Thoughts...

I deleted my post from yesterday because I was in a really terrible mood and probably should not have written those rantings down on "paper." My blog can be found on Google, and some people will Google you to see what you've written about them. So (if you happened to read that post) I apologize for the bitter tone and continuous rant. Sometimes ranting is just needed.

I have seven papers left to write for this semester. Seven. In five weeks. Some of them are smaller papers or "opinion" papers, so that makes it a little better. But some appear to be stress-inducing.
I'm not sure how this Costa Rica thing will work out. It's going to be more expensive than I originally thought because in order to receive school credit, I have to take the super intensive course for two weeks which is over $200 more than just the regular intensive course (which I was originally going to do), plus for school credit you have to pay $70 per credit ($210) and pay two weeks for homestay ($300). I still have to go talk to the study abroad people and see if it goes directly toward school tuition for the fall, and if financial aid covers it. So I have a few options:
1. I can do the super-intensive course for two weeks to get school credit and pay one way or the other even though it's a lot of money,
2. I can do the regular-intensive course for two weeks and pay more than $200 less, but probably not get credit,
3. I could just go for a week just to get the experience and it would be much cheaper (plus, if I don't get credit, I wouldn't want to pay a whole lot...I want my money's worth dang it!), and I'd have an extra week in the summer to just relax,
4. I could not go at all this year, and maybe go sometime after graduation and after saving up some money. I wouldn't get credit and it wouldn't come out of my college fund (since I'll be out of college), but I'd still have the experience.

I have to talk to the study abroad director to see if I absolutely have to take the super-intensive program to get credit, and what my options are for paying for it, and talk to my parents to see if my college fund they have for me would be put toward this trip. As of now, assuming I must take the super-intensive program for credit which would be expensive, I am leaning toward just going for one week to get language experience (and do the super-intensive course), which would still probably be covered by my college fund because it's school-related (although no credit). However, that credit would be really helpful to get out of the way if I want to minor in Spanish. Sigh... But really, one week without school credit is much cheaper. I'd like to save some of my money for the future!! Man, getting school credit abroad is expensive!