Relaxation

This past weekend was pretty nice; it was the first one in almost 2 months where I didn’t leave the country. With all that traveling plus school in between it was nice to just be at home and relax for a while. Last week I had the pleasure of 3 huge tests (one being on Thanksgiving) and if I talked to you before them you know I was a bit worried and overwhelmed. They went alright though; the first two were for business classes and are taught by the same teacher. The classes themselves are jokes; I just teach the material to myself the night before the test and then go for it. The bad thing is that his tests aren’t too easy and so this time a lot of the class revolted against him, it was kind of weird and would definitely never happen at Westmont.
On Thanksgiving everyone ditched classes for the afternoon and the guys played “futbol Americano” in the rain which was fun and besides the low temperature was just like home. For dinner that night about 17 of us brought food over to our friends’ apartment and had a good ol’ Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixin’s (except turkey and other key foods) but it was really great and we were all stuffed afterwards.
After we had eaten, a bunch of the guys went to the moving walkways by the metro station and slid down them for a while in the rain. People were giving us the weirdest looks, especially when they were coming up the walkways as we were sliding down, but it was probably one of the funnest things I’ve done in a while. Make sure you have the sound on for the video...


I only have 3 more weeks of classes and then a few days later I head home. It’s odd to think that this experience is almost over; I know I’ve done a lot here but at the same time I feel like it can’t be over this soon. I’m definitely excited for home however; I also know I will miss parts of living here. Originally the plan was to travel for 8 days after finals but since I’ve done so much already I won’t have enough money to do anything more. Fortunately I was able to call my airline and move my flight up to the 17th which I was excited about and since my family thinks I am coming the 22nd I thought it would be fun to surprise everyone and just show up at home one night. My Mom however is such a good Mom, and knows how to keep track of me so well, that literally only a few hours after changing the flight I got an email from her saying she called the airlines and found out the flight was moved. That’s alright though. I hope you all are continuing to do well, it won’t be long now til we meet again.
God Bless, Kevin