Day 63: Global Studies Final

This afternoon we took the Global Studies final.  It was a little rough but not too bad.  The class presented a lot of information but, unlike many social science or history courses, you can't do essay tests with that many students.  For this reason the final was comprised of multiple choice questions asking details about names and terms (and there were roughly 300 to choose from).  Fun stuff.  I have two more exams the day after tomorrow and them I'm done with school for the Summer (only to start again a week later...).

Other than the exam, most of the day was spent resting and reading.  Every time there's been a Global test the seas seem to get rougher so that's always fun.  I'm waiting for the day I lose my balance on the treadmill and totally eat it.  There was an absolutely beautiful sunset this evening.  We were outside awaiting the green flash (missed it due to cloud cover for the second day in a row) and it was cool to admire the beautiful sky surrounded by ocean and insane wind.  While awaiting tonight's meeting on disembarkation procedure, Daniel, Lacey, Mindy, and I somehow got into a rather intense discussion about Croatian and post-Yougoslavian "war image" politics.  Even though we still really have no idea what we're talking about it feels so cool and intellectual to try.  Our disembarkation meeting this evening covered some of the basics for arrival in Norfolk in a few days.  If all goes according to plan I'll be off by noonish and will have a few hours to kill in Norfolk before catching the shuttle to the airport.  Depending on what's around the port I might be spending a good 5 hours at the airport so if you're bored the afternoon of the 21st give me a call (wow...cell phones will work again; what an amazing technology!).

I have a relatively fee evening (and an extra gained hour to kill) so I think I'm going to go borrow a movie from somebody.  How exciting.  That's all for now, g'night from middle of the Atlantic.