The Beginning of the End

Tutorials are OVER! I had my last meeting with Dr. Philpott on Tuesday morning which was alright. At the end of the meeting he asked how I thought I'd done throughout the semester and what grade I thought I deserved. I said either a B+ or an A- and he said he'd been on the fence between the two, and while my paper wasn't bad this week if it had been just a smidge better he would've just gone ahead and given me the A-. That was a little annoying considering throughout the whole meeting he acknowledged the fact that it was 8th week, that I'm tired of it, he's tired of it, and I did admit that I wrote my seminar paper at the expense of my last Heresy and Authority paper since it was the only paper for that class instead of one of eight. In any case, he said to bring him what I thought was my best paper of term so I'm hopeful for the A-.

On the other hand I'm almost positive that I'm getting an A for my Family, Sex and Marriage tutorial. I had the last meeting for that class this afternoon and at the end my tutor said that my papers have been consistently strong throughout the term. We even got to talking about my plans after the semester ends (since she thought I was done after this week) and she even offered to let Kellie and I crash at her place if needed! That, or she'll book us a room at Keble for ~£15 a night if she's on holiday.

I also turned in my ~3,700 word beast of a seminar paper on Tuesday, which I feel pretty good about. I wrote it on the effects of the Protestant Reformation on marriage in England but I won't bore you with the details. I do think it's a bit silly for the paper to be 80% of the grade for the class though, as strong as my discussion participation was. In any case I'll find out on Tuesday how it went over.

More excitingly is the impending trip to Ireland! Quite a bunch of us (Kellie, Caitie, Kenzie, Sean, Alexia, Lauren, and myself) are heading out tomorrow on a 13:45 plane to Dublin. We're taking either the bus or the train straight to Galway for two days and then back for one more in Dublin. Most of us are coming back on Monday (I have my last seminar meeting on Tuesday) but Caitie and Lauren are coming back on Tuesday, or St. Patrick's Day! But I need to go pack and get to bed. Expect pictures from the Guinness Factory.