Time For Sleep.

     What a day. This morning I received an email from my host counselor in response to the one I sent him. He told me to have a good time and be careful in Barcelona. Then I said, "Thank you very much." :) Yay. I can't wait for Barcelona! I leave Sunday morning. Que ganas! This morning in English we continued watching the movie, The Invisible. As the movie was starting one of the boys kept shushing our teacher and she did nothing. Hahaha. He was interrupting her with so many "shhhh's!!!!" It was pretty funny because Aina didn't care. The bell rang before the movie was over so Aina let us stay to finish it...or at least that's what we thought was going to happen. She turned it off about five minutes before the end...not sure about that logic. The movie got much better and then took a major turn for the worse. It is just not my cup of tea and let me tell you, I like a lot of kinds of tea. Other highlights from school include Miriam, our director (principal), telling Natalie, Tabea, and I that we now have to actually do something in school. She talked with our teachers yesterday and they expect completed homework, tests, and exams. Fabulous. It's a good thing because it will force me to learn the language better, but it is going to be a struggle. I was very content with listening, writing in my journal, and reading Harry Potter, but apparently my teachers think differently. They want proof that I'm actually learning...who woulda thunk it? Silly. Today in Economics we went to the computer lab so I was reading the headlines from the Alliance Review (they come to my email daily) and I was reading an article about the stars and I came across this quote that just really stuck out to me. I'll share it. I found it interesting. "So the number of stars  in the universe is equal to all of the cells in the humans on earth-kind of a funny coincidence."
     After school I came home to hot dogs and potato wedges. An American lunch with Heinz ketchup! Yum! But I have to say I would have preferred a Spanish meal. I absolutely love the food here. The food is great at home, too, but while here I want to try and enjoy everything! Once I finished lunch I headed to my room to fully finish catching up on Gossip Girl. I'm just hooked on this show. It's so catchy. Hahahaha. Now I'm laughing at my hook/catch irony. I must be pretty slap happy.
      Later, Merche and I walked together to the Plaza del Castillo. She had French class and I had to get my notebook that I left at Doner Kebab last night. Merche and I had a really nice talk on the way. I found out that I am supposed to change families between Christmas and New Year's. Which is a little sad because Epiphany is on January 6th and that is when the gifts are exchanged, and giving random gifts to an unknown family could be less than fun. I have no control on the situation though. And I do not want to cause any troubles with Rotary because I want to be able to travel. After our talk, Merche and I said our goodbyes and I headed in to see my favorite waiter, Rob. As soon as I walked in he knew why I was there. He handed me the notebook and I asked if I wanted something. I wish I'd had the time but I was in a hurry to meet Natalie at the bus station, so I had to be on my way.
      My walk to the bus station was absolutely gorgeous. All the Christmas lights and decorations in the city looked so beautiful. I would have taken pictures but I forgot my camera. Tomorrow I plan on taking lots. I'll have them posted soon enough. Once Natalie arrived at the station we headed down the escalators to see if we could get our tickets switched to eight hours earlier. We thought we could just sleep on the bus and we could gain an extra day, but unfortunately all of the other buses were full. No biggie. Then we hurried off to theatre. Throughout rehearsal Nat and I really tried avoided practicing our part and she even left a few minutes earlier than usual for her bus stop so we could just skip that section when we got to it...but we didn't skip...oh no siree. I performed it with another girl and it went fine. After theatre practice I was invited to a friend's (Sara) house for dinner. My friend Norea told me that she would get ahold of me and we could go together since I have no clue how to get there. I think I might make my brownies tomorrow and give some to my host family and then take the rest to Sara's. I think that would be nice. I'm excited!
      I quickly walked home after our long rehearsal and ran up the stairs to make myself a little warmer. It helped! Once I got home I checked my facebook and opened one of the best messages I could ahve ever imagined: Title: "Good news sissy." Message: "Congratulations my wonderful sister, you are going to The Ohio State University! I love you so much, and I'm so happy for you :D" Thank you sissy!!! I couldn't stop smiling. I feel great! I told my Merche and she was so excited for me. She gave a huge hug and it was so nice! I love my host mommy. She then left to have dinner with a friend and I haven't seen her since! I think she is having a good time! It's 1:22 am here...hahaha...she deserves it!! She works so hard.
      Since Merche went out, Maite and I made a salad together and watched TV. I talked with my family about OSU for a little while and now I am so ready for bed it's ridiculous. I've had another great day, but I am so ready for it to be over. I am so excited that I get to sleep in tonight. It's going to be heavenly. But of course I'm excited to wake up and start tomorrow's adventure. This journey is quite an interesting one. I love it. NO DAY BUT TODAY! Besos.