Ah, Finally Some Emily Time

Tuesday February 12, 2008

I woke up this morning and was wide-awake for some crazy reason. I showered (with out a lizard spotting) and headed to school. School was relatively O.K. today, I think it is because I stopped at the supermarket and bought Coke and chocolate…but we’ll keep that one on the down low. After class I checked my e-mail (I received a pretty funny proposition from some friends in the form of a four (wo)man play) and then headed home at 3pm. Right when I got home I had lunch, papas con carne (potatoes with meat, its kind of like a soup), and then talked to the host family for a bit. After lunch I did some homework and then decided that it was time to have some “Emily time” today. I packed up my bag and headed out to the Plaza in front of the Cathedral and La Giralda. I sat on a bench and unpacked my new supplies. I decided that I wanted to just sketch today and my first victim was a fountain, which I spent 2 hours on drawing half of. As I sat people came up behind me and creped over my shoulder to peek and look at my drawing. It was quite humorous because could understand most of their comments and I just smiled at them and proceeded to draw. Man was it good getting out of the house and just doing something that I like to do! I think I’m going to get addicted to it. It was the first time that I had just stopped everything and done something on my own since arriving. After drawing I headed home and did some more homework until the roomies got home. We had a nice little dinner together and then we came back in the room to do some more schoolwork. I’ve kind of been avoiding it today because I have what’s due for tomorrow done and I just feel like a relaxing day instead of working ahead. Don’t worry I’m not ill, I just think Spain is making me realize what things are actually important to me and what things are not. Sometimes you just need a relaxing day every once and a while to do things that make you happy-I recommend it. And for the record, if you are reading this…you are still one of the things that are important to me…so do you worry. J