I just submitted my final paper, and am now officially done with the semester! This past week has been crazy busy! On Thanksgiving we spent the day cooking and working on our internship final reports, and then we went up to the biological station to feast with the other CIEE program! Despite not being with my family, it was a really wonderful holiday celebration!
We spent the day Friday creating our PowerPoint presentations and preparing for our symposium on Saturday. Saturday morning was our symposium, during which we did formal presentations about our internships. Afterwards, Julia came over to watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and then I took a nap before heading out to the bars for our last weekend out in Monteverde.
On Sunday we went to the study center to prepare for a family tea, which we had at 4pm with all the families. We played musical chairs, charades, put on a slideshow, had food, and did art projects with the kids. It was a fun way to say thank you to our families.
Yesterday and today we have been working on our last two essays, our final drafts of our internship reports and an essay for SEES assessing the sustainability of either organic pineapple or organic cacao. I chose to write about pineapple. Yesterday during our SEES wrap-up we saw a sloth right outside the study center! It was a super exciting moment, and we all stopped what we were doing to go observe it. Last night I went to Jon’s house (since we’re cousins) and he and I made everyone quesadillas for dinner.
We are now hanging out and relaxing. Some people went home to pack, which I am about to do as well. Later we have a pizza party and a slideshow to end the program. Tomorrow morning we leave for the beach to party. It’s hard to believe this is all over. This has been the most rewarding and academically demanding semester of my life.
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