Poco a poco

The looming threat of finals on Friday, the poopy weather we've been having the past couple days, and the lack of wifi in my house/unreliability of the wifi at school have all combined to make Monday and Tuesday really, really boring. Here's what I did, in bullet form

• went to class (still have perfect attendance)
• played Plants vs. Zombies on my computer from the beginning and beat Adventure mode
• read an entire book (Graceling by Kristen Cashore, quick read for sure)
• went to an art museum with my art class -- interesting experience
• walked around a lot
• reloaded my bus card
• made "surrealist food"
• tried to write a blog post
• struggled in writing a blog post
• won a bet for a dollar
• hung out at Café de las Luces

Yep, that's about it. Last night was my last real night of going out in Valencia, and we had an excellent time. Nothing out of the ordinary, just El Castillo and High Cube, but we're at the point where we know exactly what we want to do when we go out and so we just do it. If that makes sense.

This morning in art we all shared our "surrealist food" or dadaist project... things. I still can't put a finger on how I feel about the class. We all have fun during class, I guess, but I feel like our professor thinks we hate him (mostly because he always asks why we hate him). Oh well. I've learned a decent amount, at least I think I have. Medical Spanish has taught me more vocabulary than I've ever wanted to know, so at least I'll have that when I go back to the states.

One of my suitcases has a broken handle, and I still haven't really gotten presents for anyone (sorry!), so I think Rach and I are gonna make a run to the mall tomorrow afternoon after we're done with finals. I can't believe I leave on Saturday. I'm excited to get back and see everyone, and have reliable high speed wifi (at least until I get to Charlottesville, because I totally just realized that we don't have an internet connection in our apartment yet oops), and drive my car, AND PAINT MY NAILS (it's been almost 5 weeks and I'm at the end of my rope), and pet my dogs, and annoy my sister, and be able to buy 20 ounces of coffee at a time.

I really am going to miss Valencia though. Here, I'll make another bulleted list of things I'll miss:

• my host mom and sister arguing
• Café de las Luces every day
• bocadillos
• small children and small dogs everywhere
• cheap coffee, cheap (legal) alcohol
• everyone around me speaking Spanish
• the weather
• my friends here
• exploring the city
• murcielago
• clubbing until 5/6/7 am
• siestas
• Ralf and company at the centro
• the weather
• did I mention the weather
• the excellent public transportation
• the pace of this city
• the lack of smartphones when not at home or school (everyone's less stressed and plugged in)

I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of for now. Sorry my life isn't that exciting, but whatevs.

Hasta luego!