"I Got A Singular Impression Things Are Moving Too Fast."

     I woke up exhausted today. Last night I was up late trying to help Brandi fill out my application for a scholarship because all of the information would not print out since the PDF was emailed. Anyways, thanks to my amazing family for pulling that together for me. I owe it to you. Let's hope I get the scholarship! I did a lot of dozing off today in school. I was just so exhausted. School was fun again though because Tabs was there. We played hangman with Spanish vocabulary. The two of us actually do a pretty good job of speaking in Spanish with each other. It's great! We were both excited for the movie in English class today...but Natalie, Tabs, and I were so disappointed. It's called "The Invisible" and it's pretty terrible if you ask me. Haha. Some guy gets murdered and then he becomes invisible. It's just not my thing, but Aina must like it. We'll see. It's not over yet, so there is still time for my mind to change. However, my mind will not change about the way I feel about Literature class. We seriously just read the book. Out loud.  Cover to cover. You would think that the professor would just assign pages for each night and then we would discuss the important parts the following day. Alas, no. Student participation is meaningless here. Questions are rarely asked. It's very different for me to see. In the states we asked questions, had questions asked to us, and gave our opinion at every chance we got. But this is just the way it is here. Most teachers lecture and tell the students the way it is. I mean they are so smart so it's working, it's just different.
     I was so happy to come home and eat lunch today. I was really hungry because I split my sandwich with Tabea today. Her host mom doesn't make her one every day. I will continue to share because she is hungry, plus it makes me more hungry for lunch. Sometimes I am not starving for the biggest meal of the day...and then I snack until dinner because I don't eat so much lunch and blah blah blah. It's just better. Lunch was yummy today. I watched Glee in Spanish with Maite and then I went and watched the new episode from last night on my computer. They were both great. It was ironic because the episode in Spanish was from last year's sectionals and the new episode was about this year's sectionals. They won both! Yay Glee!
     Before heading to Doner Kebab to meet my fellow Pamplonians I jotted down a list of things to do in Barcelona that Senora B sent to me. I listened to my Christmas playlist as I walked through the gorgeous streets of Pamplona and gazed at all the Christmas lights and decorations. Once at Kebab, we took our places at our usual table and began to talk about our trip to Barcelona and eat french fries. Becca's sister is here right now visiting her. Her sister was an exchange student first to Poland, and then to Brazil, so we were all asking her many questions about her experience. After saying goodbye to a few people that needed to catch their buses, Athena, Tabea, Becca, Samantha (Becca's sister), and I went to a really nice cafe to have churros. I only ate one, but it was delicious! Then Athena and I walked home together, talking the entire time about how we cannot believe that we are in Pamplona, which is in Spain, which is in Europe, which is another continent. We cannot believe how fast time is going, and how much faster it is going to go after the holidays. We gave our besos and said goodnight.
     I came home and took a warm shower! I don't know if it just felt warm because I was so cold or if the water was actually warm, but it was nice either way. I then set the table and waited to be called for dinner. Tonight's dinner was different than usual. Pasta. It was fabulous. Cold pasta with tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, tuna, ham, and dressing. I did the dishes and here I am. Exhausted after another amazing day in the life of a foreign exchange student...the funny thing is that I'm starting to feel not so foreign anymore. I'm becoming Spanish a little more each day while still holding on to my Ohioan roots. :)

     Tomorrow is my last day of school until next Wednesday! Goodnight everyone! Os quiero.