8 days and i'll be home, 10 and i'll be in Kalamazoo

Hey everyone!
Well it's official I'm done with my classes and finals!
I finished yesterday afternoon, and i'm certainly feeling relieved. This was probably my worst semester as far as grades go since being in college, luckily my grades don't transfer except for one class and I think that may be pretty darn close to an A anyways so no worries.
To back track a bit i went on an absolutely awesome trip to fiordland to do some hiking a few days ago. It was quite the trip. It got delayed a few days to start, but then we ended up leaving christchurch late on the day we were finally supposed to go too. We left the ChCh at around 6 pm and didn't get to fiordland til something like 5am we started hiking immediately on something like 2 hours of sleep. It was exhausting, and snow covered. The weather was nuts the entire time we were there. After a five hour healthy track covered in snow we broke the tree line where we saw just how crazy the weather was. The winds were terrible and we were completely grayed out in every direction we looked, you couldn't see anything and we ended up hiking in snow that drifter in spots to the point where if you stepped off in the wrong spot you ended up close to up to your waste in snow. When we made it to the hut we were staying in we found the rest of the track had been closed off due to the poor weather conditions, so it looked like we were stuck. The hut was a bit of a better experience than the last rat infested one but the room we stayed in was quite a bit colder.The snow we tracked in didn't melt if that tells you anything. The next day after one of the coldest but most refreshing sleeps we talked with the hut manager who said they weren't sure if they would open the rest of the track or not, so instead of worrying about it we headed over to some awesome caves where we spent three hours spelunking. The caves were amazing and we had an absolute blast. We were also finally able to see out on the lake and see the surrounding area which was absolutely dazzling, one of the most beautiful places I've been in New Zealand. The next day we simply hiked back the way we came took a quick bath in the freezing lake then headed to queenstown for a bit of a side trip. From there i drove us home the 8 more hours we had to go then passed out at 3am in my own bed.
The next day i studied for the entirety followed by the next day of two finals, and a few beers before bed. And now it's today!
I've already had to say goodbye to two of my friends...it's pretty tough, i hoped it wouldn't but i can't say i didn't see it coming. Luckily I'm one of the first people to go so i wont have to watch everyone else take off, whew. I leave november 14th from here which is just three short days from now, then head to Fiji which i leave the night of the 17th and i'll be home just 2 hours later november 18th at 12:30 am (that is with all the time changes etc.) So yeah that's the story now. I'll update everyone with Fiji and do a final wrap up write I'm sure, plus i'll post links to all my pictures from recent adventures.
Cheers