WELLLLL the sun has been shining for a couple days straight, I just cant believe it!!! it just perks everyone up!

So I suppose the weekend should be first.....Well Friday was a shop day. Joy, Michaela, and I went out for a couple of hours to try to find some good sales. Our intentions were to look for clothes for Egypt. While in egypt we need to be dressed conservatively...so not showing anything above knees and usually keep shoulders covered. We were all successful in finding things. That night a group of 7 of us went to Crazy Horse which is an American pub...it was a lot of fun. We each ordered a drink and all crammed in a both and sat there for a couple of hours and talked...there was also a live band...made me miss the Stewart John Band...but none the less reminded me of them...they sang some spanish songs, but also some american covers in english..those are my kind of nights :)!

When we returned from the bar on Friday, there was a paper posted to the front door of our apartment. Joy and I read it and it said that there were going to be awful winds starting the next afternoon and lasting until sunday. They said not to leave unless necessary and that they were supposed to reach 90 mph. Well Joy and I were supposed to go to Michaela´s Saturday night because we all had skype dates planned with the parents :).

Well the wind ended up being nice to us....we arrived to Michaela´s safely, but while we were there it sounded like a tornado was outside our door. Felt like home...haha. Saturday night was good. I was able to skype with my parents...mom and Lexi for the second time, Dad for the first. I was also able to skype with Chris for a bit. Good night :), technology is so amazing. Love it so so much :). After skyping and chatting, the three of us girls made some hot cola cao (like hot chocolate made with milk....soy milk in our case...so yummy) and watched a movie. Joy and I did not want to enter out into the crazy wind to go home, but we decided since it was 3 am, we should get a move on it. Well when we opened the door is was like Jesus calmed the sea...I mean the wind...cause it was not windy at all. Made it to the metro station, waited for 15 minutes, joined the crazy drunks on the metro...got off the metro, joined the crazy drunks on the street, waited for the bus for 30 minutes, got home, took my lovely zyrtec, and hit the pillow.

Sunday was a homework and catch up on sleep day....like usual I suppose...oh and of course attend church on my computer, Mosaic church in LA, Cali...Erwin McManus...great stuff.

And now its Monday and back to classes....my parents requested that I talk about classes so people know why I am actually here haha...
Classes are going really well...I am in my language class...which is 10 credits...because it is really made up of three classes...grammar, conversation, and writing. My teacher is amazing...the best spanish teacher I´ve had...he is 25 so young but so so smart, and fun which helps a lot.

My second class is Spanish Culture. I love this class as well. My teacher is actually an American teacher from Green Bay but was raised in Spain. She is very nice, and teaches very well. Teaches both in spanish and english so she knows that we are really learning the material, but at the same time growing in understanding spanish. The Spainish history is really interesting to me...and how it affects how Spain is today.

I cant believe that it is already March!! I thought it would never come. While all of you are thinking that you may not reach summer or even spring until the 4th of July, my spring is finally coming, and I could not be more thankful :)...how time flies....91 days and I will be back in the good ol Cornhusker state.

This weekend we are going on our last excursion to Madrid and Segovia....hopefully it doesnt rain, although I think it is supposed to. I am excited to leave for the weekend, shall be tons of fun!!



Thats all for now...more later!!

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-Mel