Tuesday March 11, 2008
I had two tests today, but now midterms are officially over and I am quite happy about it. After this week is over we have a week off for Semana Santa. Simply put, Semana Santa is a holy week, the week before Easter, in preparation for Easter. In Seville there are concerts, performances, processionals, masses and many other things related to the Catholic tradition. Therefore, Semana Santa is our “Spring Break,” which seems rather odd having a religious festival as your spring break time. The juxtaposition between a holy week and the normal happenings of a spring break is quite funny to me. Regardless, we have an entire week off of school and I’m exited for it. I wish that I could do a little bit more traveling but apparently that is expensive, so I’m going to have to sit that one out.
Today I found four more internships that I am applying for, so wish me luck. I’ve decided that I’m going to apply for every internship in the city of Des Moines, if that’s what it’s going to take for me to finally get one. I’m determined to get some real experience in this summer. It has just started to hit me that I am actually going to have to become an adult in the near future and that seems a little scary.
Tonight we attempted to go shopping. Yes, attempted. I use this because phrase because the streets were packed with people for some reason. I thoroughly enjoy browsing and possibly buying things, but tonight was just chaotic. There were thousands of people out today. Apparently people really like to shop on Tuesdays, rather odd I think. But it’s like that almost every night in the center. All of the new spring fashions are starting to come out, so I’m trying my hardest to not buy out Spain. I’m keeping pretty tight to my budget, so that is a good thing. Nonetheless, the shopping experience stressed Allison and I out so we had a “Coke” date, a.k.a. walked to the supermarket, got Coke and watched an episode of Will & Grace. Overall, it was a good end to a rather chill day.
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