Mon 11 Enero

Today started out very high intensity but ended SO well! I had my first 'classes' experience today which was so nice! it felt great to get back into the swing of something !!hehe!! like learning! I had to take a written and oral placement exam with some professors here so they know what level to place me in for my classes. This week, all of the classes I go to are just to see what i think of them. So i am going to go to alot that i am interested in/want credit for. Then next week or the following, i am able to decide what I want to take. As an exchange student this is very nice! AFter this, my 3 friends and I walked about 1 mile to this store called Correfour! What an experiece!
It is like a walmart, but very cool !! (not that walmart isn't cool..but you get the point!) It was funny b/c we had our backpacks and they wouldn't let us take them in the store, so they have these weired locker things that we had to figure out! man oh man! but we did! Then we bought some Extremely cute boots...( everyone in Spain (all of las chicas i should say) wear these super cute boots everywhere...) so now not only are we speaking like the Spaniards (almost but not as well hehe!) but we are dressing like them! This was fun! Then we all were SO hungry and it was time for comida (siesta time..but you have to know we don't actually have time to sleep hehe!! too busy!)..
So i walked another 2 or 3 miles i suppose back to mi piso where Julia had fixed me an amazing lunch (comida). Lunch is the biggest meal of the day. I ate this soup that is my favorite..it is called el col. Then she gave me a sm. prtn of pasta con carne de vaca. it was pretty good. for dessert we have fruit and then i had coffee con leche and a sm sugar cookie.
After lunch i had to walk back to school (another 1.5 miles hehe) and go to class at 400. this ended at 530 pm..it is Historia contemporanea de Espana y America. I'm not sure i'll take it cuz i might take other class but it was interesting!
Then i walked another 2 mile to Corte ingles and got my cell phone fixed! This was SO nice ! it took an hour though..but i ended up getting my 9 E back so that was good..but u know me.. i don't back down until it's done!So i got it done! For supper Julia had a salad with olive oil and tomatoes for me..(my new fave dressing is olive oil britt!-so that's what it'll be next fall hehe!!) and a tortilla con patatas (potatoes). Then what MADE my night was to follow.
We went next door to the building connected and Julia knows this family. They are young and have 3 daughters 9, 6, and 4. The girls are SO cute. The dad was So nice to me and in exchange for his internet code, i am going to tutor his 9 yr old daughter, and possibly the 6 yr old..in ingles! the 9 yr old was so excited as she was writing everything she new in english to show me and was making un 'examen' for me to take..that included to write my name, last name, address in usa, and such..this will be good for me b/c i'll get my fix of working with kids, as I miss Harshita and Nishita, my girls back home! So all in all, it was a wonderful night b/c now most of my accomodations are complete in perfect time. i have mi maleta (luggage) and internet so that i can connect with all of you!! It makes me feel good that you read this blog! and i will continue to update it! Have a wonderful rest of your day..i better try to sleep now. i have class at 830am!!
xoxoxo Lauren