Viva la Vida

Dear Devoted Readers,

I have an hour to kill before heading out for a Christmas Party, so I'll give you a little update on life in Spain.

Tonight is the Barcelona vs. Madrid futbol game, which is kind of a huge deal. Futbol is life in Spain, and nearly everyone has a say about it. Personally, I don't know who to root for. I don't live in or close to either city, and even though I really enjoy futbol, it's not very important who wins to me (sorry to all the Spaniards out there reading this who told me to root for their team!).




Who is going to win?!

The situation kind of reminds me of the ever going Cylones vs. Hawkeyes battle in Iowa. Especially in Newton, we live right between the teams, and it's pretty much a toss-up on who to cheer for (except that we know that the Hawkeyes are most likely going to win. Sorry Cyclones fans, it's just true). I think Madrid has a slight lead in favoritism, but Barcelona has the money, and pretty good skills. I'll let you guys know the results of the game in my next post, if you haven't heard already.

So I only had to go to school on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday last week because of national holidays, so that was definitely a plus. On Wednesday I went to the library with a few friends from class and attempted to help them study for English. It ended up being a fail because of my poor Spanish, but I enjoyed myself because I like my classmates and spending time with them - even if it's studying! While they studied for exams, I translated a few paragraphs of History notes into English.

Also on Wednesday, the new episode of Glee (Tuesday for you guys, Wednesday for me, since I have to wait for it to be uploaded online and time differences...grr) was very good. It was called "Hold on to Sixteen" or something like that and it really made me think. It's like this: we're only young for so long, so for goodness sakes, enjoy it! We'll be "grown-ups" soon enough, but right now we're young, and we're exactly where we should be in the scheme of life. On Thursday, Matt and I worked on a "Christmas in the USA" project for our Spanish class, and that went well. I think we'll get a good grade (wow, haven't said that for a while!). Paola bought me a coat and some boots as Christmas presents this afternoon and I think that I look like a total (blonde) Spaniard with them on. I'm going to a Christmas party at church with Evelyn tonight and I think we may be watching the big game afterwards too. So yeah, life is pretty good. :)