Haven't posted in a while!

Okay, so like.. a day!

But it's not because I've been busy or anything.. on the contrary, this is one of the most relaxed weeks I've had! That's because, unlike BASICALLY EVERY OTHER STUDENT HERE, I didn't wait and save all my final essays for the last week of class.. I finished the Food one in like OCTOBER or early November, the Novela one a few weeks after that, and I finished the Psych one like.. last weekend! OH and I finished the one for ARTE AND FIESTA after I went to Morocco. It's not even like I'm being an overachiever (I mean, for being abroad, maybe it is..) .. I'm just doing my work!

So anyway, all I have is a few more (tiny) things to do when I get back from BARCELONA this weekend and then the only things I'll have to worry about are FINALS. That is EXCITING.

Also, things have been great in my homestay! Nothing really EXTRAORDINARY.. it's just that we're all talking more and my abuela isn't driving me crazy and my brothers and I are talking more.. we've just had lots of little bonding moments that would sound boring if I tried to put them into word on here, but they've meant a lot to me at the time. Like, after something had happened, I think - should I put this in my blog.. but I dunno, it just feels like it would ruin the moment. So just let the record show that this week has been great with my host family. Minus all that fish that one time :P

Abraham (my interest group leader) finally premiered the HAND DANCE video we made for CIEE - it's really sweet! You can check it out here: 



Can you guess which hands are MINEE?
Also, he posted some of the pictures of our interest group to a Google album, which you can check out here.
This picture is my personal fave ... the whole group isn't here.. and there are a few Spaniards that were only there that ONE time.. but it's just a really great picture in general..

IT'S JUST SO PERFECTLY CENTERED AND SO DEEEEEP.

We have our FINAL FAREWELL with our Interest Group in a few hours.. Alison and I are bringing our Spanish flags for ALL OUR SPANIARD FRIENDS TO SIGN SO THEY BETTER ALL BE THERE cuz I don't want like 3 signatures and have me seem SUPER LAME when I go to hang it up in my dorm room next semester :) It'll be great. I'm slightly worried that like.. some may not want to sign because it might be considered 'defacing' their flag.. but I think if the intention is a good one, it should be okay. Maybe that's just an uptight American thing.. I don't think people would like signing an American flag? I don't know!!! We'll see if anyone refuses heheheh
I'm PUMPED for Barcelona tomorrow even though I have to wake up at 5 in the morning to meet Alison at 5:45 to head to the bus to the airport that leaves at 6:15 for our 8:20 flight.
And then when we come back on Monday, our flight is at 6 AM so we have to leave the hotel at like 3:30 AM LOLOL DEATH.
But I made an enormous list of things we can do and how to get there and how to be economical and see beautiful things.. I'm scared my camera won't stay charged.. it's gonna be beautiful!!!! My only worry is that we won't be able to see everything that I want to see.. but if we HUSTLE I really really think it is manageable... FINGERS CROSSED <3