so in general life has been pretty decent here in barcelona. ive been making an effort to hang out with a bunch of different people which has been good, but i still have my main people here which is nice. the weather has gotten a lot colder the last few days which sucks. but i guess its not supposed to stay this cold that much longer and warm up again before i leave. and when i say cold, im talking in the 50s. i have no idea how im going to deal with coming back to winter in illinois/indiana... dont be surprised if i cry a little bit.
i started my UB courses when i returned from italy. im taking a short story class and a poetry course. i much prefer my ub courses to any course im taking at IES. IES is pretty much ridiculous and im done with them. i have been given an insane amount of work for these last few weeks and it irks me not because i have a problem doing work per se, but that a)i thought studying abroad was supposed to be easier and b) the amount of work they're giving us is so not comparative to what ive actually been learning in class. it also makes me sad that they are making it so difficult for people to travel the last few weeks here due to all of the work they are giving us. for example, in one class i have a presentation, 10-12 page paper that i have to write with a partner and a final. not horrible, i know, but i have not done anything in this class all semster except watch movies and discuss them. i have no idea how that warrants all of those things especially all in the last couple weeks of school.
oh well, enough complaining about school, i will just be glad to get back to IU and have real courses that i care about and help me with my major.
what else can i complain about? my senora. i dont understand how, when or why this happened but sometime after my return from italy i realized that i was just kind of "over" being here in her house and im pretty sure she feels the same way about me. she is still very nice but the food is not nearly as good as when i first got here and just weird things have been happening. for example, our clothes were blown off the line the other night and she came in our room at 3:30 am to tell us this and show us and then just be like, "you can help me with this tomorrow" but piyal and i were like what are we suppsed to do about this? the clothes had blown onto the roof of the building next to ours and neither one of us was about to climb down and get them because we would have no way of getting back up. im not sure what happened, but i do have my clothes now thank goodness.
also, i know ive mentioned this before, but i really miss consistent hot showers. especially now thats its cold. its like torture showering because the water starts out freezing which is the worst when you're already cold and then even when it does heat up the temperature fluctuates when you havent moved the thing to make the water hotter or colder. and i also just really miss having a kitchen to cook in. we're not even allowed to make eggs which i think is a little ridiculous. i asked her on emorning if piyal andi could make eggs and she wont let us, but then she offered to make them for us which was very nice. so piyal and i went and bought a thng of eggs and she made them that day, but hasnt made them since. and im like, we still have eggs sitting in the fridge and i would personally like to consume them before they go bad.
bottom line: i love barcelona but am ready to come home to have my own space and all of my stuff. although even the thought of coming home makes me anxious because i will definitely go through reverse culture shock. ive gotten so accustomed to the lifestyle here which i do love in general and i also am going to miss all of my people here :( i jsut cant win. while im here i miss everyone at home and when i go home i will miss everyone here...oh well, such is life so they say
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