Day 25 - The Disparity

I really feel bad about being a horrible student here in Spain, but I’m not making much effort to change it.

The truth is, I’m not a bad student, per se. I show up to class (usually on time), act interested, do the work that’s asked of me while in class, participate in discussion, and generally enjoy myself (at least in the first class).

But then I get home and eat lunch with my host family, take a siesta, then head out to explore the town or surrounding area with friends. We usually end up staying out for awhile, eating, shopping, walking, talking, etc. And by the time I get home, I just want to talk to Sean and Mom and Dad, and then go to bed.

Is that really too much to ask?

No, I don’t want to analyze poetry. I don’t want to spend a ridiculous amount of time analyzing upwards of three poems when they’re just going to be explained in class the next day, anyway. What’s the point?

Homework just makes me miserable because even if I decide not to do it, I feel bad about the decision I made. Jeez, what a conscience.

On the brighter side, I had a lot of fun not doing homework tonight J

Took a good long siesta, then headed out with Alee to find more postcards and stamps. We ended up getting distracted by some awesome t-shirts that were only 9 euro. No matter, we ended up meeting up with Stephanie and finding a tobacco shop to buy stamps. We hit up a candy store where I got a Pepsi and suckers. Then we ate dinner at La Regenta (spaghetti for me!) and went to El Parque de San Francisco for awhile.

Alee was climbing on the monkey bars and her phone must have dropped out of her pocket. But an older Spanish lady and her kids brought it to the group of us and figured out that it was Alee’s. How sweet!

Daniela and I discussed our obsession with Desigual, then Stephanie and I headed home where I commenced to not do homework. Looked for wedding gowns and wedding destinations on the beach, talked to Sean, and finally did some work for my first class.

I’m going to be SO glad to be done with classes. Actually, I’m going to miss my first class a lot. A whole lot. But it will be nice to not have that obligation to get up every day. And actually do work. Haha.

I must admit, I’m getting excited for Barcelona and Madrid.

I’m really excited for the long train ride because I’m hoping to get some reading done! Los ojos amarillos de los cocodrillos.

I’m not quite sure how to prepare myself for all the museums and touring we’re going to do. The honest truth is, I’m really digging on modern art, and I know we’re going to be seeing a lot of not-modern art, and I just don’t know how much of it I can take. Guess I’ll deal. Picasso and Dalí should be enough to get me through J

Our mock trial for my first class is later today…yikes! Wish me luck!