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This morning I took my last final everyone. Of course school couldn't possibly let me off easy before I go and I had a full hour and a half of essays to write starting at eight in the morning. I had to ride my bike the whole five miles in the cold at about seven just so I had time to look over my notes before the exam. It was a particularly hard one too so I drank like a gallon of coffee before I left. I think I did pretty well though and I will probably be making Dean's list for this semester. Either way I did end my semester on a high note and things can only get better from here since I leave tomorrow for my vacation and semester abroad. Tomorrow morning at five is my flight back to Texas and then I will be off the Madrid for the spring semester. That should be a lot of fun but I still have a bunch of things to get in order before I go.

Everyone talks about how cool going abroad for school is but they never talk about how much preparation actually goes in to making the whole operation go smoothly. First of I have to get myself some insurance for when I make the trip and then I have to get all of my papers in to a folder ready for each checkpoint along the way. I have been looking in to Unicare since they cover me right now here but I haven't looked in to being insured abroad. The people who run the program said that one of the most important parts of my job is to make sure I have good travel medical insurance.

I also have to take care of some domestic items before I head out too. I personally feel like my parents are weird for doing this, but they think that to make me more responsible that I should research and pay my bills, with their money of course. Before I leave I have to get some car insurance. I'm still a resident in Texas so I'll probably just do a Texas online car quote and get it done quick before I go. I won't actually need the policy until May but they feel it is important and so I do it. That's the rub I guess.