Tiempo vuelo

Palabra de el mes: "Tiempo vuelo" = Time flies!
I checked my last post, and yep, it was from April 2nd, the week before spring break! Time has flown too fast for my liking, and in only a few weeks I will be back in the states again. I am so happy in so many ways to be coming home, but I am also sad in so many ways to soon be leaving. So sad, in fact, that I am not going to talk about those reasons. But, as you will soon find out from my mom, I am staying an extra week. I decided that if I came home on the 8th knowing that I had the chance to stay a little bit longer, I would regret it forever and kick myself for not taking the opportunity. A certain person might have had some influence on my decision as well. So I'm changing my flight and coming home on the 14th, just before Jewell's graduation. But never fear, because I will be in the midwest this summer and never far from home!
So, what have I been up to in the past month? Answer: A LOT.

Let's start with spring break...Well, I'm not going to post about it now because that will be a big undertaking, but in a few short words, it was an amazing trip with tons of epic failures that didn't ruin the trip, only made it more exciting!

So after spring break...I actually had homework, with two papers due and things to do to prepare for the end of my classes! I also hung out with Isaac almost every day for at least a few hours. The trip I was supposed to take to Granada with the dormitory fell through on the weekend of the 17-18th. I was sad but also relieved because I had homework to do anyway.

Last week, I did not sleep much. I spent about 20 hours between Monday night and Thursday morning editing an 80 page paper for my sustainability class because I volunteered to be the editor and chief, along with another girl. Worst/best decision of my life! Worst because I stayed up till 3 one night, 4 the next, and 5 the last night working on it, and best because it was a piece of **** before Aura and I did our magic and turned an unorganized non-believable mess into a solid A paper. I'm pretty proud.

Then, after all of these nights with little sleep, Thursday was both Sant Jordi's Day (St. George who slayed the dragon and the patron saint of Catalunya) and also Pacos 2009, a big event my dorm hosts that is a spin off of the oscars in which students get 'Pacos' and Miss/Mister so and so. Not only that, but I also played in 2 hours of volleyball matches with Isaac and his friends, along with Megan, because they needed female players. So I went to sleep at 5 in the morning, got up at 9:45, ate, finished the paper, played volleyball from 12-2, ate lunch with Isaac, went to class from 3:45-7pm (and was so tired I couldn't even fall asleep in class), then came home and napped for an hour, before having to get up to shower and look nice for the Pacos, which lasted from 9:45-12:30. Then, afterward, instead of going to sleep like I should have, if I was in my right mind, I changed my shoes and went with Megan to meet up with Jaime and Isaac, and we then went to the 'Pacos After-Party' with our entire dorm to a discoteca. O, jessica. So I got home very late, then got up a few hours later to eat breakfast and study, because o yes, I had a spanish test that day! But I rocked the test, it was very easy. Afterward I came back with Megan and did laundry and then went to a rugby game in which they were playing a really good french team. So good that in the second half, the forwards on each team switched jerseys and played for the other team, so that they would be more equal. We invited friends to come with us to the game, and 6 girls came (the rugby guys were happy about that, haha). Afterward, a man from the french fans insisted we come onto the field and take a photo with the teams and other fans, so we did. Afterward, we waited while all the players went to shower and then walked to a fiesta del dia of the mathematics department with the UPC team. It was similar to the fiesta del dia of the engineering department I went to a month earlier. I stayed there for a bit, then left with the girls and went back to the dorm to eat dinner, shower, and take a nap. Afterward, I went back to the fiesta del dia with Megan, now a fiesta del noche for a while. The fiesta was also a sort of stoplight party with nametags in red, yellow, and green, which made it fun. The rest of the weekend was fun as well, and I slept in and spent most of it with Isaac.
Sunday I finally studied for my history test (essay prompts), and slept a few hours Sunday night and had my final Monday morning. I think it went well. I came back, took a nap, went to lunch, and went with Megan to the Parc del Laberint. It was cool, but had many blocked off construction areas. We consoled ourselves by throwing sticks and small rocks at ducks and turtles! Afterward, in the evening, I saw Isaac and a few of his friends (Jose, Padu, y Sergio) and had a great time discussing such things as American Football and the swine flu epidemic, haha.
And now, today, finally. I had one final and one class. In my class, I found out the good grade on the big big paper I completed. I took the final next in my Oceanography class and did well enough, especially since on the paper due two weeks previously, I received a solid A and that alone was worth 30% of the grade, more than the final. Now on to enjoy the rest of my time in Spain!