Un Mes

Today is February 20. That is a special day. I left home exactly one month ago today. And exactly one month from today...my family brings a little bit of home to me!!!!!

So we have this weird time thing going on again. I've been here a month already. I guess it has gone pretty fast. But I feel like it's been a long time too. It's been a month since I've eaten Sunday popcorn or cereal, a month since I've ridden in a car, a month since I've read the comics, a month since I've walked the streets of beautiful Berne, a month since I've been in the same time zone as those I love, over a month since I've wandered the sidewalks of Taylor and the hallowed corridors of Mary Tower English Hall, over a month since I hugged my sweet wingmates goodbye...sigh.

Then again, a lot of good things have happened in this month too. It's been a month of making new friends, of exploring a beautiful city, of eating lots of ice cream, of learning how to understand (if not speak) this foreign new language, of...well, lots of good things really. As much as I don't really feel like being here today, I know that I'm supposed to be here, and that is a good thing to know.

And my family comes in just a month! I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THEM!!!!! I imagine that this month will probably go a lot faster than I think. There are a lot of things to look forward to: more exploring, more ice cream, more learning, school trip to Toledo, a free trip to the movies that we got for winning the scavenger hunt, more 20 Minutos (if I get up early enough), more trips a la biblioteca etc., etc. Though one thing I will never look forward to is Pablo. We're meeting tonight, and I am dreading it something awful. Ugh.

In other news...Erin and I are going to...London? Our goal is to go to Switzerland over Semana Santa so we were looking for cheap flights last night. We found a flight from Sevilla to London for zero euros. Yep...zero euros. What does Ryanair gain by giving away flights? Of course, by the time they tack on all the taxes and fees and such it ended up being more like 30 each. But still, that's not so bad. And then today Erin found tickets from London to Basel for about 7 euros a piece (and no taxes!). The thing is that we'll be in London for a few days before that flight. But that's cool I guess. I never thought I would go to London. This is crazy.

Sorry. This post probably seems really scattered. I accidentally slept late this morning (so I got to school only 50 minutes early instead of 2 hours) so I've been kind of frazzled ever since. Ugh. I don't know what to do with myself. I miss people. I don't really know what this weekend is going to hold. I'd be looking forward to it so much more if only it didn't hold Pablo...