unreal

wow! i have never felt so at ease. is it possible for me to be even more laid-back?? seriously, this place is life-changing. i've never felt so content to just walk down a street. i find myself smiling for no reason! and people stand outside their shops smoking and just watching everyone pass by, and they say HI to you, they smile at you! they don't just beg you to come in and spend your money you don't have... mom and dad, i suggest you take six months off of life and come here, you will feel so relaxed it will blow your mind ;)

today me and marta met rita on her lunch break and we went to a sushi buffet = sushi HEAVEN. it was ridiculously good. the booths were lined up in two rows and there was a rotating belt in the middle going down the entire row and the food just rolllls on past you and you pick up whatever you want, and it just keeps going and going and there is never a space free, they have quick hands! and we ate so much. we were so excited to try everything we filled our entire table with plates and it was hard to maneuver! it's no good when the food keeps passing your eye as you're talking... we didn't want to leave! i don't even know what half the stuff was, but it was definitely delicious. and it's really sad because my roommates make fun of how much i eat and they say they thought i didn't eat at all. ????? excuse me, that is not okay. i am sick of that!!! then they just make me feel like a cow by saying that i eat so much but who cares, right?? i'm on "vacation" and i'll do whatever i want, ha!

school was good today. i think i understood everything! and i answered some questions and actually got them right! hehe, i know, how lame, but i don't care! by the way i am always running late for class, especially to this one. and i try sprinting from the metro to school but it's UPHILL and that's not fun so i'm dying and sweating and can't speak when i walk in and sometimes i'm five minutes late but there's only three other people there. and he doesn't start til like 10 after! he doesn't care. that's the thing, the teachers here don't care about anything. love it!

i think this class would be the most boring tedious thing on earth but for some reason in spanish it's all okay. it makes it more interesting since i have to really pay attention and try to understand. there is a difference between understanding what someone is saying and understanding the words they are saying. yeah i can pick out words that my teachers are saying, but if they ask me a question, my mind goes blank! but today was good and i understood and that's all that matters =)

sunset, que bonita