The last two days have been beauuuuuuuutiful!! It is currently 59 degrees out, and I am loving it. It makes me want to skip...or something like that....just want to say hello...i mean hola to people on the streets...but I wont, simply because they dont really do that here. The sun totally flips a frown upside down...so great. Although people dont smile on the streets here either...Joy learned in her culture class that when you smile to people on the streets they will either think that you are crazy or flirting with them. The crazy part would fit me, smiling or not, but me flirting with the whole city of Bilbao may not be appropriate...so i will half smile...and keep the big smiles on the inside. (But little do they know, they could be seeing my new pearly whites after getting those stinkin braces off a month ago)

I have my frist test tomorrow...a tad nervous, but I think it will be ok. I am meeting some classmates a little after 6 tonight to study for awhile, just so we are all on the same page. I also have a presentation tomorrow...well kind of a presentation. For my culture class each week we have to find a Spain current event, read it, know it, and present it (without any notes or anything) to the class. This doesnt seem hard, but when your talking about a country you dont really know about..nor live in..., talking about people you dont know, talking about towns you´ve never been too, in spanish...it becomes a tad difficult...but it should increase my speaking skills...and thats all that really matters at this point.

I want to send out a big thanks to all of those that are reading my blogs...my mom said people are constantly telling her that they are reading it and it makes me so happy because it makes it really worth writing...She seemed to have a friend in about every state keeping up...thanks!

Also want to send out another big thank you to my girly friends back in Nebraska for the videos you guys are sending me...they are soo awesome and I feel like im right there with you guys.... I laugh sooo hard. Brings a big ol smile to the ol face!

Well this seems to be it for now.

Prayers for Haiti

xoxoxo

-Mel

P.S. almost forgot....my friends here all seem to be booking/ or have booked flights for spring break and I have done nothing yet...dont know where I should go...my two thoughts were either Ireland or Egypt....sooo if you are not a facebooker and have not already posted your thoughts on my wall...please leave comments for suggestions. Im up for anything at this point. Thanks!!