Quedan cinco semanas

Life in Granada has been pretty routine as of late (in a good way, of course).

My classes are...less than stellar. My PoliSci professor has such a heavy Andalusian accent that I sometimes wonder if he is actually speaking a language other than Spanish. We were learning about Hitler for two days, then jumped to the March 11th terrorist attacks in Madrid. He may have somehow made a connection between the two, but if so I couldn´t understand it. Spanish literature is pretty dry as well. Surprisingly enough, History is my favorite class (though just because we have a great professor). The thing about history in Spain is that it dates back over a thousand years. 1776 is pretty modern as far as Europe is concerned. I never realized how young the U.S. is. The Alhambra alone dates back to the year 900, if not earlier.

Anyway, I don´t have class today so I spent the morning shopping for cold weather attire. I´ve learned is that it is absolutely NOT okay to walk out the house in a sweatshirt and sneakers anywhere in Europe. So I´m trying the sweater look. As for shoes...the jury´s still out. Finding a good pair of closed-toed shoes that won´t give me blisters is a feat worthy of several Olympic medals. Still, I won´t rest until I find some. If I wanted to be really "euro" I could buy some knee-high, heeled, brown swede boots with a fold over top and buckles/tassels all the way down to the ankles. But you know, then hell might freeze over, so I better not.

Otherwise, I spend most of my time wandering the city, reading (so close to finishing Life of Pi at Michael´s insistence), or catching up on The Office (though I´m apparently missing big things on SVU).

A lot of my friends are taking trips out of town next weekend, and so naturally I am investigating a way to do the same. I´d love to go up to the north of Spain, but I may only make it as far as Salamanca. I only have a few weekends left so I am trying to take advantage of them.

Also, I am officially signed up for Winter Session at UD, which means I´ll be back in Delaware on January 2nd. The thought of Newark in January is enough to make me never want to leave Granada...though I am pretty excited to be back at the house. What´s more, the impending end of this semester is like a ball of anxiety constantly in the pit of my stomach. Do I seriously only have until May before I am forced to become a real person? I´m not ready... This semester went way to fast.

Honestly, there´s still a lot to look forward to. Like Kevo´s visit over Thanksgiving, and then Mom and Dad in December. So I´m pretty excited for the coming weeks - I just hope they don´t end as fast as the past ten have.