I can't say that I'm positive I did my usual excessive "goodness" on either my Spanish or my English final today, but I can tell you all that today was certainly industrious, and that I am totally confident that I got high marks on both finals. I wasn't too happy with the end result of my Siddhartha essay, however I thought my essay on Holden Caulfield was very good. My writing has certainly improved in this last year, and I've learned not only how to use the text to my extreme leverage and advantage, but also how to look specifically at the authors diction to pull my thesis into relation of the prompt. My use of similes and metaphors has also dramatically improved.

My Spanish final was very hard for me - One page of listening comprehension. Usually, listening is very easy for me, however today my cold decided to lodge itself in my ears so that everything sounded like I had pillows next to my head. Oh well, I'm still confident I got high marks on the test - even though I know I missed a full section of accents on a set of my answers - I am nearly positive I had all the correct answers on the writing portion. That might not have been very coherent because I'm mentally exhausted.

I was feeling very tired when I got home this afternoon around 12:20, so I decided it would be nice to take a nap. And a nap I took! I woke up around 4:00. It was the first time I'd slept after school since I was sick with my very bad flu last year, around this same time. I've probably mentioned it here before, at some point or another . . . But anyway, the nap felt great.

I studied for my Algebra II final - I've gone through almost every page of the book - I've even had my Mom (thank you so much, you're an Angel) pick out problems at random from the book for me to do from each chapter. I feel prepared and confident that I will do well tomorrow.

As for history - I'm relying on my ability to write good essays - I know about 75% of the multiple choice, but by the end of tonight I should know 90% of it. Del's version of multiple choice is "your brain is full of answers, therefore you have multiple choices", so I am planning on knowing the answers well, and not relying on the 25% possibility of guessing from four letters on a Scantron sheet.

I should get going, the hours of tonight are slimming, and I've still got much studying yet to do.

My friend Derek and I have worked out a plan to train each other in different 1v1 settings of Starcraft - in return, I will be teaching him 2 vs 2 play with my 2500 games of experience.

Take care my friends.

P.S. Me siento más o menos bilingüe! (I feel more or less bilingual).