The past few days of my life have been going pretty well, if I do say so myself. The previous week was not so grand.

With the end of the quarter always comes a bulk of last minute assignments and tests. Of course, I had that placement test that I was worrying about hardcore. Well, I was right to worry about it. It was HARD, and there was stuff on the test that we haven’t even touched on in class. I went in there feeling anxious, and during the test I felt like my education in the language thus far has been pretty inadequate. Granted, it could be that I was taking a test that is meant for student who have completed two years of study, and I’m at the point where I have 1.33 years of study. Although I know I didn’t do very well on the placement exam, I now know what sort of things I should be studying for prior to leaving for Japan. That way when I get there, I can humbly ask (or beg) to retake the placement test.

My final exam in Japanese class was extremely easy, which was awesome for me (grade-wise). Though, I am the type of person who learns much more through mistakes than being self-taught. Things stick much easier.

Overall, this quarter was pretty mediocre. I had some really awesome classes, I had some really bad classes (which I dropped), and I had some “eh” classes. Grade-wise, I did not do as well in one class as I had thought; but it’s good in such a way that I now won’t be extremely anal over getting perfect grades. A little bit of stress has been taken off my chest.

I have to admit, though, I’m glad I took the class that I’m not getting as good a grade in. I was able to mend a friendship with an ex, and I now have an extremely awesomely fantastic new friend to hang out with, someone who I can talk to about my writing and not have to be afraid that he thinks I’m weird or nerdy (not that I’m ever afraid of being nerdy). It’s more like… he has a greater appreciation for what I’m telling him than most people, because he too is into creative writing. It’s extremely refreshing.

I can’t wait to see what the new year will bring me.