December update...?

So I feel like I haven´t written anything in a while, so I´m giving any readers a little update. Haha...
Soo... not much has changed. I still love the house and family I live with. I just found out that Tomi is leaving in February and I´m going to miss her very very much. I can just imagine how the family feels since she´s been with them for 10 yeras. Whoa.

My winter break just started yesterday. Thursday was my last day of classes and in my La Mujer en Literatura class we watched a movie called "Te Doy Mis Ojos" and it was sooo good! You should watch it if you can. Its about a woman who gets abused by her husband and their whole sitch... very good and necessary in this country when this year there have already been 70 women that died due to spousal abuse. So sad.

I get to stay in Madrid over break due to my lack of money... woo credit card debt! :-( But that gives me plenty of time to work on some of my trabajos and read and disfrutar más en mi vida. Me and Dar are planning on going to a bar that my roommate and her friends are renting out for el Nocheviejo. And our friend Jose is coming up from Sevilla so it should be a blasty blast! Apparently Madrid has this huge party on the 1st so we´re thinking about doing that too depending on how much money we have. Haha.

For Christmas Spaniards celebrate on the 24th and the family I live with has invited me to have dinner with them, but I´m not sure if I´m going to. The rest of us Erasmus Madrileños are planning on spending Christmas Eve and Christmas morning together at our friend Jackie´s place because our dear friend Ashley has gone back to lovely LB for the holidays. That fact not only saddens me, but makes me jealous and really happy bc her bed is SUPER comfortable to sleep in! haha! Then if you´re one of the people that will be at my parents house on Christmas morning I will be Skyping you guys again. Haha... just like Thanksgiving. I really hope my dad doesn´t figure out how to put my image up on the tv. Ha!

Since the last time I wrote anywhere on here I feel like I haven´t done much. I go to school, work, and pass time by either sleeping, eating with Dar, or drinking in a bar. Its a really great life I must say. Haha! The brothers at El Tigre still call us "guapa" every time we go in. And last night there was almost a fight with these 2 guys that were right behind us, they didn´t fight though. Thankfully. But one of them was talking to us as we were leaving and the brothers did not look happy about it... or maybe they thought he would try to fight us? I don´t know. haha!

I am thoroughly enjoying my life here in Madrid basically. I take the bus to school every LMJV (MTThF) and walk home after school as long as it isn´t raining too hard. I just got a new phone/phone company which saves me soooo much money and the cute little thing has a converter for both € to $ and ºC to ºF!!! Which is my bf now! So I finally know that the usual 2ºC in the am is actually 35ºF... Woo!! Yet I am wearing less layers than I was before and finding myself only in a cardigan in my classes while everyone else still has their coats on and gloves and scarves. Haha... I might just be crazy or something.

My Volcom purse broke yesterday and my black Jack Purcelss have holes in them, so those will need to be replaced soon. Thank you to Darlene for giving me a pair of grey boots that she bought that were too big for her. Haha! She´s a life saver. And to replace my purse that I use ever day I am probably going to go to the Rastro to find a nice, cheap leather one that I´ve had my eye on for some time now. Now I have a reason to buy it, so I don´t feel guilty.

I´m finding myself missing home a lot, but I just cannot see myself going back now. I keep meeting people that were only here for a semester and I think they are insane for leaving now. I just couldn´t do it. I love everyone at home, and the weather, and the FOOD! Oh my gosh do I miss the food! I´ve already decided I am going to gain about 20 pounds upon my return because I am going to eat everything that is delicious and spicy 2 times!!! Haha... But I can wait for that. For now I am enjoying my croquettas and tortilla española. And I keep tricking people into thinking I´m spanish with my bangs that I cute just a little too short. Haha... but they´re almost grown back to a normal length for me.

Oh yeah, almost forgot to tell you guys. I´ve pretty much planned my schedule for next semester already, I just need to pick a facultad still. But I have looked in to my degree progress and emailed my advisors... and next fall I will be graduating with a BA in International Studies, and a minor in Spanish as well as a minor in Anthropology which I will be adding when I get back home!! Yay!! And Emma might be my future roommate if she doesn´t get a job working as an RA in the dorms. Haha... as for me... Lets all pray that the courts don´t take away my license for good! Or even for a month... If I go back to working at Hurley I am definately going to need to drive. Definately.

So thats my life. I´ll write a little more after I eat my 12 uvas at midnight on the 31st of December. Love you all! Pasa un buen día!