I can safely say I have left the slump. It was a long one, that slump. I can accredit it to homesickness, my attempt to save money which kept me corralled in my room at home much of the time, and my dang attitude. But, with a little over three weeks left in Granada, something clicked and I realized I don't have a whole lot of time left with these people and I need to make the most of it! After all, I don't know when the next time I'll see my friends will be, I won't be living with my host family anymore after this (of which I'm a bit thankful honestly), and I have only good things to look forward to. So that's good! :)
My only complaint about life is my own fault, my lack of control to not eat everything in sight, haha. Dad & I have discussed major exercise-age upon my arrival back in the states, I need it for sure! It's alright though, this host family Spanish life was a good experience even if I did pack on a few pounds. Needless to say, I am SO pumped to put my Y membership to use again, and next semester should be a huge improvement because I won't be eating 17 pounds of potatoes a week. Oh, and speaking of the Y, I am so pumped to get back to work! I need to make some money for sure...
And speaking of money...like I said earlier and in my previous blog, I was trying to budget, which I have been doing a lot better than the first half of the semester, but at the same time, it was getting to the point where I was turning down invitations to go out and do stuff because I didn't want to spend money. And the reality is, I have a lot of money, just no income. And I really want to buy a car when I'm back in Washington for the summer, but I can worry about that then, and for now I'm not going to go hog-wild with spending, but at the same time I'm not going to worry about money. I worked hard to come here, and I did not come to Spain to stay in my room complaining about our lack of internet access. Don't you love when you have revelations like this? After all, it's only money, as Grammy has always told me! Love that woman's advice.
Last week a big group of us went to the long awaited movie LUNA NUEVA (New Moon, second movie in the Twilight "saga") in Spanish of course. It was thoroughly entertaining. It wasn't even necessary that I understand the Spanish dubbing because I have the whole story memorized! Now, I always wonder, why can't they make these movies better quality? But the most important part of the movie was not the plot or the quality of the film or any other shenanigans like that. Ladies, have you seen Jacob Black? Well, google Taylor Lautner, and you'll understand if you don't already. Who would've known he could be so beautiful? If only, if only. Rumors are he's dating Taylor Swift. Ridiculous! Ha. Anyways, so last week with Celda 211, 2012, and Luna Nueva, we had a movie kinda week, which was great because I love going to the movies, in Spanish or English. It's how I've been raised! :)
At the moment I am writing this, I am procrastinating instead of studying for my test that's on Thursday. A test on Thanksgiving! Absurd! But then Friday morning our whole program is going to Paris and it's going to be a blast. I've already been to Paris, so my main goal isn't to go to all the touristy places (besides the Eiffel Tower because we failed to reach the top the last time we were in Paris) but to search for more obscure things in Paris--Dad sent me a guide book and I'm going to use that! Everyone else is probably taking a trip to Versailles and I don't want to pay for it because I've already been there! But overall I'm just pumped for Paris with all of my friends in the program. Oh! and we're going to Disneyland Paris on Sunday! What more could I ask for?
OK, but seriously, I need to go study. So, look forward to stories from Paris!
Love, MacKenzie
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