When it rains, it pours.

From the title I'm guessing you can take a stab at how the weather is today. Absolutely clear when I went to class this morning and pouring when I got out. It then stopped about 3 minutes after I got in my house. No paraguas (umbrella) for me. So walking out into a monsoon was just the icing on the cupcake after my 3 page test on the subjunctive today. Let's just say that hopefully, somehow, by the grace of God, I did well on it. And my paper that I wrote, well, let's just say my teacher thought it needed quite a bit of improvement. This week is going to be jam-packed with school work and I am NOT a happy camper. At all.

On a happier note, last night me, Amanda, Dani, Oscar, Antonio, and some guy, I forget his name, all went out and got hamburgers. Hamburgers. Hamburgers. Is that enough emphasis? I got an American food in Spain. But to be fair, they're a little different in how they're cooked. We got fries too, they come covered in mayonnaise and then we put ketchup on them (fancy sauce!). It was delicious. After we left the hamburger place, we went and got some helado (ice cream). I'm going to need a serious workout regimen when I get back to the US.

Occasionally there's some things that I hate doing here. For example, here you make your bed and clean your room before you leave in the morning. And not just the lazy make your bed like I do at school. We're talking up to military standards. That's how it is in every household here. I'm lucky if I'm wearing clothes that match and have all my stuff for school before I leave. That's way too much responsibility in the morning. Another thing I hate doing here is showering. First off, the "hot" water is not hot. It's a nice warm temperature, but only for about 5 minutes. Then you might as well be standing in the freezer soaking wet. Also, the shower is a normal rectangular shaped tub but the spicket is along the long side. I'm pretty sure the Americans got it right with putting it on the short side. Or just make the shower a square. I'm not really sure about this one. And the best part about showers here: getting back to my room. The Spainards put their clothes on in the bathroom. If anyone knows me, then they know that I hate getting dressed right after I take a shower. So every night I make a mad dash to my room in my towel. Across the marble floors. Then when I make it to my room (and yes, make it, because I have to go down a long ass hallway), I usually just chuckle to myself and think "is this real life?".

There's also a few things I miss about America. The first one being Chick-fil-a. I was talking about it yesterday and realized that I reeeeaaaallllyyy wanted a sandwich and some Chick-fil-a sauce. (By the way: no ranch or bbq or honey mustard here, only ketchup and mustard- if you ask.) Then I had to laugh because even though I'm in another country, of course I wanted Chick-fil-a on a Sunday! I also miss texting and being in pretty constant communication with my friends. I use my phone as my alarm and out of habit for about the first week checked the text messages. I miss driving my car. It's not that I hate walking everywhere, because I really don't mind at all, but sometimes you just need to put down the windows, turn up the music and drive to nowhere. Okay, really it's not that bad and I just feel like complaining today. Sorry.

I suppose that's all caught up on my life now. Other than last night I was up til 2 studying and writing a paper. But whatever, that's pretty typical for me. Procrastination station over here. I should be working on my paper some before everyone comes home for lunch in about an hour but let's be real here, why would I do that? I'm thinkin an hour siesta before lunch is a perfect predecessor to the epic siesta that's probably going to occur after lunch.