i HATE the month of january. so much. every single year.
I kinda forgot last year because I was on my way to Spain.
I really need to remember and plan for this. aka, get the hell out of dreary, depressing New England during this month!!!

I'm fine, just thought that getting that out there might help a bit :-)

so much to tell and where to begin! i'll try doing this in categories, i suppose ( Read more... )

I feel good about:
~my body- I look good and I'm starting to see the payoff from all my hard work.  looking in the mirror, i can smile and think i'm pretty, even beautiful. motivation levels are extremely high
~all the friends and connections I'm making through this movie
~i'm taking gymnastics and ballroom dance classes- more stuff to help me improve ( Read more... )

i think i have officially become a "dude".

so much to tell but no time to tell it ( Read more... )

Oops- I guess I’ve been slacking on the whole update thing!  I think I wrote a couple on my computer and then never posted them here.  Oops, lol.

Alright, so last weekend my Dutch friend went home to the Netherlands, and we got a new girl from the states, from Colorado, to be specific.  Yes, she is a Rockies fan- which we discovered when I was ( Read more... )

Week 2 in Barcelona-

Well I had a lovely weekend of sight-seeing and hiking up mountains and cooking and such.  I've now visited the Chocolate Museum and the had the greatest cup of hot chocolate ever at a little cafe called Dulcinea.  Yes, I sang the song from Man of La Mancha.  Ok. let's organize this a bit!

Yesterday- Monday 1/21
Went to the ( Read more... )

In honor of Jen Parsons. . .

LA CLASE DE ESPANOL!!

OK folks, day 2 of classes was like 50 times better than day 1.  I talked more, I already had like double or triple the vocabulary even just from yesterday, although it might be because I spent probably four more hours after the 6 of school yesterday continuing to study.  Today I knew all the ( Read more... )

Hola de Barcelona!

Well I’m writing from the bed in my room at the student apartment, but there’s no internet connection, so I will post it later.  It’s been pretty overwhelming so far.

When we got to Logan the Alitalia flight was cancelled, so they bumped me to an Air France flight, via PARIS, which got me to Barcelona two hours earlier. So at 9: ( Read more... )

 today I drove into Boston to have a farewell lunch with two good friends.  I knew I was going to be there for only a very short amount of time, and I didn't want to waste time or money paying $6 to park at the T and then $1.70 each way on the T.  I just knew that I could find a parking spot in Boston for less than that.  I had to drive around ( Read more... )