Bliss

Today was just a wonderful day--just b/c it was sunny, beautiful, and relaxing. I went over to a friends piso last night where we talked about our families, lives, etc, getting to know each other better until 4:30 in the morning. It was a blast. So i slept today until noon. Back home, i would Never let myself sleep this late..or if i did i would feel so guilty, but not in spain. hehe..b/c everyone does that!!! haha.
Julia had Green Tea and 2 muffins for me for breakfast, and i loved how she had all of the windows open today in the house. Not open open but the drapes, and so the sun was just beaming in everywhere. God i love it here. And then we just talked about my night :))) i love filling her in on everything. B/c is was already 1pm, i decided to go for a run in the park. It was beautiful. There was a little bit of a wind, but i can't explain to you how happy i was.
I ran around the outskirts of the park like usual, with my music on, and then i ran down into the murales part, which is down a hill, where the sidewalk runs along the beautiful little stream, and there are these huge, gorgeous rock walls all over. I have been experiencing so many good amazing emotions over the past week, that at this moment it just sent me to tears. So there i am, running, sweating, and crying with a smile on my face. Life is good. I just am so happy. I've met a great person, and it's just so amazing. My friends here are amazing, the culture is amazing, and most of all i love who i am and who i'm becoming. I love the way i look at life now, i love the way i look at others, at the world, at the US, and what i'm lucky to have.
This run i truly will never forget, and i will never forget my night last night :)
For lunch Julia made me some great puree soup like usual, but i love it b/c it's just pure vegetables and i ate So much bread with this! Then she made me rellenos , which are those small circular things that are made out of rice and scrambled eggs, but they are compacted together. She puts tomato sauce on them. I just love them, and i dip bread in the tomato sauce. So good. For dessert, i had this great nutilla pudding that she made the other night. That is the name. It's like vanilla pudding and there are little cookies in it. I asked her to explain to me what the distinct flavor in it is, b/c i couldn't put my finger on it b/c it didn't quite taste like vanilla, and she said that was b/c sh'ed burned it a little bit heheheh..well that' explains it but i still ate it all b/c i was hungry and it was something sweet! (i miss desserts! but that is why my pants fit so nice and loose now haha!).lemme tell u thoough the choc. here is amazing. That is what i have a little everyday.
This afternoon, i just sat in the living room and we had the window open, and i wrote in my journal, since so much has happened. There are some moments in which u just don't want to miss or lose a single detail from it...so i' wrote for about 2 hours! Julia and I also read the paper, and we had the soccer game on. Osasuna won 1-0 (that is the Pamplona team) so we were happy!
Then, i got ready and walked to la clinica universitaria where i met Philippe and we went to mass. There is chapel. or idk whatyou want to call it, but it was pretty nice, and mass was so nice. It was all in spanish, but i was happy b/c it's great practice, ad i was able to understand that it was about being fisher's of men and living life more humble, and with the goal of geting others to follow God. Philippe partook in part of the mass too which i thought was kindof cool. Then he walked me home through the park, and we just enjoyed talking.
Tonight i relaxed some more with Julia. She gave me lasagna haha..more food..but it wasgood! ha. i guess i did the exercise today!
Then i wrote somemore, and watched E.T. in Spanish that was on the Disney Channel. Julia went to bed early, and the girls went out to the bar to watch the superbowl. I didn't go b/c i have 8:30 class tomorrow and the game started at midnight. but now it's 1am for me so i really need to get my little but to bed.
I've been too excited looking for hostiles b/c a friend and i are going to go to Valencia for a 3 day weekend that we have in march b/c there is a big festival called las fallas.
Anyhow, i hope all is well with you :)
All my love, and until next time
Laurn