Week 14

Week 14 started out really great with a trip to Mataderos (a neighborhood about an hour from where we live) with some friends to go to the huge street fair there. Last time we went, the weather wasn't very good, so the fair wasn't in full force. The weather this time was perfect and it was a completely different experience. There were at least four times as many booths with people selling souvenirs made of leather, food and clothes. There was also live music, dancing and a horse show which was really neat to watch.

Monday, I went to class like normal, met up with a classmate to work on a presentation and then ran some errands and headed home. I hadn't feel well, but didn't think much of it. By the time I got home, I was feeling really sick and hurting, so I called my program director to find out where I should go to the doctor. After a few hours of trying to explain what was wrong, I found out that I have an inflamed nerve (not going into anymore detail), so I had to take it easy all week and rest.

Tuesday I had my presentation for my Literature class. It went well and was pretty easy. I lucked out with my topic, because I didn't have to analyze any literature, just present a genre. I also got my grade back from my lit exam. I got a 9.5 out of 10 which is really great! The grading scale is way easier here. They use a number scale from 1 to 10. 4 is usually passing. Here's what it works out to in US grading:

10= A+
9= A
8= A-
7= B+
6=B
5=B-
4=C+
3=C
2=C-
1=D+

Wednesday I returned back to Migrations to pick up my Visa since they told me it would be ready. It wasn't. They said that it was done, but that it was in the office of certification or something and that I have to go back next week. This is getting ridiculous. By the time I finally have my visa it will have been almost a 3 month process. After finding out that I have to come back next week, I headed home and worked on homework all day since I don't have class on Wednesdays.

Thursday I met up with my psychology group to work on our presentation that is next Tuesday. We worked for a little while, copied the textbook, divided it up and then my friend Travis and I went to our two international classes. Got my grade back from my History exam. 9/10! We were also told that our final for that class is turning in a paper on any topic from the class that we want which is really easy. Since I have already done my presentation in that class, all I have left is the final paper.

Friday I had Psych like normal and then went to the post office to mail in my insurance claim. Luckily I only had to wait 20 minutes this time. Usually the wait is more like an hour.

Saturday I met up with my friend Travis to work on our half of our Psych presentation. It was tougher than expected, because we have to present a part of it in English, since the major is Public Relations. My professor wants us to take the text that we have in Spanish, summarize and translate it to English, then take those slides are translate them back to Spanish. It was harder than we thought it was going to be, but we managed.

And that was pretty much my week. Nothing too exciting. Next week should be pretty normal as well, but on the 24, we're going to see the waterfalls of Iguazú!