Surprise! I'm still alive

Okay, fine! You've twisted my arm. I was planning on giving an update after I go to Dublin this weekend, but now will do just as well, i guess. Let's see. The regular cycle of classes started! That's good news, by the way.

My first class of the week is Civil War. I guess it's alright for a history class. I mean, it's the most interesting class I have so far. Learning about King Alfonso XIII having to protect himself from the outraged public after the economic crisis and losing the war with the U.S., etc...Good stuff.

Next up is Colloquial Spanish. The teacher is really animated and nice, but we do less talking and more worksheets (although we've only had 2 classes) learning about Spanish slang. It's a lot of vocabulary but I'm normally good with retaining info like that. Though I must say we spent a lot of time learning the names of alcoholic drinks...wine & club soda, medium beer, large beer, whiskey and ice, etc.

On Tuesdays I take the Feminine Literature class, which is the most difficult, I think. In class the teacher went really fast over the powerpoint because it was already written in our books but that requires self-study (boo). I don't like it because #1 I hate criticizing literature in general and #2 I could care less about the female writers.

If anyone were to ask me how I'm spending my afternoons after school, I wouldn't know what to tell them. I spend a lot of time on the computer because there's simply nothing else to do. Whenever I go home, my padres are always watching boring TV shows, so I pull out my cell phone and play the sudoku game on it. Because if I go in my room and do something productive, I'll look like a hermit, and if I sit and watch soccer all day, I'll pull my hair out.

I've been meeting some really really cool people lately. On Saturday my normal friends weren't around so I stuck by some guys I barely knew (don't worry, the Americans were very close by) and through them I met a ton of other people. It was someone's birthday and nobody wanted the cake...well, hehe, I only ate a couple bites but it was amazing. There were so many people I'm surprised the cake wasn't gone in 30 seconds.

On Friday, I saw a Spanish helper from the program that I met the first week and she said "Laura come here! These guys are learning English and they need to practice!" So I met like 5 guys at once and they were sooo nice. They have a band and invited me to watch them practice one weekend. I was gonna go this weekend but I forgot I was going to Dublin. And don't worry, I'm bringing American girls with me.

So Dublin: we will see about that. My madre was asking me how I would get to the airport and where we would be staying. I had no clue, so I asked my friends who were going....and they don't know either. So as long as we stick together it'll be a heck of an adventure. On that note (hehe) last night we ran into some guys from Dublin that were visiting a friend. They sang some Irish drinking songs and it was so cool that I videotaped one (facebook). They were giving us tips on things to do in Dublin. Apparently the most famous thing to do is take a tour of the Guinness beer factory, because that's the first thing that each of them suggested.

I am so glad I'll be feeling well by the time Dublin comes along. Starting last Wednesday, I've had nonstop sore throat, and a cough started a couple days ago. Besides that I've been fine. Juan & some other friends have been sick as well. :/
But apart from plaguing my throat, it hasn't affected any other part of my life.

Umm, I'm sorry I don't have any good stories. My friend Miquel is the biggest jerk I've ever met in my life. Besides flirting with every female that comes within reach even though he has a girlfriend, he also made me pay for his drink the other night....but he's the charming jerk that everybody likes. What can I say?

But one of his best friends, Juan, is the nicest Spaniard I know. He's the one that bought us roses and spends time with us even though we're silly Americans and introduces us to all his friends.

Oops, I'm going to chorus now! Last week I met some more german girls and we exchanged numbers. Woo what am I gonna do with all these friends? Well, I guess I may be an extrovert after all...