On est en vacances!! (vite, vite)

So today began like the others here at Bennington, wake up (relatively) early, shower, breakfast, off to class. We have quite a few assignments raining down on us over the next few days so this morning's class was heavy with information. We knew we needed lots of explanation time with Noelle and Isabel, and were running a bit behind in the morning, but didn't fret because we had three hours of classes with them this afternoon. The teachers, as usual, wanted to get through lots of material, and we'd done a good portion of it, but were not finished (as usual) as noon approached (which, again, was okay, because we had this afternoon - see where I'm going??) Nancy, the assistant director of the MATSL program came into our classroom at five minutes before noon to tell us to pack up our things, go to lunch and then to change into our bathing suits because we were all heading to the lake for a 'relaxing' afternoon. Now you'd think this would make us happy (it sure made the Spanish folk sing!), but most of us (at least Nadia and I) were actually really frustrated and a little stressed out at the thought of not having our classes - or our resources, namely our teachers - to help us with our assignments. Also, think of the time we would be 'wasting' not working! But this wonderful outing was obligatoire, so after a few moments of grumbling, we headed off to lunch (more grumbling) and then traipsed up the hill (still more grumbling) to get changed.

It actually turned out to be a lovely afternoon, and, once we settled into the idea, quite relaxing. We stopped off at the "Chocolate Barn" on our way home to drop $8 on little speciality chocolates which should last me through the rest of this week. I will hopefully be able to post some pictures from our afternoon excursion tomorrow...

The other result from this afternoon (aside from relaxation) is that I'm still up at ten past midnight finishing my homework... should be able to sleep in half an hour or so...

Zzzzzzz.......