A bit about everyday life...

The Fund is going to make me fat. Sigh.

Yes, the food has been very good in my opinion, despite the many complaints I have been hearing about it from others. There are usually two entrees, with either some sort of meat or eggs or potatoes or something else muy extraño but most of the time it is good. And they have some sort of soup which have been consistently delicious! And then at the salad bar the have lettuce and tomatoes and mixed vegetables and sometimes pasta...and there is always tons of bread muy sabroso! I could eat the bread with olive oil and black pepper like all the time, but then I really will get fat...

I haven´t done much of anything about exercise either. My legs actually feel sore from lack of use! I have been too much of a wimp to go out for a walk/jog in the streets, but I have promised myself I will soon. I am just too afraid I will get lost...my terrible sense of direction combined with the labrinyth-like streets here is not working in my favor. But I spend too much of the day either sleeping (or trying to...more on that later) or sitting in class or at meals or on my computer. ¡Necesito ejercicio!

The one (and pretty much only) thing that I am not happy with here is the internet connection! They say there is wireless throughout the whole building but in my room the signal is so low, it goes in and out very frequently. I either use the computer labs or bring my laptop right outside of the computer lab where the signal is much stronger. It´s just frustrating when I´m trying to skype someone and I can´t because my internet sucks! I apologize in advance for anyone I try to chat with via the web!

Las clases empezaron el lunes y generalmente, me gustan todas mis clases. I am having a slight issue with one of my classes though, gramática avanzada (advanced grammar). I am in two grammar classes, that one and the lower level one, redacción y gramática. I need to take the lower level for its equivalent at the U, and it seems like it should be fairly easy. But the same profesora teaches both classes, and she advised me against taking both at the same time. I am trying to switch the advanced grammar class for a conversation class, but I am on the waiting list since so many of the classes here están llenas (I hope people can understand my spanglish lol). So I will see...I think I would be fine in the advanced grammar too but if I have the opportunity to swtich, I think I will.

My school days generally go like this: wake up around 8:30am, get ready and eat breakfast (cornflakes...breakfast here is really small) and go to class. I think my room is one of the lucky ones when it comes to showers, because I have heard so many people complain about having to take cold showers. Ours gets plenty hot, which is really nice. I don´t know what I would rather have though, a hot shower or working internet in my room lol. Depending on when I have class (it varies from day to day), I go to lunch which starts at 1:30pm, and then I probably take a really long siesta because I can´t sleep at nights! Maybe I am just still getting used to the time difference and stuff, but it has been nearly a week so I´m not sure. Like last night, I think I slept about 3 hours. But today is going to be tough, since I have classes on and off until 9pm and the time in between is not long enough to take a nap in! But hopefully I can get a good night´s sleep tonight then.

That´s about everything for now! I have class again in about 30 minutos. I will most likely update again after our trip to Madrid this Friday! Oh and I put pictures on my facebook, www.facebook.com/angie.maharaj so take a look if you haven´t already!

¡Ok Adios!
Angie