. GAH! I don’t know WHERE the last two months have gone! I feel like I JUST got back from Portland, and it’s already almost exam time! (NOOOO!!!)

So I haven’t even felt like I could let myself do any procrastination blogging this week. Oh, and I got sort of half sick this week–like a half of a flu and a half of a cold, leaving me feeling all stomach-yucky-head-fuzzy-gland-swollen-blech–which has only aggravated matters, as my workload continues to accumulate. The best news is that my applications for my Top Two internships are now out in the world, so fingers crossed I get called for interviews, and that they subsequently LOVE (or heart, whichever) me, and both give me very enticing offers. (Ummm, right. Well, we all know I have an active imagination…)

So, before I stop my excuse-making and get me to bed (SO much later than I planned, as usual): quick poll to my readers: should I apply to study abroad this fall?? The applications are due tomorrow. I’ve been loving the idea of going to Melbourne, Cape Town or Singapore, but I also love the idea of doing my internship here in town, and then being able to work part time into the fall. Hmmmm, what to do, what to do… No guarantees I’d even get accepted anywhere. And there’s a part of me that thinks this is only 18 months, a relatively short period of time, so I should really get everything I can out of this beautiful city while I’m here. And then I think, no, that is EXACTLY the reason why I SHOULD try to go, because, you know, this is an incredibly short period of time and I should get everything out of it and when the hell am I going to have an excuse to go live in Cape Town for three months again??? Anyway, there are plenty of arguments on either side. Probably I should just do the application tomorrow, because I can always reject, right?

Alright, gah, another night of pure procrastination down. (Not entirely true. I was at school working until 8pm, which I think counts for something. Right??) And now on to bed. And I will try to be a less neglectful blogger in the coming weeks, I promise!!