Midterm results

Well all that hardcore studying I did for the midterms paid off: I scored the highest grade in the class by a long shot. 92% on my written, and 96% on my spoken. After a month with our teacher, I've come to really appreciate and respect her, but never, in a million years, did I think I would ever see anything over a 95% from her, especially as she's super picky on speaking and pronunciation. So, to put it mildly, I'm over the moon at the moment.

I also sent in my absentee ballot today, which was a relief and also felt a bit like an accomplishment, participating in possibly one of the most historic elections in US history. I didn't get to watch the debate today (it was on early this morning, and I didn't sleep well last night), but it wouldn't have changed how I planned to vote anyways.

I'm coming down with a bit of a cold as well, which I guess I should have seen coming, as almost everyone in the center, in both our program and the ICLP, are headachey and sniffly and coughing like crazy. So I'm going to try and take it easy this weekend, not go out too much, even though there are a lot of plans to. The last thing I want is to get sick and then to have it hang on.

So not much else to report, other than my utter relief and happiness at having done so well on my midterms. I know I'm not getting any credit for it, but it's just nice to have that validation that I'm actually learning something and am improving my language skills.