Classes are still difficult, but my Spanish improves daily. I think not translating everything into English is helping a lot. I finally have all the notebooks, folders and highlighters I need and that has helped the stress a surprising amount. We have homework daily, and sometimes it isn't too bad and is just vocabulary, and sometimes it is really hard and is correcting sentences or filling in blanks or other things, but so far I haven't come across anything I haven't been completely stumped on yet. There have been things I have had to sit and think about for awhile, but nothing too awful.
A bunch of us went to Marbella this past weekend and we stayed in a hotel that was essentially on the beach. If we hadn't been on the second floor we could have seen it. The water was chilly, as was the air, but that didn't stop Brenton and I from swimming. We got pretty far out just walking and then decided to duck under and actually swim. I think some of the competition pools during swim team were colder than the Mediterranean. The beach was great. There were almost no people so we could just lay out and wander all over. There were some nice restaurants along the boardwalk too.
This is one of the pictures from the beach. There was this dog that kept running along the beach and we were all trying to get pictures of him, and this was one of the ones I got.
My host family is really nice, and they have been really helpful while I have been sick. I finally went to the doctor and got some medicine for my cough and we will see if it helps at all. Paqui, my host mom, has been very sympathetic with my stomach being upset randomly and my cough. She makes me tea and understands when I don't want food. I just need to remember that 'tortilla' here does not mean a flat piece of breadish stuff, it means an omelette sort of thing. Not terrible, but when I really just want a tortilla, not an omelette, it confuses my brain.
Yesterday, a few of us went book hunting and I found my folders and highlighters, and I also found the 3rd and 4th Harry Potter books in Spanish (to continue my collection) and Jurassic Park in Spanish (which I need in English). I am going to need another suitcase just for books. But I think I am done book buying for now. I am done buying anything for now.
And also, I am done writing for now, because class is about to start.
So Happy Day After Valentine's Day to you all. Mine was slightly more depressing than normal, but I got to talk to Kyle on Skype. Which I was really happy about. :) I didn't think I would get to talk to him all day and he got up at 4 am to talk to me.
Have a good day everyone!
Love you all. Miss you all.
-Erin
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