Trying to do some laundry and have it be try so I can pack it tomorrow. Not having a clothes dyer, you have to plan more ahead than you´re used to. But, with this African heat wave (but really, how cool is it that our heat is coming up from the Sahara?) the clothes are drying fast. Unlike SC, it's only like 14% humidity so when it's 100 degrees, things evaporate nice and fast. I at least have my bus and plane tickets, so the most important part of the trip prep is done. Printing is hard around here. Not really, but it makes me miss Harper. So I have known that I have to do a paper in Art History. I was going to do a project with a partner and do the Mezquita in Cordoba, but I think we might just do it solo as he gave us the go ahead for solo work. I really like the Palacio da Pena that we went to in Sinta in Portugal, but it's sort of a Frankenstein architecturally speaking, and it would be hard to present and write a paper on given there is so much ground to cover. What to do? But for extra help with our grade in Latin American History, we can present to the class, as well as teach them a lesson centered around the book we have to read and write a paper on. I'm in this weird position because not to brag, but I'm a teacher's pet. Really. The poor professor can't get anyone to participate, save this Brazilian girl and I. She knew my name on the second day. I participate and am cordial, something I can't say for a group of French girls in our class. Anyway, I am just wanting to still do a good job to get enough points to help, but I'm also relying on my relationship with the professor to help push me toward good grades. We also have a final, but God knows what it will look like. I just need to pass, whatever that means, because honestly I don't have any idea how grades work here. I think it's a 10 point scale with like 6 passing - whatever it is, it's not comparable to the US system, a system I'm starting to miss. This uncertainty and lack of expectations is too stressful. I got the book that I told her I would read and left it at the copisteria. It's like a kinkos that will make copies of library books - we don't get library books for but a week, but this way, we don't have to spend huge sums on text books. Def would like to import this idea to the States, except I would be arrested for copyright infringement. After doing some reading for Literature, I'm going to try and research for Budapest. When it rains it pours!
