buena semana : )

sooooo last week my parents came to visit me and arrived in Santiago Wednesday after a lil excursion of their own. it was fun. apparently we walked an awful lot but i have no concept of what a lot is anymore cuz on a typical day i walk a lot and besides i had softball and the hills and stairs of the LC to keep me occupied before the hills and cobblestone of Santiago. we went out for tapas a few times. thursday we went out for Kely's (friend from Brazil) last night in Santiago and chatted in Spanish with some English so that all could understand. i had a blast.

friday, my american family met my spanish familia and mi mama espanola cooked up a grand meal with a bunch of typical dishes (which i love!) that means tortilla espanola, croquetas, empanada, carne con patatas, pan (porque "yo como pan como un gallego" so i'm told) y i think i'm missing one but that's all in my spanish journal so no worries. but for POSTRE (because i can't spell that in english) she made my gallegon crepes con nata y strawberries mmm : ) que delicioso! i stuffed myself and still had room. i'm kinda used to it now. but my family , on the other hand, was struggling thru it haha. oh right, she also made chocolate flan mmmm Dad loved that! i've been eating it since they left. and you can just eat it and eat and eat it cuz its THAT good! and to think i'm not a flan person. (mabes that'll work with art...gonna be learning about arte in class ick but mabes after i see what we're learning about i might like it? nawwww but i'm sure the profe will make it interesting!) but yeah, the lunch (bigger than a american-sized dinner) passed well.

worst day ever. no broma.

my computer kept dying on me so i finally called the phone number for spain and the company or whatever you call it. thank you loras laptops...you suck. the same problem i had fixed before i left. anywho. so i had called the dy before. i said i needed to talk to someone in english because computer talk and spanish = i stood no chance whatsoever. so after dialing the option for english i had to talk with 4 people in spanish before i finally got to use my native tongue. and even then i had to talk VERY slowly with simple words so that thelady could understand me. well after all that nonsense i received a few emails. in spanish of course. duhhh kelly you´re in spain. so i was so gracious (idk if thats the right word here, i can´t really think right now) to have a profesora help a girl out and fill me in. well the mailman came by during lunch and i was clueless and as much i tried to comprend slash understand it wasn´t happening for mehhh. so after mi internship Teddy came over and translated every for me that mi mama espanol was saying. i stood no chance with my spanish today. no whatsoever. as in i spoke as much english as i could after the experience to let it all out haha. ok so yeah. Teddy and i walked to the UPS store and got it all handled (i think). then proceeded to a guitar shop cuz he´s gonna buy some ancient cool instrument that the US probs doesn´t have and if it did would be VERY expensive. i jammed on a guitar for a bit. i might just get one. i wonder what my parents would say? i would tell them its a GREAT deal to get one here and it´s pretty modern. i´m thinking about it lol. anywho. so my day couldnt get any worse right? no. wrong. the ONE time i dont have my bombi sorry umbrella (our group calls it a bombi) i downpours. its been raining a lot this week...last week was sunny so this week was just asking for crappy weather. welllllll to my surprise it starts hailing. yes hailing. what i lovely surprise. i was walking thru rivers in my boots. this as a picture perfect kodak moment when i walked in the house. literally ALL drenched. from top to bottom. DRENCHED. first time i used a hairdryer here. so yes, def won´t forget the happenings of today.