Short n' Sweet

Hello errbody.

Today didn't go so well, so I'm blogging instead of doing homework. It's a little treat to myself. I'm going to do a little debrief of the day though.... y'all might find it entertaining.

Sorry for any mistakes..... apparently I can't speak any language today.....

Well first off, I got sick on sunday. Those dang spanish diseases.... my poor american cells got confused or something. Anyways, I got a really bad cold really fast. So today, I'm at school all sick like and blowing my nose every 10 minutes or so (not joking) you know, doing my own thing. By 6th hour I'm just miserable. I'm tired and annoyed with my flem and I just want to go home. BUT NO. My day managed to get worse when I suddenly burst out in an insane cough attack in the middle of geografia. The first few coughs were fine, but after a little, my classmates started to take notice. So of course everyone is watching me suffer while I'm hacking up a storm (tears and snorting and everything. You know what I mean). After about 30 seconds of pure death, I get offered about 4 water bottles and 3 packs of kleenex while my friend Carlos fanned me with his papers and everyone else is laughing and saying 'jane TRANQUILA!". (I would have been laughing too if it was possible) After that finally ended, I calmed down and just kinda sat there for the rest of the day.

That makes school sound bad. School is actually fun. I like school. Its really different (I keep saying that) but it's true. The other day, I got 2 free hours in the middle of the day because my chemistry teacher didnt show up. Thats right. There's no such thing as substitutes. If a teacher doesn't show, you don't have class.

One thing I DON'T like about school is this: you can go ahead and feel bad for me. Only for this though because everything else is fantastic.

One other thing about school. In biology the other day, we examined blood. But guess what, IT WAS OUR OWN BLOOD! Thats right, I cut myself in school. How weird is that. In the middle of class, the teacher just hands me a needle and was like "look at your own blood cells." I just sat there in awe. But I did. and it was really interesting. Ok my life is not ALL school.

Last saturday I went to my first spanish concert! It was so cool. It was very spanish too. It was a rock concert in the middle of a street. DANCING IS SO FUNNY! Everyone just purposely runs into everyone else. Basically its just a lot of people bouncing off of each other. It gets pretty crazy too. A bunch of people fell and stuff. Its some pretty serious stuff.

Next order of business. I understood my first movie the other day. The entire movie. I was so proud.

El Niño con el pijama de rayas.

I highly recommend it. Im serious. It was so good. And in spanish. I didn't know movies in spanish could be good, BUT IT WAS. BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD! Good day. Good day.

I don't really have much else to say. This is going to be a short blog. I will tell you that with a little luck and really good conversational skills, I will be going to Italy with my school for 10 days in march for only 150 Euros. (180$) If you can ever go to Italy for that much money, I will die of shock. Also my host dad wants to take me to france. How freaking cool is that. I WILL TRAVEL THE WORLD!

Cheers!

Jane