another day to re-coup

Luckily, today has turned up for me, as i am giving this bug a run for it's money. I'm hoping that tomorrow i wil be on top and not it.
The morning started out slow, as I slept for more than 10 hours last night...which is amazing considering how much i slept the day before. I then ate a good breakfast, was able to shower, and drink more alkazelzer. I continued my morning by searching for tickets/trip planning, and then had lunch with Julia. She made arroz Cubana which is Cuban rice..it is white rice and it had fish, sausage, and a hardboiled egg in it. I was able to eat the white rice (nice n easy on my tummy) and the hard boiled egg. I also ate bread and drank a lot of Green tea today. She gave me a chocolate cookie today too (i think b/c i've been sick :) it was really cute!
Then i took another nap (in which when i awoke felt drowsy some more, but it was good b/c i had to get up), My friend Kristen came over and we bought our tickets for Paris! I am so excited as we found some train tickets for very inexpensive. We will be traveling there Wed Feb 10 and returning Sun/Mon Feb 14/15. Plus,,we got in on a special deal on the way home in which we got upgraded to 1st class on the train, and so we are not bothered at all by the late 11:30pm time we will board or the 730am time we'll arrive back in San Sebastian (we think 1st class sleeping accommodations sound quite nice!!!) Then, we went for a nice walk around the park 2 times. I definitely needed to get out of the house and move my body. It felt SO good. We just walked and talked.
When i returned, Kristen went home, and Julia and i had supper. I was so hungry (this is such a good sign!!!) and so i ate noodle soup (so good on my sore throat) and then i had empenadas i love them..they are those creme cheese/garlic/jam filled things..oh they are good i will take pic next time. Then i had bread, and another alkazelzer..yuck..but i think it'll help. Then after supper, Julia is so cute, she grabbed an old photo album and we sat for an hour on her sofa as she showed me pictures of her husband, herself, her kids when they were younger, her parents, her grandparents, and many other family members. It was SO amazing and fun to listen. Then she showed me more photos in her room, and we enjoyed laughing and sharing stories. It was really heart-warming for me...and i just feel so blessed to have her in my life. She is definitely making a mark in my heart that will light me for the rest of my life. I just wish i could take her along...but i will in my soul forever.
Then, we watched some tv (a movie was on) and i had my laptop and was showing her prom pictures, friends, family and christmas pictures, and then it was cute b/c Rafael came online and we skyped, and he got meet her too! It was so cute,,she really enjoyed talking to him, but i did all of the translating..but i enjoy this :)
Now i am just going to go to bed..the weekends always unfortunately go by so quickly, but i know that more fun and experiences will present themselves to me this week...when u least expect it. Tomorrow i plan on going to the travel agent to talk with Andrea about our booking problems witht the train in Italy and also the bus in Madrid. Keep fingers crossed that we get what we need :) we are so close to having everything booked! Oh, and kristen and i found the cutest hostel to sleep in! Yay..!! now we are excited to buy eiffle tower jewelry b/c it will actually have real meaning to us :)
All my love,
Lauren