Finals in October? It's Official, I'm a Junior.

There is no denying it anymore, I am a Junior in college.  This week completed the first part of my abroad experience, which is hard to believe in itself.  I cannot believe we have been in Geneva for nearly 6 weeks.  Time continues to soar which is absolutely terrifying.  At the same time, I have acclimated to the Genevois lifestyle so easily I think everything has passed more quickly than I had anticipated simply because of how comfortable I feel here.  

While this week was definitely the most stressful week so far here, I have so much to look forward to in the  weeks to come!  Monday was my last public health lecture which came to an end with an incredible lecturer who spoke to our class about TB.  Our professor had already covered half the lecture a couple of weeks ago so we were able to have more of an open discussion with her.  I have absolutely loved my health class and all the opportunities made available for discussion with important people in the public health world.  All our discussions, papers, etc. have made public health a lot more real and tangible future for me which has been an incredibly exciting feeling!  I am really looking forward to my "Controversies in International Health" course starting after break.  Art History has been a very "up and down" experience for me.  I have loved all the site visits and the knowledge I have gained about Geneva and Switzerland in general, but there have certainly been some speed bumps along the way.  Tuesday, we spent our final class at the Phillipe-Patek museum.  We had one of the sassiest people I have ever encountered as a tour guide, which was amusing, but all of us were on edge about the finals we had to study for after 5 hours of class.  Overall the museum was fascinating and I learned a lot more about watches and mechanisms than I ever thought possible.  I am overall happy that I decided to take this class because I will greatly attribute my level of comfort in Geneva to the multiple visits to the History of Art and History, Old Town, and various cities and chateaus across the country.  Nonetheless, I felt completely liberated as of 12:30 today when I proudly turned in my final exam.   

And now, off to Madrid and Marrakech!  Steph, Lauren, Mags, and I embark on our adventure tomorrow morning.  With a 6:30 wake-up call, I better call it a night!  Hoping Andrew "breaks some major leg" this weekend with his magic performance at the Broadway Center in Tacoma!  It was great seeing him on Skype, even if it was brief, and I cannot wait to hear about yet another successful performance!  

Sidenotes and Shoutouts:

An early birthday shootout to one of the sweetest girls I have ever met.  To my darling little one, Hilary Blackstone...welcome to your 20's babe!  I am so lucky to have met you and you mean the world to me. I hope you have the best birthday ever filled with celebrations galore and lots of love.  I am sending all my love and birthday wishes across the Atlantic directly to you on the 11th! Wish I could be there but I know you will live it up!! Miss you Hil!! xx

Also, my inner sorority girl is about to come out so bear with me...

I wanted to extend a warm welcome to the Epsilon Class!!  I cannot wait to meet all 59 of you klassy ladies in January!! L&L.