DONE!

I am finally done with everything and it is such a good feeling. I had my presentation today and it went well; my professors even told me I spoke really well and my adviser for my project came, which was really nice. No more school until September! I am glad I presented today and got it out of the way; tomorrow is another full day of presentations. I thought it was amazing to hear some of the other students speak today, too- in the beginning, some of them could barely speak Spanish and today, they all gave a 20 minute presentation entirely in Spanish! They were pretty interesting but they got a little long, especially after listening to 11 of them....I was so antsy after the last presentation that I pretty much ran out of the building.

Closing Week
It is the final week of the program and tomorrow (Wednesday) will be the final day of presentations (thank god!). On Thursday, we are going outside the city to have a closing orientation with just the students on the program. We are going to evaluate the program, talk with the directors of the program, and receive grades. I am looking forward to a relaxing mini trip with everyone, it should be fun. We get back Friday and it is my friend's birthday on Saturday so we are all going out to celebrate! Sunday is the final dinner with our host families and all the the other SIT students. I cannot wait to meet everyone's host families- it will be fun to put a face to all the stories we have told one another about our family members. The program officially ends on Monday and almost everyone is going home, CRAZY! From now until Monday, my friends and I are going to squeeze as many activities/places to visit/favorite bars and cafés in before we all leave.

I have mixed feelings about heading home- I am going to miss it here but I'm starting to miss my family and friends. I'm also looking forward to summer in Minnesota. I feel like my seasons are out of whack- I left in February, where it was freezing at home but when I got to Buenos Aires, it was summer and now it's fall here. When I get home it will be summer....weird. I also cannot wait for peanut butter and fresh fruit and vegetables. I don't understand how people here are not 300 pounds, there is so much bread, fried food, sweets, pasta...sounds like the South beach diet a little, right?

Speaking of food, off to dinner and then a movie.

P.S. Last night, a few of us decided to go to a movie after preparing for our presentations and we ended up seeing the new Sex and the City movie. I thought the wedding scene in the beginning was hilarious but the rest was just AWFUL!

Besos.