End of finals

I had my grammar/culture, politics, and history exams today. The first two were fine, but history was... terrible. Thank goodness that's over. Like 90% of my other finals, it was just one question that I wrote five pages on, yet don't think I really said anything of critical importance. My prof made me uncomfortable because I was sitting around trying to brainstorm a thesis while everyone else had already started writing their papers, and he walked around the classroom and was staring at my blank sheet of paper... I was like, Leave me alone! You're interrupting my creative-thinking process!

I had dinner with Mathilde and Slimen tonight and then we watched two episodes of Prison Break, then we sat around and chatted over cups of tea. Those two are so great. They're both really smart, too, and it's handy to ask them questions about French because they really understand the sense of the word I'm asking about. We had canned pineapple slices, and Mathilde was saying how she likes canned pineapples but not real pineapples, and I said, "I like grapes." Then she looked at me and laughed and Slimen said, "What's so funny?" and I was like, "Yeah, what is so funny?" and she said to Slimen, "Well, I was just saying how I like canned pineapples but not real ones and Theresa just randomly decided to say that she likes grapes." And I said, "Mathilde, I thought this was a conversation about fruit... it made sense!" Then we had a big group laugh. And then I kept telling them lame stories like, "Today I had a grammar final. I had to talk about immigration and the French media." Then I would forget that it had no real relevance to the conversation. This is probably not very interesting to you but the moral of the story is that I had a great time doing nothing with the two of them. I said my final goodbye tonight in case I don't see them tomorrow or Thursday morning, and they were both really nice.. they hugged me goodbye and said that they really enjoyed spending time with me and we should keep in touch.

I tried to start packing when I got home around 5 from my finals, and it just seemed too final... I couldn't handle it. I sat back down at my computer and bummed around. Later, when I was more emotionally prepared, I managed to open my suitcase and start putting away clothes. Like most difficult things, it's hardest to get started. I have to bring back all of my schoolwork in case IU wants to contest the validity of my credits when they transfer, and I have no clue how I'm going to manage it. Paper is heavy!