Off with his head, man! Off with his head!

Sorry for the morbid-sounding title; it's merely an awesome lyric from an awesome song by an awesome band (if you've been keeping up with my recent posts, you can guess which band:)) After so much productivity, this week has been decidedly less productive:-P However, I have already re-read the text I am writing my first paper on (Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno," for the curious,) and highlighted textual evidence. I am currently elbow-deep in sources that I now have to read through and pull ideas from, and then finally (I am hoping by late tomorrow or Sunday) I will begin the writing process! This first paper isn't actually due until next Saturday, aka a week from tomorrow, but I would much rather finish earlier, start/finish my second paper, and type my notes for one of my classes so that I can be totally DONE and enjoy my last weeks here in Freiburg. My intent was to travel around in my last few weeks here, but I have almost NO money. I am actually very much in trouble, money-wise; I have happily paid for all of my rent that is due before I leave, but I still have to (at the very LEAST) pay for a train ticket to Stuttgart as well as a hostel for 2 nights (that is where my flight takes off from) and also buy food for my last month here haha:-P A quiet plea to any and all of my wonderful readers - if you can contribute ANYthing, monetarily speaking, I will be forever grateful. I am being very careful and no longer eat out at all; unfortunately, the dollar is failing me. Anywho, I am excited to fully utilize my Freiburgian freedom once I have it. A pal of mine, Eric, is going to be visiting me in August, so I get to play hostess which should be a lot of fun. Then in the remaining time, I am hoping to hang out with my roommates (we are all in our little cave-rooms, acting like total hermits, during this crazy busy time.) And of course I will keep up the bike riding and guitar playing. That's just a given! Anywho, I have to stop procrastinating now and get to my research papers. Love you all and - we're in the final stretch!!