Update: Monday 24 Mar

I spent all week looking forward to Sunday so that I could post, and then when Sunday comes I forget to actually post.

Hmm, what did I want to say? Well, I discovered that I got a 7 on the report that I turned in last week. I'm so proud, I thought I wouldn't be able to turn it in at all, but then I did and got a 7. He told us our scores this previous Monday, after we took the open-book exam in class. That was a bit strange, I've never had an in-class open question exam at this school before. It is a minor though, and not part of my actual study, so I guess things may work a bit differently. I don't know how I did on the exam, but our final grade is 50% exam and 50% report, so he said as long as I got at least a 4, it's a pass. I'm pretty sure I did much better than 4. The exam had 9 questions and the last question was worth 10 points and asked "What did you think of the course?" Yeah, if I don't at least get that question right I think it'd be pretty sad.

Exam week was supposed to start today, but didn't. I'll tell you why. I'm not sure if you know this, but the Netherlands is hosting the Nuclear Security Summit this year. Yeah, that's a pretty big deal. This apparently is the largest world conference that has ever been held in the Netherlands, and they have dignitaries from all over the world here. Oh wait, did I mention that it's actually being held here, in The Hague? Yes, so as we speak the president of the United States is right here in this city with me (Jenn just told me she saw his helicopter, in fact), along with the president of Finland and France and Armenia… and you know, just a lot of countries in general. What does that mean for me? Well, it means that today and tomorrow half of the roads in the city are closed, all the bus and tram schedules are delayed, rearranged or cancelled, half the trains are not going, and just everything in general is in chaos. The school initially thought that they could still hold exams today and tomorrow and just let everyone know to leave a few hours earlier than they normally would, but then it was decided that having exams on these days would not be feasible. So… they've all been postponed.

Now I have 3 exams to take, on Wednesday, Friday and the following Wednesday, and then I'm ready to start the next term. Or at least, I hope I'll be ready. The Friday after my last exam, we're going out for sushi for Tessa's birthday, and also that week there is a movie coming out that we've all been looking forward to. Should be a good end to the term, especially since I'm going to pass all of my exams.