I am done, I am done, I am DONE. And only three more classes to ANOTHER graduation!

I got to my Literary Criticism class yesterday morning and the entire class was pretty morose. "Hey," I told them, "this stupid exam isn't so scary when you realize we are also getting our papers back today." *GROANNNNNN* Well, it got their minds off the final.

So she gave us the final which except for the essay portion had, as usual, NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT SHE GAVE US TO STUDY. Our last class day was a review where she helped us creat study sheets, which we all studied, but then... NONE OF IT WAS ON THE FINAL.

So, whatever. But then, halfway through the final, I walked up front to get a cup of coffee (we had brought breakfast foods). The professor looked at me and whispered, "you got an A on your paper."

"me??" I whispered back.

"yes," she whispered.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME???"

"SHHHH!!!"

Heh. So I went back to my desk... feeling up in the CLOUDS. I sat there recounting points in my mind. Because if I got an A on my paper, then I had an A-/B+ in class, before the final. Which meant I just might get an A in class. Which was SO COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE throughout the entire semester that it really was blowing my mind.

It turns out that a lot of people got A's on their papers. People who I know don't write that well. So I think maybe she realized she was... being too hard on us? I don't know. There's really no explanation for the A's. I mean, my paper didn't even deserve an A - how could it, when I didn't even understand the criticism I was using to write it? None of us did. So somehow... she grew a heart (?). I don't know. What I do know is that I should for sure get at least a B in class after finals are graded, which is fine. I was afraid that I was going to bomb the final, and get a C or even an F on my paper, and this would have been disastrous. So somehow, things worked out. Really though? I'll never understand how.

Then I went to my Spanish final which was the hardest exam I've ever taken and took 2-1/2 hours to complete. It was crazy. It was so crazy that I couldn't help giggling through the whole thing. I mean, I just got out of Literary Criticism, where I was very close to not passing the class, but then left with an A paper in my hands, and now here I was realizing I may not even get a B in Spanish after this final. I could not get less than a B in class because of Masters requirements. So I'm sitting there realizing I've somehow passed Literary Criticism, but now I'm going to totally fail Spanish. And I couldn't help but get the giggles. Alix, my Spanish partner, sits in front of me. She kept turning around and hissing, "WHAT is the MATTER with youuuuuu!!!!! WHY are you laughing!!" But all I could do was giggle back. Because I knew the answers to half the exam, but had no idea what I was doing for the other half.

But we have a crazy Spanish teacher too. Every exam we take we have to stand next to her while she looks over our completed exam and points out which questions we got wrong. Then she sends us back to our desks to re-do them. (I know, WHAT???) The problem with this exam was, IF WE KNEW THE CORRECT WAY TO CONJUGATE THESE WORDS WE WOULD HAVE DONE IT THE FIRST TIME. Which is why after 2-1/2 hours I was finally set free to go (she won't let us leave until we've fixed everything) but there were still people sitting at their desks trying to get through the exam.

But the main thing is, she set me free after only one re-do section. That means I should have at least a B on the final, leaving me with an A in the class.

I was so deliriously happy when I left that class I know I made no sense in the conversations I had after. I just completed the Semester from Hell, passed my Literary Criticism class, wrote at least two papers that received RAVE reviews, AND NEVER HAVE TO TAKE A SPANISH CLASS AGAIN. That's right Folks, these long years of studying Spanish are OVER. I am officially "fluent" in a foreign language according to Graduate Standards.

On June 2 I start my summer class, "Modern English", another requirement. It's over by July 11. And then just two classes next semester before I graduate.

Good lord this has been a long journey.

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