Morning Person

I've officially made it three weeks in the real world. This is the longest I have ever been away from my family and my home, and to be honest, I'm proud of myself. I can't believe it has been three weeks already. Soon it will have been a month. Then, before I know it, I will be in Portugal/Southern Spain with the other exchangers (on my birthday!) and then traveling Europe with my family and saying goodbye to my new family and then at home with Chance and then at Katie's Graduation Party with everyone and then at Ohio State starting another chapter in my life. I think I need to calm down a little...but seriously, that is how it is going to be. There are not enough hours in a day. It's 11:19 PM and I feel like I could be up until 3 AM getting stuff done. Not that I'm going to  though...sleep is one of my top priorities right now. I'm sick. Ears, nose, throat. Merche gave me some medicine tonight. She threw the pill in my glass of water and made me stare at it for 30 seconds and then she said I could have it. Interesting. I hope it helps.

This morning I went to the police station with Merche to make an appointment for my visa extension/student card. It's in the bad part of town, or so Merche says. waited in line for half an hour just to get a slip with a date and time to return. October 6th. Yay. I will be so happy when all of this is settled. I'm so sick of appointments and documents and blue ink and multiple copies. Living legally in Spain is exhausting. Maybe I should have exchanged to Texas. Ha. Me, in Texas. Howdy y'all. I prefer Hola, que tal? I know this is worth every minute I've put behind it.

I returned to school towards the end of second period. I walked in the school and waited for the crazy hall lady (who typically yells at me for using the wrong staircase at the wrong time) to give me a pass to class. She just told me to go there. I didn't need anything. Hmm. Okay. So I go to the classroom and knock on the door. Twice. Nothing. So I open it and the entire class stares at me. My history teacher gives me a mysterious look as I attempt to explain myself in Spanish. She eventually just nods. So at this point I have distracted class and I'm about to do it again because the lockers are in the room and I have to use my itty bitty key for my itty bitty lock. Why? I wish I knew the answer. I sat through history and tried to pay attention. She's just a little monotoned, but she has pink glasses, so that's cool. After history I had philosophy. My teacher speaks was too fast. No entiendo. She was handing out graded papers by calling the name of the student. As the student went to the front of the class to get it she would comment on how this student did on this piece of work. Good and bad. Mostly bad. How embarrassing. I'm glad I didn't turn a paper in. She would have told me the only philosophy I need to worry about is that I am here and I am living. During break Natalie and I were sent to Chorus. I was so excited. Then I waked in the room. Natalie and I are at least four years older than every other student in the room. Never the less, we sang and paid attention and gave effort. At the end of rehearsal we told the director that we weren't really interested because we needed to make friends and get to know people our age. She was fine with it. I'm really disappointed though because I miss singing adn being part of something that is bigger than me. I miss choir with Mrs. Paniter and all my friends...

 After break today Natalie and I had English and "French" back to back. Glorious. We talked about expressions with "luck" the entire time. Natalie and I are so sick of this word now. It's not pretty anymore.

We then came to my apartment after school and had lunch. Lunch was fantastic today. We had eggplant with cheese and ham cooked into it. I love eggplant! This was so amazing. Then I made Natalie try Nougat Pillows, so we each had a delicious bowl of those. I'm bringing lots of Nougat Pillows back home. Why do we not have these in the USA?! Each one is like a little bite of heaven. Mmm. Nat and I napped and then headed back to school and stayed after and talked for a bit as we waited for her ride to come. I came home to an empty house with a note asking for me to go to the libreria and buy some bread. You get a entire bagette for 1 Euro. It's amazing. So I went and bought it. Walking home I felt like a true European. I showered and talked to Brandi on Skype and then had some dinner. I'm really adjusting to the food. I'm starting to love it. At first I didn't care for it much, but now I am building my appetite and really enjoying what I eat. It just took some time for me to used to such different cuisine. After dinner I washed the dishes (it's my week) and watched the Simpsons with Maite. I noticed tonight that I am starting to understand more. Not a lot, but more.

My blog bits for the day:
1. I love my back pack. Best $50 I've spent.
2. I miss my belt. Hurry up Spanish Postal Service.
3. I watched Avatar: The Last Airbender (great show) in Spanish yesterday :)
4. I'm dishes/bathroom duty this week. Chores!!!
5. The librarian is not a very nice lady to Natalie and I. Rude.
6. My lengua teacher can work wonders with her eyes...it's crazy.
7. They don't push tacks all the way against the board. I'm rather observant about some things.
8. I love the name Lena. Pronounced like Elaina without the "e."

The song "Morning Person" is from Shrek: The Musical. It just came on and I think it is such a fitting title. I can't wait to go to sleep so that I can wake up and eat some Nougat Pillows. They have made me a morning person. You guys seriously don't know what you're missing. Sorry about your luck ( I'm actually learning in English class!). Enjoy eating Special K America! Buenas noches!