After doing this Mariel, Nat, and I headed to H&M, one of my favorite stores in the world. I bought three items at full price and it didn't even hurt too badly! Just in case weren't aware, I am so cheap when it comes to clothing and shopping and all that jazz. I buy shirts for $3 and dresses for $5 and I have a pair of Roxy sandals that I got for $3. I can find the deals, but here it's a little different. The sale items are ugly. Haha. So I told myself it's okay to spend more on something I actually like. I bought a grey sweater poncho. It is so comfortable. I'm in love with it. I also bought some grey sweat pants. Yes, I'm in Spain, but I only brought my VS PINK sweatpants and they just aren't the same as really baggy, soft sweats. So I bought them and I'm wearing them right now. Not regretting it whatsoever. The last item I bought was a dress. At first it appears to be ugly and curtain-like but after you put it on it's gorgeous. After shopping on Saturday I skyped with Brandi, Katie, and Abbie (I am completely aware I skype too much...I'm working on it, okay?) and I was showing them what I had purchased and they all told me it was the ugliest dress they have ever seen. Brandi told me to return it. She also told me she never would have let me buy it. So you know what I did? I wore it out Saturday night and everyone LOVED it.
On Saturday night we Pamplonians met up and went to Doner Kebob. We hung out there for a long time and had Rob put in his Lady Gaga CD. He was showing us all of his CDs and he keep them in aluminum foil! I thought it was funny. After leaving Rob's we went to this empty stage and just talked before heading to San Juan. We walked to San Juan and then went to a club there. I was exhausted and didn't have a whole lot of fun at the club so I left early around 12:30. Luckily San Juan is the section of the city I live in so I was home in about ten minutes. I went straight to bed. Maybe next time I'll be able to dance longer. It's a part of the culture I'm still adjusting to. Yes, I can stay up really late on my computer and reading and such, but dancing and singing takes a lot more effort so it's a little different. No wonder they all call me the goody-two-shoes haha. They don't say it to make fun of me...I don't think!
On Sunday, yesterday, Halloween! I went to church with Merche and Maite. Yesterday was the anniversary of the father passing away so many friends and family were at church as well. I cried again in church...surprise. I felt awful about it too because they are the ones who lost someone and it's the anniversary and here am I...so lucky...I haven't lost anything except the control over my emotions...Anyways, after church we talked with family for awhile and I met the husband's (that passed away) cousin who had just returned from living in Pennsylvania for three years! It was great. We spoke in English though...but he asked for my cell phone number so that his kids (boy-21, girl-17) could call me so we could hang out and work on our Spanish/English together!! I'm so excited. After the mingling Merche, Maite, me, and some of their friends headed to a cafe and ordered drinks and snacks. I got some much needed hot tea. I haven't had it in such a long time and I was starting to get a cold so it came at the perfect time. Once we had our fair share of mingling everyone parted ways and we came back home. We all relaxed for a bit until headed to my host-grandparents' house for lunch.
At lunch I saw a salad sitting on the table. In said salad were octopus and beets. Thankfully Merche knows that I loathe beats and I had a legit reason not to eat it. The rest of lunch was great until dessert. Flan. I've tried flan many times and I've wanted to gag every single time. If you don't know what flan is you should google it. The best way to describe it would be milky pudding with carmel on it. It jiggles and breaks apart really easily. I just said, "No, thank you." I had to. I didn't want to spew in front of my grandparents!
After lunch I took a nap and skyped with Brody and Olivia. Both wonderful. I love them so much!! I wish that time stopped every time Livy and I talk because we never have enough time. I miss you, Liv. Every day. After talking to my loves, I got ready and met my friend Sara at the school. Vicky and Natalie were supposed to meet us as well but they couldn't make it, so it was just Sara and I. Sara's dad took us to her house and we watched West Side Story. This was on my "to-do list"!!!! We watched it in Spanish and I concentrated so much. Sara made popcorn. We ate two bags of it! Haha. We also had some olives and chocolate pudding. We talked during the movie and laughed and cried. It was a beautiful movie. So sad though. I want to see the show live now. After the movie Sara's dad drove me home. On the ride home we spoke and it took all I had to keep concentrating. I had the worst Spanish headache last night. It was the first time that I wanted to be able to really understand everything and had an actual conversation and it was a little painful but absolutely worth it. I had a great time last night! It just felt easy...like friendship should be. I can't wait to hang out again! I have Spanish friends everyone!
Last night I showered and talked with my mom and Brandi for a little while. We agreed to just send emails and not schedule another skype date until next Sunday. At least we're trying. It's just so easy to sing in and talk...especially when my host family is gone or we're all in our rooms. I mean the skyping is not holding me back from anything. I never choose skyping over something happening in my life here...it's just impossibly hard for me to say goodbye to my life at home. It sounds a little vain, but I like hearing that people are asking about me and they are reading my blog and they still care so much...because I still care so much. And I do have a life here, and every time something exciting happens I just want to call my parents and tell them all about it. I don't know. This will be something I just figure out as I go.
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