wow i am exhausted! what a week, that was so fast but so much fun. i made it back safely even though it was so long and tiring and my bag was so so heavy i could barely walk up my stairs when i got home. but thankfully all my flights were on time. when i went from tampa to philly my next flight left right away and by the time i got off the plane and found the next terminal it was time to board again! i guess it's better than sitting around for 2+ hours waiting to get on. i managed to sleep on the long flight and even slept on the flight from Madrid to Barcelona. then it took me forever to get home and i fell asleep for a few hours before i had to go out! and then today i woke up at 3:30PM!!! i am really screwed up on time. but oh well.
new years was great. there were thousands and thousands of people out on the streets i swear. it was so fun though! they had a bunch of fireworks to go off at midnight. i went to a friend's house (Ana) before and she had a bunch of friends that came to visit her from Prague. they were a lot of fun. hopefully we can all go out together when Julie gets here! we were going to go out to eat but there were a lot of us and we didn't have reservations anywhere and we didn't know what would be open. so we ordered a ton of take-out and just ate at the apartment and then went out at about 11. it was a good night!
i have to say i probably won't be writing for another week or so because Julie is coming (!!!) to see me and we will be busy i'm sure. i can't wait! i'll probably have tons of stories when she leaves :D
i was kind of nervous to come back for a few reasons. 1) i thought i'd be super super homesick after seeing a lot of my family and spending so much time together. yes i am homesick, but it's not bad. there is so many things going on this week, and new years, so i am just too busy to be sad! it's amazing. i can't believe how comfortable i am here.
2) i was nervous about the spanish, because i had a week of not speaking ANY, which doesn't seem like a long time, but when you're learning it feels like it. but i've already spoken some and it was easy, so not to worry!
it was so weird leaving home to go somewhere so far away, but to a place i now know and am more comfortable with. i still don't believe it! i don't think i ever will. i feel like i'm living two separate lives.
the weirdest part will be coming back to Florida for good. it just feels so different, even riding in cars everywhere was weird. but i think strangely i have a knack for fitting in to almost any kind of place, making it easy for me to move. i moved to Florida okay, i moved to Barcelona okay, even changed apartments here okay. so i think i will be fine moving back, it will just take some time.
okay well i have to get this place ready for my visitor so i will hopefully be on soon to write some updates!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
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