I'm still alive!

Well, it has been over a month since I last posted on my blog, so I guess that means that I lied to you all when I said that I would post something every week or two, and I apologize for that. I suppose I won't get that A on my blogging grade for the semester (if there was one!). I posted a month ago and tons of things have happened since then, and here I am with only have one
week left before I leave. That just sounds crazy.
Maybe I should have seen this coming though. With all that has happened since we went to Cape Town and how busy we've been I had to make some decisions, and in the grand scheme of things I put my experiences in South Africa over my blog. When faced with the decision between hanging out with my South African friends or writing a blog, I chose hanging out with my South African friends. When I had to decide whether to write a paper or a blog, I chose the paper (I heard that sigh of relief, mom and dad). If I had to choose between blogging and going to underwater hockey practice, yes underwater hockey - google it, I chose underwater hockey. So, rest assured that I am still alive, having a great time, staying busy, and that I will be ready to come home in a week and see everyone, but probably not much sooner. Most of the people on the trip have already started to get sentimental, saying how much they will miss everything here and how much they learned from this experience, but I'm trying to not focus on the fact that I leave in only one week. Instead, I'm trying to focus on the fact that I still have one week left to experience South Africa, so that's what I'll do!
With finals and everything I have been really busy this week and I will also be really busy next week, so any thoughts, prayers, and extra sleep you could lend me is really appreciated! I probably won't get to post anything until I get home, except of course the final goodbye from South Africa next Thursday, but when I get home I'll probably fill in all of the gaps. So until then:
Cheers,
Kirby