Recollections with Julia

Today was a good day :) I've been busy working on a paper for my literature class, so that is what i did during my afternoon. It was so nice b/c the sun was out today, so while i' was working i had the sun shining on my face,,,,so nice :)
My classes were fine this morning, just recieving more and more homework! haha..It's like someone turned on a faucet now and its just piling on !!--but thank God it's the weekend soon and i can be refreshed. I have some tentative plans for my evenings, so i am looking forward to that!...i hope that they work out! Last night , Wed night i don't know what was wrong with me but i was feeling sad, but Julia and I went to church and it was so nice. It is amazing how that can bring me up. Being Ash wednesday, we recieved the blessing with the ashes on our heads, and then the regular mass. It still amazes me how fast mass goes here. They are finished in 35 min. Afterwards, we went for a walk together around the neighborhood. It was raining a little, but it was not enough to be uncomfortable, so we justwalked and talked. It was dusk, and yet so cozy and i just felt so much better. I have to ask again, "How did i get so lucky to meet her and live with her". She is my grandma here, and we just 'click'. She knows i've had a stressful week, and it's cute b/c she has been giving me little sweets, or taking time to do little extra things which mean so much. Last night, i was stressed about some homework and so i was working in my room all night. When we got home from our walk, we realized our building had lost power, so that kindofstressed me out more b/c i had to study/work on my paper with VERY little ability to see hehe! she had been telling me of this show on (very similar to dancing with the stars in America) and it's called Mira quien baile. It was on at 10 pm until midnight, and she had said i should watch it with her. It was cute b/c at 10 i was def not done, but she made a spot for me on the couch next to her with my laptop and papers and said, you watch and then on commercials you work hehe!! Itwas wonderful. Of course i didn't get as much done as i could have, but our time together was priceless..and let me tell you it is so much fun for me to watch the dances now b/c i am learning these same ones..Salsa, Tango, ChaChaCha, and Bachata. The costumes were amazing, and of course lots of eye-candy hehe! So this was wonderful...! I think we will get into a routine of watching this each wed night now. The country votes at th end of the show, and then 1 pair wins and the money they win they donate to a Spanish org. in need, for example poor families or kids, etc. It's cool!
But tonight, i had dance class. I was so tired for some reason.i think just b/c i've had to work so hard on this paper. But i am finally getting the Tango. Tonight it was so fun to just move to the music, or i should say 'skate' b/c that is what you do. And i just love the songs myteacher picks for us to dance to! It's also fun b/c the other people in my class are all getting the hang of it too, so it makes dancing together really fun. It amazes me how far we've come in just 2 weeks! It's awesome! Could this be a new passion of mine?!?!? I think i'm almost 99.9% sure hehe!
AFter i've just been working on this paper, sending emails, etc. My cena was so special tonight. AGain i just couldn't wait to blog about my conversations with Julia. I have to say i think it's one of my favorite parts of the day..getting to visit with her. She is so patient with me, she understands, and i just speak my mind, she listens, and then she tells me what she thinks! Then i do the same for her, and she is SO wise. I have so much respect for her. Tonight we talked about how much times have changed for the youth today. Julia wishes she was my age now today as she watches everything that i do :) She told me that when she was the same age, everything was a sin, and she had to go to confession every 8 days. She said kissing and or dancing wih a boy was sin, lying was a sin, forgetting was a sin, curling your hair was a sin, many many many things. It was just so interesting to listen to her. She told me about her first kiss with her husband (boyfriend at the time) and how she had to keep it a secret b/c it was a sin ! Then we talked about heaven and hell, and if there really is a heaven, and how weare intersted in being cremated and not buried. She wants to be cremated and put in Salinas. We laughed then b/c she says to me..well why do they say there is a hell that you can burn in if many people are cremated anyway! I laughed b/c she makes points that are valid and so true! She also made a good point when i asked her if she thinks God will come back to earth b/c we were tlking about how things are troubled in areas. She said "Well, when you think of it one thing i find really interesting is that the priests always preach that heaven is so good, that we'll see our loved ones and live so happily, but the priests don't want to die: we all seem to guard our lives here on earth." This is true, and so we had a deep discussion about this.
It was just nice for me to get my mind off other things are relax. We could talk and talk and talk and talk but i have to study hehe! She then goes to watch telediario on t.v. or to bed :) Tonight i have to study somemore in case i have my culture exam tomorrow. I don't like it b/c the proff doesn't say when we will have a test, so that makes me have to memorize all of these provinces and comunidades autonomas and know the other things,,but all in all that is better that i learn them now instead of have to learn everything at the end of the sem for the exam.
Anyway, I am sorry if i bored you with this blog, i just wanted to write about my conversations with Julia so that I never forget them :)
I hope all is well, and thank you God that tomorrow is Friday!!!
xoxoxo
Lauren