8-3-09 Monday

Today wasn't my best day! I was tired and crabby...and it was one of those days where I just wish I was home. I think almost all of us felt that way. It's the time between where we're almost halfway down with the trip. Yes we've been here for over 2 weeks but we still have 3 left! Kaila now has class in the morning, so she had to get up quite early..and I really don't sleep through anything so I woke up when she did. I laid in bed for awhile but then got up and showered around 8. I ate breakfast and was out of the house by 9 AM...with absolutely nothing to do! I thought I would waste time by walking to school...but that took me about 25 minutes. I got to school and stayed on the computer for what seemed forever! I emailed, blogged, and looked on fb...which is quite boring! I should have spent that time doing my compositions, but I didn't! I went to class, which was alright, we have 3 new kids. One dude speaks 6 different languages, but his Spanish is horrible! I don't know how he tested into level 2, because he is no where near a level 1 class! Our teacher talked to him and I think he is moving down to level 1. After school, Gina, Betsy, Emily, and I walked to the train station, which took about 45 minutes, to reserve our seats for the train this weekend to Madrid. We had to wait in line for over an hour...it was crazy in that station! One thing that happened though, was we all sat on the floor because we didn't want to stand the whole time, and Emily sat in gum...it was hilarious! Probably the highlight of my gloomy day! We tried pulling it off, but it was being stubborn, we were just laughing so hard! Finally, it was our turn and it took the woman about 5 minutes to get us reserved...sitting in line for an hour or more and 5 minutes to get things taken care of...oh boy! I was really nervous for the next part because I had to ride the Metro by myself for about 20 minutes to get home and then catch the bus. That alone took about 50 minutes! I did fine though, it was about 8 when I left the train station...I was really scared, but I did fine! I got home and Kaila was sleeping but woke up soon after because it was time for us to eat! We had a great meal of something like steak (I think a much cheaper version), peas, and mashed potatoes! It was great. I had some frozen yogurt for dessert with fruit...mmm! The food was delicious and I learned that they don't use butter to cook! It's crazy...it's soo good though, no wonder why Americans are soo gordos! (fat) lol. After dinner, I talked with Jordon on the phone, which was nice, and he went to my parent's house to help them with their webcam. So now I'll get to see them sometime as well! After I talked with Jordon, I went upstairs, read for a bit, and was off to sleep! Thank goodness..hopefully tomorrow is much better!