December!!

Hi all!!
Well I'm so sorry that I have been so bad about updating this. I didn't realize how long it really had been! Well, I won't go into detail about all of the trips that I have taken since I wrote last....Paris, Barcelona, London, and Dublin. There is so much to tell. But overall, they were all great!! Seeing Amy in Paris was amazing...Paris really is an amazing city and so beautiful. I loved it so much...Amy and I kept saying that we were spending a romantic weekend together :) haha it was very fun. Barcelona was the next weekend...I went to visit Brett and I got to see Vince and Monica too!! It was a great weekend and I loved Barcelona too. Very different feel than Granada and a lot bigger but it was great! It was really good to see some people from home too. Just what I needed at the time. The next weekend was Thanksgiving which was also great. Our program took us out for a really nice dinner and the rest of the weekend I did homework (more papers) and then watched some Christmas movies with my madre :) She even let me have over some friends and we had a Christmas party all together!! haha it was so funny. We went to the store and bought lost of traditional Spanish Christmas food and some American stuff too :) Sara loved it too. Lastly, this past weekend I went to London and Dublin with Megan, Alex, and Lauren. it was really fun but strange at the same time. We all agreed that it was good we went there last because it made us miss a lot of things from home :) There were lots of Christmas decorations and English!!! haha made us really excited to celebrate the holidays with everyone back home! Aside from that it was great to see all the cool sights and we had great weather too. It rained only one night!!

Well, aside from traveling, classes are going well. I only have one more day of regular classes left and then on Thursday we start exams. I have one every day and my last one is on Wednesday, so five in total. Then on next week Thursday I will hang out with my madre and friends...and then leave the next morning for Portugal on Friday!! Sadly I do have to do some homework, take exams, and write one more paper in between having fun these last few weeks :) We are compiling a list of things that we want to do before we leave :)

These past few weeks seem to have flown by!! The past month really! Things have been pretty busy and filled with traveling and homework. Leaving seems so strange...this has really become my life and become normal for me. it makes me sad to think that I have to leave it all, but at the same time I can't wait to get back and see everyone!! Small things still bother me and I'm excited to leave. The smoking for example...I can't wait to smell normal again and not have to smell smoke all the time haha.

Well, I hope to write on here again before I leave. :) haha but who knows what the next week will be like. So, I hope all is well at home and I can't wait to see you all!!!

Love you!
Me