Less Than Two Months.

     What a scary thought. I have had to change my ticket for home to July 1st instead of July 9th due to San Fermin. The Rotary does not want us to be in Pamplona for the running of the bulls this year because 1. Most families leave on vacation so we wouldn't have a place to stay and 2. It's a little dangerous. Both of these rules make sense, I just wish I would have known this back in October when I scheduled my flight back home, not to mention my excitement about being here for San Fermin. Oh well, not this year. I'll be back. That's for sure!
     So with my last two months I am going to have the absolute time of my life! I'm going to Malaga as soon as school lets out at the end of the month and then I'll return to Pamplona for my final week here before my family comes to visit. We'll then go on our vacation and I'll stay in Belgium a few days after they leave with Livy (I hope...I need to clarify this with her first!) and then I'll be back in Pamplona for one evening with my 2nd host family. Then they will take me to the airport the next day. It's a shame that I won't be with all my friends on my last night here, but I would have had to say goodbye at some point. And in the end, I wouldn't have changed a thing. We've lived a great exchange together. Even though my Spanish isn't all it could be yet, it's still pretty good, and I'm going to keep up with it. I have my life to perfect it, but I only have so much time with all of my friends here, together in our city. It's not our fault they placed us 6 Americans and 1 German with fabulous English all together! Anyways. I'm happy.
     I should also take this time to say how much I adore my new host family. I've only been here a week and I've adjusted almost completely. It just keeps getting easier. I swear. My host mom is such a fabulous cook, I can't get over it. I enjoy everything we eat. I love all of the Ecuadorian food. I'm so happy that I'm in my ninth month and I'm still trying new things. How great is this? Other great things about my day:

1. My 7 year old host brother told me that he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up.
2. I found out that I don't have to go to school on Monday and Tuesday next week. Woo!
3. Talking to Tess on facebook made me really happy. I laughed a lot.
4. I went to the supermarket across from my building to get some flour for my host mom and found it to be amazing. I'll be going back there in the near future. I mean they had every type of Milka chocolate bar that they make. My favorite it Choco Swing! And they have it!
5. . . . I get excited way too easily.
6. This isn't about my day, but I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo yesterday and it was fantastic. I highly recommend it if you're looking for a new book to read. It's one of those that gets your heart pounding and you literally cannot put down the book or you will have serious issues...those are truly the best.

     It's time for me to get some rest. Mitchell, Elle, and Natalie come home from London tomorrow after two weeks. I can't wait to see them. I've missed them so much. Besos. Ciao moo cow. (I made that up last night....can I say that?)