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dude. bout to leave the hostel in rome for the all night train to Paris! what up! on the train we are going to type a very very very long word document to post on here later.... promise

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA TOOMER!!!!! 21!!!!!!!

-love you mom: caroline

last day

so its been a week and i havent blogged; lo siento, pero I have been soooo tired and busy. I will be traveling with my classmates the next few days so Iwill try to take moment and write about everything

loooovvvveee you

oh what a day... don't wanna leave.

SOOOO. The past two days were absolutely amazing

so much to tell I'm just going to have to start with bullet format:

-Martes:

-went to school and got back my test which was a 79.5 which is awesome for me

-walked back to mi casa and Sarah and I started to prepare lunch

-cooking in someone else's kitchen, with no measuring cups, with different ingredients was incredibly hard but fun

-so excited that my family literally loved the food- loved it!!!! like I thought they would hate it but they loved it (bbq chicken, broccoli casserole, salad, pinwheels, spinach dip, and apple pie minus the pie crust)

-ok so minus the whole apple pie because I accidentally added salt instead of sugar- mi culpa- but my family loved laughing about it

-then went to Sarah's and did my whole four page paper-baller-

-then went shopping for Sarah's familia

-went to the country and Sarah's brother taught us how to drive a stick

-got the most amazing presents from my family (picture frame, awesome red shoes, awesome craft by my little sister, real madrid cups for the novio, and lots of hugs and kisses)

-shared a beautiful moment with my dad where he shared about about his father

-fell asleep early

Wednesday

-LAST CLASS

-cooked lunch for Sarah's family- which they also loved. (chicken and dumplings, "baked beans", spinach dip, and apple pie---- WITH SUGAR

-washed dishes and got into a water/soap fight

-sssssiiiieeesssstaaaaaa (aka long nap)

-went to store with my sister and bought stuff to wax this guy's legs- yep guys here commonly wax their legs

-actually waxed this kid's legs lol- hilarious

-waxed a one place on one of my legs

-made a secret sister pact to never discuss our conversation that occurred on the way back to her house

-now blogging

-My Life-

Thank you Dear Lord, for literally surrounding me with love, adventure, peace, and happiness!

Thunderstorm

Dude, first time that it has stormed here and I'm loving it. I love storms in America haha, but here it is different. It is storming and it is siesta time--how perfect!

So this weekend with family was banging! I had so much fun climbing mountains, eating BBQ, taking pictures of sheep, and most important having girl talk with my little sisters. Marta and I slept in the same room and whispered about boys all night because her parents were in the room closest to us. I loved it, it made me miss my little sister sooooo incredibly bad! (Love you Caroline)

I will have to post pictures!

Today was the day of the Subjunctive Quiz. Honestly it could go either way. At this point I just want to pass. I know that sounds terrible, but my Spanish family and Spanish friends can't even do my homework, so how the heck am I supposed to lol.

After a three page mind draining quiz Sarah and I started our walk home. What happened.... it started pouring down rain. Typically Americans walking around with no umbrellas or jackets refusing to wait for it to disappear. At this point, all we could do was laugh.

I relaxed at Sarah's for a bit then headed home still wet and cold from the rain, when I got home my brother was already here studying. I asked if I could study with him but he said he was about to cook and I could help him with that if I wanted. So that's what we did. Cooked lunch for the familia lol. It was so fun. Felt like home lol. Just having a fun relaxing day with the family and friends and really really really dreading that I will be leaving these wonderful people so soon.

I miss my friends and family at home but I know I will get to see you again soon. These people I might never get to see again. It's kinda sad how great people come into your life only for short moments. We should definitely remember to make the best of every moment we have.

As my wonderful boyfriend recently told me, there is no reason to complain or pout because I'm living an awesome life.

Graduation Day

Hola Friends and Familia,

Today is Friday and I had no class so I had plenty of time to blog. So lets start with Yesterday

Thursday: My family wanted to meet me at a resuarante for lunch and I said ok. They said Taberna so I went to Taberna. After 30 minutes had passed the time they said they would be there I know I hadn't understood them correctly. So I just started walking back to the house thinking maybe I got the day wrong. Then I see my Spanish brother running up and down the street lol. I yell to him and I go to meet he, he calls his family, and I'm thinking he probably said that I found that stupid American girl lol. jk. Then I go to the restaurant and of course feel terrible, but of course they say "no pasa nada" (nothing happened-its nothing-don't worry about it). So we eat. and I eat all the different types of fish and seafood they bring to the table lol. Yep, seafood, even swallowed an oyster whole. Great. lol. Then we head to the bowling ally but it is closed so we had to another bar for coffee. My mother, my two sisters, and I play pool. Im really really terrible lol.

Then I head to Sarah's house to go to her parents' work. They are work at a language school and her father takes us to a room of about 15 elementary-middle schoolers and we talk in English. They ask us every question they can. It's so fun. Sarah's dad is hilarious and her mother is beautiful inside and out. She introduces us to all these people and even calls us "my girls." We leave and head back to my house where we hang out with my sister on our computers, then we go for a run. Marta is amazing at running so needless to say I was dead after running with her. Then we headed back home and had pizza and watched a movie. We kicked a soccer ball around a little and it made me realize how much I miss soccer and want to play.

Friday- Today has been so chill and I've been by myself for most of the day because my American friends are in Malaga and my Spanish family has had school. It was cool to have the place to myself and just shower and listen to music as loud as I wanted to. I had three chocolate muffins for breakfast. It was great! Then I met my family at their school to head out for lunch. I had on my mom's skinny white jeans and a black tee and a bright orange scarf. Needless to say I got a lot of stares and yells today. Ugh, that is the one thing I hate here.

We went to a pizzeria and it was banging. I had tropical- jamon, pineapple, corn, cheeze, and orgeano.

While eating this group called "baseball" came on. They are like an 50's style singing group that sings modern songs. My family loves them. Guess what song they sang.....

Candy Shop! I about spit my food across the table when I heard the English lyrics. They obviously had no idea what the song was about. I couldn't stop laughing yet I couldn't explain it in front of the whole family! Talk about awkward.

Then I came home and took my siesta. Now im dressed and ready to head to my brothers graduation from highschool. He is all dressed up in a suit. He is so handsome and is so excited. Its adorable. We keep calling him hombre because today he becomes a man lol. Im very happy for him because he works very hard at school.

I don't know what the night holds because I will just be with my family but I'm excited to take a break from the usual craziness and staying up late. I love you guys, and really really really miss my family. I only have 10 days left here. Pretty crazy!

i love Ubeda

So of course, after a long venting session about how I'm not treated like an adult here my Spanish family insists on taking me to a bar. lol. and then the next day they want to take me bowling. I am so grateful for them and how they are really working hard to make sure I have an awesome time here in Ubeda.

I love Tapas. Ps. the count is now at 3 (this is the number of pounds I have gained)