I'll Call Him Hot Pudding

Oof. It's Thursday already. Where we last left off, I was about to purchase my Grammar book, which was not in... yet again. Let's just say we had quite a few troubles with buying that book. I walked down to Fray Luis about 9 million times (and by that I mean like 5 or 6), but I did have great fun in the different bookstores. I really would like to return to Maxtor to spend a day looking through books there. I have a bit of an inanimate crush on the place, is that weird?

Hmm, let's see what else has happened. The days seem like a bit of a blur because we're finally getting into a routine around here, which is very nice. Also, I tend to waste a lot of time sleeping for much longer than siesta allows. Naps here are short; my body doesn't agree. So the proceeding tales have happened sometime between Monday evening and now.

Shopping: Yes, I've been shopping. It's good and bad. There are tons of rebajas (sales), so I don't feel too bad. I'm also doing pretty well because there are a lot of things that I could just buy impulsively and have not, so kudos to me on that one. I did buy jeggings, though... Not so sure how I feel about it myself, so please no judgment. 1) They were on sale, 2) they are extremely popular here, and 3) Andrea told me I needed them. They will stay here upon my return home more than likely. There was also a vair vair cute shirt that those that would judge about the jeggings would approve. Don't worry, I'm not completely insane just yet.

Cafes: We've stopped at a few cafes. I like them a little too much. I need to stop. Coffee here is completely and inexplicably wonderful. I always want more. Also had some good little sandwiches and ice cream. Phwoar! I have an addiction to helado (ice cream), so I'm surprised it took me this long to get some. I'm pretty sure there are some photos that shall be on Facebook in good time. There are tons of places to go here, though. Almost every time I turn around there's something else to try. Fun stuff.

Class: Class is well... class. We definitely have things to do, but it's no where nearly as much work as back home. I appreciate it. It also almost feels like high school because we don't really leave the room unless it's break. Beside that, I'm liking all the subjects so far. Some classes are much better than others, but I attribute that to the professors more than the subject area. None of the professors are bad, just some are less enthusiastic than others. And yes, I am actually doing by work around. It's not all fun and games- although there is a lot of that today.

Food: I love the food here. It's beyond yummy (almost all the time). I can't really remember too much of what we've eaten, but I had to put this in here for my funny story of the day. So I don't know if you all know this (I know my mum does), but I had a HUGE problem eating things like fish and chicken when I was little. If it had bones, I couldn't do it. My mom would take the meat off the bones, and even then I found things wrong with the food (like veins). Today we had some fish... with the spines still in them. I couldn't look at it. I did eat it, but I was freaking out the entire time. The one and only time I have not wanted to finish my food here. Okay, so that wasn't really as funny as I thought it would be. As cliche as it sounds, I think it was one of the things you had to see.

Other than that, I'm really loving it here. I feel like I've been here for such a long time already, and it's also crazy to think that we've really only been here a week and a half. Even more, I feel ready to go home at any moment. It's a weird conglomeration of feelings. I could easily stay in Valladolid like this for the rest of my life; I'd just have to take you all with me.