lonely nights in salamanca

hola mi gente..

It's currently 2:15 am here and once again I can't sleep. It seems like the days go by so fast here, but the nights go by so slow. I kind of miss the lifestyle in the states. I miss working most of all. The days were always so busy and there was no time for nap time, "siestas." In Salamanca it's different. The weather has been poop lately. Pretty much rainy since the beginning of the week and cold. On a good note I bought an umbrella today at H&M.

So when I took the placement exam to determine what level of Spanish I should be put into we were only allowed 30 minutes to complete an 80 question exam. When they announced we only had 5 minutes left I was only on number 40. I quickly filled in all the bubbles so nothing was blank. BAD IDEA.. they placed me into the intermediate level which is great, but ALL the material and work we are doing in this class is everything I already learned and know. I don't need to be taught again when I can just review that stuff on my own time. I want to excel and learn new things.

So the other night two of our coordinators took us out to tapas. This is a weekly outing with international students. We bounce around from bar to bar and out coordinators take care of us the whole night. LITERALLY the whole night. Anyways, they do not speak English. The whole night we were conversing in Spanish. Shama asked me what level I was in and I told him and he said that he thinks I should be switched as well into a higher level. So today in class my teacher told me I was to go to the front to talk to an administrator. Sure enough Shama and Ramon put in a good word for me to get switched to an upper level course. I spoke to the teacher for the new course and she said it is full and that it wasn't possible for me to get into the class. So i'm stuck in this intermediate course I guess. :( kind of frustrating because i'm surrounded by students who don't even know what the word hola means. SHOOT ME. And instead of the arabic course they put me into spanish art. I like it but the teacher just talks on and on and on. It's rather quite boring. He's attractive so I just deal with it and smile occasionally and he smiles back. lol

This past weekend was crazy, I won't go into detail. I'll just leave it at crazy. Last night at tapas Ramon and Shama treated us for tapas. We basically talk to people in Spain and get the chance to meet new people over cerveza or vino. Every bar we went to the wine just kept getting better and better. The last bar was my favorite. It was very quiet, romantic, and had frank sinatra playing. I fell in love. Towards the end of the night Shama and I were looking at all the historical artifacts posted around the bar and just discussing random facts. We came across a candle and he explained to me that the candle symbolizes life. The fire burning is your soul and the candle stick is your body. He went into full detail about it and I was so interested. He than grabbed my palm and read it. He told me that my life will be long with a lot of stories to tell. He determined this by the lines in my palm and the length of them each. He said I will fall in love around the age of 22 and progress from there. My education is very important to me and that my eyes know what they want. He kept telling me I have a lot of potential in my eyes and this is only the beginning of my life, there's a lot more to come. He also said you can read a lot about a person from their eyes. Do I believe everything he said? maybe. I just found it wise of him. He's a 60 year old man with a lot of wisdom so I give him the upper hand.

When we were walking home he told me he had something for me. I got kind of nervous at that point. I reached out my hand and he placed the candle in my hand that was burning. He said he wanted me to keep it to remind me that my life is important and the potential i have will allow me to succeed.<<< I didn't know what to say to that? I was speechless.. I literally just starred at him for a good 5 seconds and said thank you and thank you for this night of tapas. It was very thoughtful of him. So now I have this candle stick on my nightstand to remind me of life. :)

Today we had salad for dinner. It was delicious. It's funny because I was telling Daryl before that I need something fresh to eat and she agreed. We come home and sure enough we got something fresh- ensalada!

Oscar... he's Victoria's boyfriend. He is a very nice guy. He always laughs at Daryl and I when we talk to Victoria. He's goofy at the same time. Well he's a taxi driver and he is never home, but when he is home he sits on the couch and plays warcraft on the computer.. ALL DAY. We leave for school at 8:30 am and come home for lunch or dinner and he is still sitting in the same spot playing warcraft. When Victoria talks to him or asks him a question he rarely never answers. I wanna punch him. Today Daryl was telling me she had to use the washroom really bad but Oscar was in there. She waited for like 40 minutes.. Finally he walked out of the washroom with the computer in his hands.. lol got caught red-handed sitting on the toilet playing warcraft for an hour Oscar!! lol

Life in Salamanca is treating me VERY well. I do miss my friends and family. I miss my Mom a lot. I feel lonely sometimes at night but I just stay positive. As the days go on I will feel more comfortable and at home.

This Sunday Daryl, myself, and Steph are renting bikes and going to ride around the town to site see.. we wanna check out everything salamanca has to offer and all the holes in the walls. I am really excited about that.

food for thought. There has been this one person on my mind and I can't get him off my head. Mom you know who he is.. ya i know i messed up.. only in time.

I am going to Segovia and Sevilla in a few weeks so I cannot wait for that. I am anticipating the traveling!

Alright I am going to try and fall asleep to the raindrops on the patio.

Stay healthy and live life every day like it's your last with peace and love in your heart <3

No hay amor perdido entre nosotros.

There is no love lost between us.

THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING!

hasta luego <3