An Update on This and That

I was going through all my previous posts and adjusting the tags to consolidate the categories, and it occured to me I've overlooked a few things. In the same post in which I blew up my internet and had to search half the city for parts to fix it, I mentioned that I finally found the package Craig sent me for my birthday. I never revealed what was in it, though, and that included several really awesome things. Some I may have mentioned in previous posts...

The lion, my new cuddle buddy!http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh276/keskipper/100_1959.jpg

The S&W titanium Special Ops knife:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh276/keskipper/100_1960.jpg
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh276/keskipper/100_1961.jpg

The ham license study book:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh276/keskipper/100_1962.jpg

I also haven't talked a lot about classes, which are of course what I'm technically here for. The first three weeks was a 3-credit orientation course; there were two levels, and I was in the second one with Braulio. We had two teachers, Gabi and Mariana.

After that, we had a week off, and then cycle 1 started. That's when the rest of the exchange students showed up. The official Spanish cycles are in seven levels, and I placed into level five for cycle 1. I was in with Marie this time, and we had Mariana for a teacher again, who is absolutely awesome. That cycle ended on Friday - my final grade was 42/50. On Thursday cycle 2 starts, and I hope we have Mariana again.

In total there are three cycles, but the program we're in is built to match the KSC semester; thus we got here early, and we're only doing two cycles so we can leave early as well. That's fine with me, though. I'd rather not be in school half the summer if I'm not deliberately taking summer classes. Summer is for vacation!