MUCH to say, lo siento

I haven't blogged in a couple days, so of course I have a lot to say. Let's go back to Sunday:

After lunch and some television watching Delaine and I headed out on a lovely afternoon walk. haha It was fun to people watch and check out some markets in Plaza Nueva. And as a bonus, we apparently found Spain's version of Dunkin' Donuts: Duffin Dagels (see pic below). We later ran into some of Delaine's friends at talked with them for a bit before heading home. That night I just stayed in and relaxed.

Monday: I had class at 11 and it was pouring rain, lucky me. After class, I tried shopping around for rain boots, I used to make fun of rain boots, but they are a necessity in Spain this month, but apparently not highly in-style. I could not find a pair of rain boots for the life of me, and the ones I could find were not quite what I had in mind . . . the first pair had a heel on them, rain boots WITH a heel, not ideal! The next pair had fur that folded over the top, being desperate for boots I decided to try them on and figured I could tuck the fur in, but luckily they were too small, because I couldn't imagine owning rain boots with fur on them. Finally I found a normal 'style' of boot, but the design on the other hand, not my thing. There were oranges all over them. I decided to ask the salesperson if they had them in another color and they did! GREY! Being the plain person I am, I was thrilled; however, they were a bit more expensive than I would have liked, but they have already been worth the money, and it has only been two days. After an hour and a half of shopping I headed home for lunch.

I had class again at 5, and before that I bought a sweatshirt that says Universidad de Sevilla on it. Boy, do I feel cool. haha Class was super boring, and I think I will rarely enjoy this class. Hopefully the art becomes more interesting in the near future. After class I headed to Flaherty's with Mary and Delaine to meet with Alfonso, our joint intercambio, if you will (which by the way, there is no phrase similar to 'if you will' in spanish as far as I know. We tried explaining the context of it to Alfonso for a good 5 minutes...which was really hard to do!) Then, it was home for the night.

Tuesday: Class at 9 and on the way it was kind of sunny and fairly warm and then out of NOWHERE it began pouring rain. They have the craziest weather here right now. As a matter of fact, when talking to Francisco at lunch about the weather he told me he likes to call February, 'Febrero Loco' (Crazy February) because of the weather. At least February is almost over so this unpredictable weather will hopefully be over! Then, I headed home to Skype with Jonboy and Sharon, and we were trying to plan our trips over Semana Santa!!!! Dublin and Amsterdam...this should be a great time! I think we have our flights all squared away, now we just have to book them! I had some lunch and again headed out to class at 5. (I am sure getting a routine here lately!) After class I think I just went home. I had some dinner and continued to Skype with Jonathon and Sharon again about our adventures in the near future (29 days until they get here . . . not that I'm counting or anything)! At dinner, Francisco was making fun of me and asked if I lost my arm and where my other arm was, because Spaniards eat with BOTH hands on the table, and I always have my left hand in my lap. Maria was reminding him it was a custom of Americans, and he told her he knows that he was just kidding, and told me that every exchange student they have had stay with them eats the same way. A few of us were planning on going out but due to the sudden torrential down pour, which wasn't much of a surprise to us anymore, we stayed in.

Wednesday: I went to my class at 9 and decided to hang around the CIEE building and do homework. Well, that fell through and I headed to get some Cafe con Leche with Rachel and Jasmine. We talked for awhile and headed back to CIEE to actually do some homework this time! The picture below is the inside of the CIEE building where I have my two spanish classes (I still need one of the University, and more of CIEE...it is crazy because it is open in the foyer, it rains into the building!)

I did my homework until Mary got done with her class and then we decided to get some ice cream with Jill when we stumbled across something EVEN BETTER....Yogurtlandia! Almost identical to Pinkberry! I was so pumped, especially because it is like 3 stores away from school! Not a good thing, but I will probably become a regular! We ate our ice cream in Plaza Alfalfa while the weather cooperated and headed home for lunch.

I just ate lunch and it was a pasta with a lot of tuna mixed in. I was disgusted. I tried to eat some, but it just wasn't happening because there was so much tuna....I had to tell them I don't like tuna and I felt so bad, because they asked if I liked it, because there was so much on my plate still haha. Luckily, Maria told me not to worry she doesn't like that pasta either and that's why she had this broccoli casserole thing and told me I could try that next time! I'm glad they weren't mad! I have class at 5 and a lot of homework to do for tomorrow, so that is what my night will be consumed with.

*One more thing about the weather (SORRY!): now it is pouring again, and it only drizzled for approximately 2 minutes earlier today and it was sunny. This drives me nuts because I never know if I should wear my rain boots and rain jacket, and I have to carry my umbrella with me everywhere! grrrr...