One more week!

Exams have been going on for a week now, but mine start today with Setswana. Tomorrow I'll be writing my Afro-Caribbean Lit exam, Thursday I'll have off, then Friday I'll be writing my two hardest exams: History in the morning, and Principles of Ecology in the afternoon. And then I'll be done!

My last four/five days will look something like this:

Friday night - Saturday morning: plait hair

Saturday late morning/early afternoon: learn to make phaphata

Sunday morning: go to Setswana mass for the last time

Sunday night: skype my parents for the last time

Monday: do any and all remaining laundry

Tuesday: pack up and fly out!

It's crazy to think that I'm in my final week now. That 168 hours from now I'll be pulling things off my shelves and packing my suitcase, running around trying to find phaphata to buy to keep me nourished during travel, and saying my farewells.

This past week has been good, but not too terribly exciting. My days are spent mostly reading over notes and researching for my history exam. Although I did manage to get out to the Station to buy trinket gifts for my friends, and to Main Mall to spend every last pula I hadn't set aside for food on souvenirs that I've waited to buy until just now. It was a very successful shopping trip, let me assure you. I have officially finished all of my Christmas shopping for the year, save for one little thing that I'm planning on picking up Stateside.

So now I'm broke, and this week I'm living off phaphata and the remaining fruit left in my room. I've rationed everything out so that it'll last me 'til I leave. Pretty much, I'll be staying put this week: studying, taking exams, and possibly going out on a couple free excursions like the Ecological Park or a revisiting of the National Museum. But nothing too terribly exciting, just chilling and watching the days go by. I run into my local friends every now and then, and they ask me when I'm leaving and whatnot, but most people aren't out and about - they're hunkering down in exam mode. Still, I'm hoping I'll meet up with some friends and hang out again at least once more before I leave - probably over the weekend. We'll see.

For now, I think I ought to get going. I've got some snacking to do, and I ought to get reading on my Setswana notes and vocabulary and whatnot so I'm extra prepared when I go in to take the exam. Although at this point, I figure I either know it or I don't....

Go siame,

~Botshelo