Who put sugar in the salt shaker?

Yesterday when the storm calmed down some, Amanda and I made a shopping list and went to Carrefour to buy some groceries. Why, you may ask. Because we cooked her family an American dinner for lunch today. Have you ever been in the grocery store for about 2 hours trying to find everything on your list? I have. First off, we have about 4 sticky notes worth of items to buy. Then we are in a grocery store we're not familiar with. And also, everything is in a foreign language. It was awesome. The "world" section of the grocery store is Chinese and Mexican. That's it. Also, you weigh your fruit before getting to the checkout. Just in case you were wondering.


Then after we went grocery shopping we walked all the way home with the groceries (thankfully, the rain has stopped). One bag ripped as we were leaving the parking lot and the others didn't tear until we were literally 200 feet from the house. That was a fun experience. Never again. Then I hung out with Amanda and her familia for awhile. They're so funny. Here's one of the pictures we took on her Macbook. They think it's absolutely HILARIOUS.

And then last night I stayed up to about 3 writing only half of my paper. Luckily, mi hermano stayed up with me and helped me translate it. Although it's really fun to hang out with him while I do my homework, it's mostly counterproductive. This morning I woke up, went to class, then went to Amanda's house. I delegated while we cooked. We made bbq sauce and grilled chicken with it, broccoli/cheese casserole with crackers on top, salad, and spinach dip and pinwheels. We were going to make apple pie for dessert, but we couldn't find all the ingredients that we needed to make the crust. So we made the filling and put it on bread. Except let me tell you something. Sometimes salt and sugar look very similar when in unlabeled containers. Ask Amanda about that. Her familia will probably forever make fun of her for that little mishap. We'll probably all be laughing about it for years. So we promised them that we'd make it again with sugar tomorrow or the next day, because they were really excited to try it.

It's so sad that in less than a week these amazing people will no longer be in my life. It's one thing to miss my friends and family at home; I know that I will see them again within a certain time period. I don't know if I'll ever see these people again. These people that have opened up their lives and homes to share everything with me. These people that I spend my free time with. These people who have been my best friends for the past 3 weeks and helped me navigate through a foreign country. I'm really going to miss Spain. Ubeda in particular. I love it. I love the town. I love the people. I love that life is so simple and beautiful. I'm so lucky to have had the opportunity to have this experience. Words really can't explain how awesome it has been.

And now, Amanda is over at my house and we're supposed to be working on our papers but you know how I feel about welcoming distractions. I might siesta while Amanda writes. I mean, I did only get 4 hours of sleep last night and who knows how tonight will shape up. Probably another late one regardless of if I work on my paper now or not. Soooo, siesta it is.