What, classes are over already?!?!?

Well yes they are, after just three months classes have ended and it is now on to exam time. Great. Just as we were all getting into our routines and finally getting the hang of classes they go and end. But it was a really great three months and I'm so thankful for them. I have learned so much and grown so much from my experience here, I just wish it wasn't all going by so fast. We now have a two month period in which we take exams and hand in projects. For those with just papers they can hand them in as soon as they write them and then they're done! I however have no papers, just exams. And so I must wait for the scheduled day to take my exam and thus prolong the period of suffering a bit longer. I have six exams the first being next Monday, the 11th, and the last being May 10th. Yeah, lots of time to ah study, I guess ;)

I was taking business classes, similar to the topics being offered at home. At the beginning of the semester I thought I wouldn't be getting as much out of these classes as the kids who got to take classes on Irish history and medieval castles and literature classes. But not only did I learn tons in my lecturers, I also loved them! I'm also super happy that I don't have to write the 3000 word essays that those kids are now struggling through! For the most part my entire grade rests on a few short answer questions given in the two hour long exam. A little nervous about that one.

This past weekend I went down to the Saturday market in town for the first time. I have no idea why I never went before because it was great!!! It helped that the weather was being lovely, but it was seriously the greatest Saturday morning ever. This weekend was great overall, filled with great friends and food and sunshine (for the most part!). I've been blessed with some pretty awesome friends and I am so thankful that the Lord has brought them into my life. It will be really hard to say goodbye to them (some are leaving in a few weeks :( ). But we are enjoying the time we have been given. You can check out my Facebook video for some of the fun we have on a regular basis at Java's coffee shop.

Here are a few pictures from the past few days: