I will be able to say TGIF

Suffice to say, I have been a workaholic this week. Papers have been all over my itinerary and I cannot wait for a change of scenery. That is, I am sick of staring at a computer so much. I have one more paper to write and then I’ll be done with work for the rest of my semester. Crazy to think of it that way! Even though I have so much more to LEARN, I will not need to type what I’ve learned anymore. Soon it’ll be time for the “cultural experience” in South Africa to begin, though I’ve already had plenty of cultural experience so far.

The weather is changing into the cool autumn breeze at night and a warm, instead of boiling, sun during the day. Everyone here thinks it is winter- but I’m in denial of that. As long as I don’t have to put a hat or scarf on to keep warm, it’ll be summer for me.

My bruise is healing very fast, in case you were wondering. It’s more of a dark/light brown instead of purplish blue color. Dad- I will try to be more careful. I only have one more surfing lesson to do, it’s my fourth and last one, so pretty much I’m a pro.

Last weekend we had two birthday parties- one for Hannah and one for Kristi. On Saturday night we all went over to Claire’s house, who goes to Cornerstone, to celebrate Hannah’s birthday. Emily, Kristi, and I demonstrated all of the cheesiest dance moves that we could possibly think of- “sprinkler”, “shopping cart”, “bus driver”, and last but not least, Kristi whipped out the “typewriter”. None of the Cornerstone students had ever seen such horrible dancing before. They were simply laughing at us for about 20 minutes straight. We all had a blast that night! For Kristi’s birthday we went horseback riding for 2 straight hours! I think I’m getting older because I remember horseback riding to be a lot more fun! After about an hour I was ready to get off that horse! I had the rudest horse alive! “Bles” didn’t want anyone to pass him especially by the glare that he gave to every other horse! Once in a while I was able to enjoy the vineyards, the mountains, the baby cows we passed, and the sunset but for the most part I was trying to stay on my horse and keep him from attacking all other horses. Kristi had a ride of a lifetime- she says it was the highlight of her trip so far. I guess then it was worth it for the sake of Kristi's birthday.

Cheers,
Anna

ps can't wait for friday....