Thriller.

     I feel badly that I didn't blog last night but I just had absolutely no time. Yesterday was pretty great. I mean that's expected though, right? It was a Thursday. They are always simply fabulous. The beginning of the day was a little rough because I was exhausted and I was missing all of my friends and family back home and I just kept thinking about the "Iris" lyrics by the Goo Goo Dolls: "And I don't want the world to see me 'cause I don't think that they'd understand. When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am." I want someone to know that I love almost everything and get along with 95% of the people that I meet. I have way too many interests and I'm not a good-two-shoes. That I love carrots and that just because I love eating chicken nuggets frozen doesn't mean that I need to be checked into a mental hospital. That I make myself busy no matter what and I never get enough sleep. That I need my family and my friends and I may cry on occasion and skype a lot but I am a strong person. I am not a baby. I'm strong for loving and letting people love me in return. I want people to know all my flaws and still love me. I cannot spell. I am the worst at telling stories and jokes and it takes me a lifetime and a half to explain myself because I do things or like things "just because." I'm a little lazy. I talk WAY too much and I sing ALL THE TIME. I over analyze so much of what people say to me and I can't make a decision between Resee's and Dove Dark Chocolates to save my life. I'm also terrible with directions and I couldn't survive without facebook.
     Now that that's all out I feel great!! Yesterday was an amazing day. Let me tell you about that. I went to school and had my little "I want you to know who I am" fit and then got over it. I was invited to go shopping with some friends, Sara and Vicky, and then Sara invited me to a classical music concert (orchestra I believe) for tonight. I was just so excited! So after my day at school I came home and ate lunch and gave my best effort at a nap but I just ended up sitting there. My mind never stops so that makes it difficult to fall asleep. After my not-so-much-nap I met Vicky and Sara and we went shopping for a birthday present for Vicky's little brother. It was fun! The toy store was so cute! And it helped my Spanish incredibly because we were having conversations the entire time. After the toy store we caught the bus back to the school and we took some funny pictures on the sidewalk with Sara's self timer camera...it can take like ten pictures in a row on self timer so that was fun. They then headed to theatre practice. I headed home to get ready for the Rotary dinner.
     On my way home from school I ran into Athena and Dara (both from Washington State) on the street! (Athena lives really close to me so it's not such a huge coincidence) They were headed to the dinner already and I told them to just come back to my apartment until we had to leave so they did. They looked at pictures and videos from last weekend as I got ready. We left around 8:10 and headed for Club Tennis. The place is amazing! We got there and talked to the other Pamplonians and the Rotarians and our host families were there so we talked to them a little bit too. I just love our Pamplonians group. I feel so lucky to have nine other exchange students in my city. It's amazing. All we did the entire time was socialize and eat tapas. Or appetizers. I had a blast. I have to tell you the conversation that Mitchell and I had that just made my night:

Me: This is cool (as I pick up the vase on the table with a fake flower in it and some other stuff)
Mitchell: Those are coffee beans.
Me: Ay, que guay! (how cool)
Mitchell: No. It's tacky.
Me: You're tacky.
Mitchell: I know.

     You probably didn't find it quite as funny as we did but it was basically the best thing ever. We have a lot of little inside jokes already and I love it.
     We arrived home around 11 PM. I did some Halloween History research for English class then attempted to go to bed. Guess what everyone. It didn't work. I laid in bed for an hour. It's a problem because today in Philosophy when my classmates were taking a test I fell asleep and my teacher asked me if I was okay and then told me I wasn't allowed to sleep. Sorry. When I get yelled at now it just rolls right off. I'm kind of used to it. Haha which is terrible but oh well. I'm trying.
     The other day in history of art my teacher asked how I was doing and I told her really well. She asked how the language was coming and I told her that it's alright. It depends on the teacher and then I told her that I really liked her voice. Those exact words in Spanish. It's true though! She has a nice speaking voice and I can usually understand most of what she says. Also on that day I was trying to explain to one girl what my mom does for a living but I forgot the word for Nurse Anesthetist in Spanish but I had already told the other girl sitting next to me what she does so I turned to her and asker her, "What is my mom?" (In Spanish). She looked at me like I was crazy at first and then we all laughed. :) I have one more little random story: My whole class noticed that I finished my first journal because they are all commenting on my new one (the one from Tess! I love it!) and saying that I write all the time, which is completely true.
      Today school was fine. I thought it went incredibly fast. During break I went to the little candy store across the street from the school and bought some gummy octopus'...they are so yummy. You bite off all the legs first and then eat the body. I'm aware that sounds a little morbid. In English class Natalie and I gave our presentation on Halloween for the class. I actually found some really interesting information on the history. Maybe you should look it up. Well I'll tell you the story about the Jack-O-Lantern: So Jack tricked the devil to climb this tree and then Jack carved a cross in towards the bottom of the tree so the devil couldn't get down. Jack told the devil he could some down if he never tempted him again and it was a deal. When Jack died he wasn't allowed into Heaven for his evil ways nor was he allowed into Hell for having tricked the devil. The devil gave Jack a single ember to find his was through the frigid darkness. Jack placed his light in a hollowed turnip to make it last longer. When this was brought to America they discovered that the pumpkin will make the light last longer as opposed to the turnip. Sp there you go! That's the story of the Jack-O-Lantern! After our little presentation we got to listen to...wait for it...wait for it...THRILLER!  We had to fill in the missing words as we listened. It was so great. It made me think of Duke Street when we all danced to it for the Choir Awards my Sophomore year. Wow. It was such a long time ago. What an amazing dance though! Made me miss choir.
     I've been skyping and blogging since I got home from school and now I am going to get ready for the concert!! I am so excited! I'm sure I will blog tonight about it when I get home. But, if not, I want to say good luck Dukes!!!! Have an amazing time at the game tonight everyone! Oh and a shout out to my parents who gave me a new queen bed and a huge bookshelf and a piano in my room this week! My dad showed it to me and it looks fabulous!! I was worried at first...you know because everything is changing and I though I just wanted to come home to things exactly the way they were, but my room looks even better now! All of my musical poster and frames and Dominican paintings and pictures with friends are covering my walls and the piano. I'm in love. Thanks, guys.
     Here's to another great weekend! Besos! Love, love, love you all!