Still finals, still grinding out the papers. However, today I finished both of my first drafts! I went to the riad in the morning and reread all of Leaving Tangier to get quotes for my comparative literature paper. I went back home for lunch, avoided eating the fried fish, and then did some more work in my room.
At 3, Elle, Marissa, Alice, and I had planned to go back to the pottery studio we visited during the first week of the term to get some gifts. Meredith called me right before we left because she remembered we were going and wanted to come too. We had forgotten that her dad, brother, and best childhood friend had all flown in last night, so we got to meet them and they tagged along too. While they took the tour of the studio, we did our shopping. I got a joint Mother's Day/Birthday present for my mom. I hope she'll like it, and, better yet, I hope it doesn't break on the airplane home!
Afterwards, I went to the riad with Joe, Tash, Marissa, and Ariel. Two big things happened during this time period: 1) I finished the first draft of my comparative literature paper and 2) I blitzed Prof Sadiqi about the length of the paper and she blitzed us all saying it should be 8 to 12, not 10 - 12 like she had said yesterday. It was like Moroccan Christmas all over again.
When I got home for dinner, I had a big surprise: a roommate! His name is Benton and he goes to Virginia Military Institute, which strangely enough, is located in Virginia. He's 21, from Texas, and a rising senior. Benton's on track to be an officer in the US Marines after graduation. He also has already done an ALIF program before, having lived with a family in Fes last summer, and he is fluent in Modern Standard Arabic. He's really nice, and I'm excited because I've decided living with him for the next two days is God's way of helping me transition back to American life more smoothly.
After dinner, I worked some more. Benton went to bed at 11:15, so I set up camp in the kitchen and worked until I finished my 1st draft of my sports paper at 1:30. I'm in a great place workwise moving into the second to last day of finals.
On an unrelated note, Mr. Sweeney told me that they have kept up with my blog in the Sweeney household this whole term. It made me ecstatic to hear that my grandmothers are not the only ones who have been keeping track of me and to be meeting one of these mysterious readers in the flesh! Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney, thank you for reading my blog. I hope you've enjoyed my posts and you probably heard some stories from this trip you wouldn't have heard otherwise haha!
At 3, Elle, Marissa, Alice, and I had planned to go back to the pottery studio we visited during the first week of the term to get some gifts. Meredith called me right before we left because she remembered we were going and wanted to come too. We had forgotten that her dad, brother, and best childhood friend had all flown in last night, so we got to meet them and they tagged along too. While they took the tour of the studio, we did our shopping. I got a joint Mother's Day/Birthday present for my mom. I hope she'll like it, and, better yet, I hope it doesn't break on the airplane home!
Afterwards, I went to the riad with Joe, Tash, Marissa, and Ariel. Two big things happened during this time period: 1) I finished the first draft of my comparative literature paper and 2) I blitzed Prof Sadiqi about the length of the paper and she blitzed us all saying it should be 8 to 12, not 10 - 12 like she had said yesterday. It was like Moroccan Christmas all over again.
When I got home for dinner, I had a big surprise: a roommate! His name is Benton and he goes to Virginia Military Institute, which strangely enough, is located in Virginia. He's 21, from Texas, and a rising senior. Benton's on track to be an officer in the US Marines after graduation. He also has already done an ALIF program before, having lived with a family in Fes last summer, and he is fluent in Modern Standard Arabic. He's really nice, and I'm excited because I've decided living with him for the next two days is God's way of helping me transition back to American life more smoothly.
After dinner, I worked some more. Benton went to bed at 11:15, so I set up camp in the kitchen and worked until I finished my 1st draft of my sports paper at 1:30. I'm in a great place workwise moving into the second to last day of finals.
On an unrelated note, Mr. Sweeney told me that they have kept up with my blog in the Sweeney household this whole term. It made me ecstatic to hear that my grandmothers are not the only ones who have been keeping track of me and to be meeting one of these mysterious readers in the flesh! Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney, thank you for reading my blog. I hope you've enjoyed my posts and you probably heard some stories from this trip you wouldn't have heard otherwise haha!
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