Penguins here I come...!

January 5th is the day I leave to go to the end of the world...Antarctica! My j-term trip this year is to Argentina, Patagonia, and Antarctica to study Environmental Literature. Yeah I know, and English class that goes to Antarctica? Does that really count for credit? Well let me tell you, I have read quite a few books, parts of books, and articles regarding Antarctic explorers such as Shackleton, travelers in Patagonia, and of course Eva Peron! With the recent cold snap in the Northwest, I am questioning why I would I pay to go to a freezing place? I am trying to ignore this fact and am focusing on tango, Mt. Fitzroy, albatross, whales, and penguins! Anyway with my trip to portland this weekend I will be stocking up on socks, under armor, and many other warm layers :) So because finals are done I now hope to pick up the basic travelers spanish so that I am not an ignorant American...but we'll see how much I can learn and retain :)

Adios Amigos!

Dead Week

So as you can tell it is DEAD WEEK!!! Which in reality means nothing and it is just a lie that schools tell us to try and keep us calm so that we do not pull our hair out :) So I really should be finishing a paper and I will but I need a moment of random typing that is not academic, not graded, and just for fun! So it is wednesday and in less than a week I will be home with my family with a great deal less to do and what I do have to do will be fun such as packing for my amazing trip to ANTARCTICA!!! Yeah it will be pretty sweet. So I am working on being positive, productive, and prayerful and hopefully the combination of these things with a boatload of God I will make it through this semester!