the final count down

Tomorrow marks the last day of classes in New Zealand for me and about almost everyone else at uni. Here the kicker though: even though classes are over we still have a month in which exams take place. So that seems reasonable, or wait no it doesnt. I have have a marketing test exactly one month from today. One month is literally long enough to forget or learn an entire subject twice over. Im going to have to do mental push ups every morning if I want to retain anything from the startlingly foreign topic of Maori society. Well I guess Ill have heaps of time to read and re read my texts. Atleast sociology is done as I handed in my award winning paper on Monday. Now the slightly more technical aspect of uni starts; attempting to figure out my schedule for next semester back at SMC. This process is maddening enough on campus so well see how it goes over seas.

Other than that it should be smooth sailing for the final month here in NZ. Were planning on doing some treks, checking out Stewart Island and maybe more time in the Fiordlands. Its starting to bug me out though quantifying the last month here, everything has taken on a new air of finality. Ive started wondering if this is going to be the last time I eat a mexican feast prepared by Nick or how many more times Im going to play bad mitten and if I will ever beat James and his devilish beard? Only time will tell however and I am going to milk this last month for everything its worth.

I was thinking about it yesterday and I realized Im going to be bored senseless after about a week of being home, the solution I came up with was full employment. Possibly even work two jobs so that I have enough capital to keep traveling and so that Im not caught up in the drudgery of Guilderlame. Hopefully his recession wont hurt my job search too much. Any one need a waiter? Or child care professional? Or lawyer? Or maybe even a licensed new age healer? Maybe Ill even flex my technical muscle and just become the mechanical engineer I always knew I could be?

Shoot I better enjoy this last month because after that my future is less certain than that of General Motors. Actually I havent heard anything about those old boys while over here so for all I know they are back on their feet and producing oh who am I kidding were both in some hot water.

mstillman@smcvt.edu

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