sheesh i'm a SENIOR?!

well, finals week and all the insanity that it entails is over. i think the worst bit was the english history essay, since i managed to write over 12 pages and 3500+ words in 2 hours. i feel like it just went by in a complete blur, especially since i was also working every day in addition to studying and taking finals at 8:00am. the nerd in me loved it though, and it feels a little bittersweet that its over--now i have an entire summer ahead of me with no classes, no homework, and no reading assignments...whatever shall i do with myself? [i'm being a bit dramatic here, not only am i working, i also am going on a few amazing vacations, and self-assigned massive German studying and a book list...to keep myself busy hahah]
yesterday i had my first session of job training for SOAR. i'm really excited to be a tutor, and i'm signing up to tutor all writing and literature classes, plus history and German. i have another training session next friday and one in august and then i can officially start!
today was the English Department's Awards Brunch. i got to take my daddy with me, and we had a really nice time.

it was held in the University Club [which bore a weird resemblance to the Coral Reef restaurant in DisneyWorld!]. i was really surprised to receive one of the Senior Academic Excellence Awards [i just became a senior, since i started university fall 2007] and it was so rewarding to see all my hard work and studying pay off!

[plus it was a reason to get dressed up early on a saturday morning!]
i also wanted to post pictures of the macarons that i ordered for my mama for Mother's Day. they're from Paulette Macarons, which is based in Beverly Hills.

my favorite flavors were rose, pistachio, and mint!

happy summer vacation!!