It's been two weeks since I got on plane in Cleveland and said hasta luego to everything I knew. This is a day I will never forget, but it already seems like lifetimes ago. I think it feels so long ago because I have experienced so much in these past two weeks. Everything is new, so you take everything in-or at least you try to. Because of this, I feel different already. I am changing. I can feel myself changing. My personality remains the same but my mentality is in a whirlwind of so many new thoughts and ideas. I feel stronger now. I feel like I've had to do some growing up. But I feel like I need to find my balance. I need to find the happy medium between my friends and family at home and my life here in Spain. This is challenging. Muy dificil. But I will find my balance, discover my life here and keep the strong connections with all the people I love.
I had school today. Forever. After the first part of school, Natalie came over and we took a siesta. Well she did and I worked on my OSU application. We headed back to school at 4:15. I sat through Language and Latin. Ahhh. I do not understand my Language teacher. I try to pay attention and listen, but it is so much harder than I expected. So I do the reading and look up all the vocabulary I don't know. Woo! Spanish is just going to be a struggle for now. Natalie and I cannot wait until we're having conversations in Spanish!
I forgot to mention here last night that in Madrid I had a "it really is a small world" experience. I was in the metro station waiting to get on the metro for Puerta del Sol talking to the other exchange students (in English of course). There was a guy (about 21 or 22 years old) waiting as well. He heard us speaking in English and he asked us all where we were from. We all shouted out our states obnoxiously and he said, "Ohio? I go to Ohio State." Of course I'm already excited. I tell him that I'm going there next year and I can't wait. Then I asked him if he was from Ohio and he said, "Yeah. Akron." WHHAAAAT?! I just met someone from Akron going to OSU in the Madrid metro station? So naturally I am ecstatic. I made him get a picture with me and I told him I would see him next year on campus. He'll be here until July as well studying Spanish and International Studies. I'm sure he would love to know that I just revealed all this information on the world wide web. Publicity. Love it.
School is difficult, but I'm starting to do homework. I actually read ahead last night (not on purpose, but still) The language is coming little by little. I'll keep working at it. That's the main reason I came here, so I will come back having mastered it. I hope everyone is enjoying life! Besos! NO DAY BUT TODAY.
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