I'm in the middle of finals season and I've gotta say I've been doing more sleeping (catching up on sleep, that is) than studying. I had my crazy period about 1-2 weeks ago so now I'm down to a final that is due in 12 hours and a paper due in a couple days...yay! This sounds ridiculous but I have had enough time to study and do this final and paper that I am really enjoying it. Reading through my American Politics notes makes me really want to take the American Politics honors seminar but we'll see...Anyway, a couple updates..the big chair is back (thank goodness), the allergies on this campus are turning me into a pumpkin (but really, thank goodness for Claritin!), free food including cookies, sushi, pico de gallo, etc. have been amazing, the campus is beautiful and green and sufficiently hot and humid enough for my liking..and I guess nothing much since everyone is frantically studying, i.e. there are still people screaming outside of my window right now so I guess not everyone is being studious. So I'm not sure what to make of all this but I'll be leaving Swat in a week! yea..A WEEK. It's a little scary since I'll have to pack up my whole sophomore year life into four large tubs and a suitcase and pack it away. I'm actually not going home until mid-July since I'll be spending 1/2 the summer in DC. And to make my time this summer even better, three good friends will also be in DC this summer (in addition to the ones who I will be living with! I guess the other big announcement is that I will be taking next semester off to do a fellowship in DC so I'm not sure if I will be updating in this blog. I had wanted to study abroad but I just wasn't able to find a program that I really liked so I started looking at domestic programs instead, and I was really lucky to find a program that is perfect for me. I guess the sad part is that I've spent the last two years with a bunch of Swatties and I won't get to see them for at least another year or so. Some are going abroad to Oxford for a year and others are going abroad in the spring, which is when I will be coming back on-campus. It's a very strange situation but hey, there's always email and videochatting! :( I guess the other question that I'm getting a lot is whether I will be graduating on time and the answer is yes. I have just enough credits to take a semester off, graduate on time, and still fit on all my honors seminars and required classes which in my opinion is really neat! I really feel like I need this break and I'm excited that the timing is right, the program is right, and really, life is just good.

So maybe I'll update later on this week when I'll be completely done and packing but if not, have a great summer and congrats to the Swarthmore c/o 2009 and congrats to the Swarthmore c/o 2013 and I guess I might as well congratulate every other class year for finishing the year!