A stressful week to say the least

Wow. It has been way too long since I last posted. I suppose I should come up with a good excuse, but the main reason is: I practically forgot I had a blog. Along with that, I just had exams and they were pretty hardcore. You know that feeling when it's the summer, the end of the school year and you have better things to look forward to than study for 9 exams all in one week? I felt like that. Just like I could not be bothered to make that last effort and study as hard as I should have. This lot of exams was different from the ones at the start of the year because these ones were "harmonized"; meaning that every language section in our year had the same exact exam and that each teacher would contribute to writing at least a couple of questions for the final paper. This was not cool. Especially for the sciences, which are taught so differently by each teacher and our Chemistry exam was by far the hardest one. None of us were expecting it. This should prepare you to this shocking fact: I failed that exam. So, I went from a 9 in my last exam to a FAIL. I was pretty disappointed, but the highest mark in the class was an 8.6 (out of 10).

Okay, okay. I cannot continue talking about the exams now. I'll say that we all went out to party last night and to celebrate the end of that horrible week and the start of a week off school! I had an amazing night and I can confess I wasn't exactly sober. But nonetheless, we all had a blast and I started "duelling" with my friend in the middle of the street. Yes, Harry Potter style. That was the highlight of my night and the highlight of the onlookers' night too, I'm sure. So now I'll try to enjoy my week off school with the sunshine and seeing my friends. We're planning to go to an amusement park/ theme park (?), I don't know what you call them. Well, one of those parks with loads of rollercoasters and cool rides. We have one a couple of hours away called Gardaland next to the lake of Garda. I haven't been there in years and I used to be scared of rides then so this will be my first time on crazy rollercoasters there! I'm really excited, especially because I'll be with my friends. I really hope the whole plan works out, though.

I do apologize to the few loyal readers (and to myself) for not writing in so long. You can clearly see that I am a bit rusty after all this time. Hopefully I'll be writing more during this week off!

Hasta luego, amigos!

ari