El fin de exámenes, y más importante, ¡GALLETAS!

The end of exams, and more importantly, COOKIES!

Good news all around! I had my last midterm today, which was easy for me only because it was for my major. I think that exam would have been really difficult for me if I hadn't already taken an Islamic art course. Tomorrow I have Arabic in the morning, and on Friday I fly to London for my birthday, and then I'm off to Venice! Now that I'm not studying and miserable I'm so excited for the next week.

My wonderful mommy sent me a package with treasures like peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie mix. I didn't realize just how American these things are. Anabel loves chocolate chip cookies but had never made them the right way, which of course involves eating a bit of the raw dough and then licking the bowl ("lamando el ból"). She was horrified at first when I stuck my finger into the dough, but she really liked it! She was so impressed by how easy American cooking is. I said we don't usually cook like that, it's for overworked moms and cooking with kids, but she was impressed that we even had the option. Also it was really nice to just hang out with her and have fun. Usually we're eating lunch and watching the news, and I was glad to finally bond a little bit more. Actually they should be just about ready now so I'm gonna go eat some fresh-baked, all-American gooey goodness. Love to you all!