Weekend update

So I don't mean to give everyone reading my blog the idea that I don't ever go to class or do real homework or anything. Frankly, my trips and other adventures just make for more interesting blog posts. But here's an update on the scholarly life in Spain:

This coming week is midterms week. So, I spent most of yesterday evening, and all of today studying for those. I have two midterms on Monday, in European Union and Morfosintaxis (my Spanish grammar class). The European Union class has more stuff to study and remember, but I am optimistic about both tests. Tuesday is my scheduled Political Psychology midterm, but I have opted out of taking the midterm/final in favor of writing a 15-20 page paper. Another student and I are working together to write this paper on Thomas Moore's book Utopia. It should be an interesting topic to write about, as it will allow plenty of opportunities to discuss and compare Europe's semi-socialist economic construction and the US economic system etc. My World Economics class does not have a midterm, which is nice because I have less to study for now, but a little intimidating because I will have little or no feedback on how I am doing in that class until I take the final and it is too late to make adjustments.

And now a number game...

2 - this is the number of months I have now been in Spain

5 - this is the total number of months I will be in Europe before returning on Jan. 27

40 - this is the percentage of my stay in Europe that I have completed so far

3 - this is the number of weeks until Leah and Mom and Dad come to visit

3 - this is also the number of weeks I have left of actual classes (after midterms, before finals)

5 - this is the number of days I have free this coming weekend after midterms are done. any ideas where I should travel with all that time??

Well that's all for now. I'll probably be studying the rest of the evening. Oh, and I will also be monitoring the Broncos game, although I have completely given up hope in Shanahan's ability to assemble anything remotely resembling a defense. Go donkeys!