Comida, comida

Today was a day all about taking care of me and my food needs. This morning I spent a bunch of money and a ton of time food shopping at El Corte Inglés for nuts, soy milk, instant pasta, and other filling and nutritious foods that my diet has been lacking. I feel better knowing that if I walk away form a meal hungry I have a supply of alternatives up here in my room.

I also have to be careful about my weight dropping any more than it already has (kilo equivalent of about 5 lbs) At home, I run farther than I do here, but I think that the diet is really taking a toll on my body. This is probably also why I've gotten shin splits while running recently. Hopefully my food hoarding will help put an end to all this, although I do still have to talk to Maricarmen about adding some of my calcium/protein essentials to her meat-filled shopping list.

Aside from that, I had my Political and Music classes today, in addition to Sevillanas later in the afternoon. I feel like I'm finally getting the swing of Sevillanas; I had a great time in class today and felt like my body was finally doing correct-ish dance moves! That was my only exercise today, though. The rest of my time I spent snacking and munching and snacking some more- I need to figure out how to catch up on a month's worth of minimal calorie-consumption.

Maricarmen and Carlos were out at a concert tonight, so I got to sneakily use the kitchen to make some instant pasta in the microwave, which tasted amazing. The package said it was enough for two adults, but I ate it all. I'm looking forward to the next time they leave so I can enjoy another mass-quantity of my version of "normal" food.

Tonight was also Yanet's birthday, so a bunch of went out for drinks to celebrate. Its nice to get together with the group since we don't necessarily see each other that often, unless our classes happen to overlap. Finally, when I got home a few minutes ago, Maricarmen and Carlos introduced me to a Chinese girl who is going to be living with us for a month, but I couldn't understand what she said her name was, and she barely spoke any Spanish. I feel so badly for her! Hopefully she'll feel a bit settled in tomorrow and maybe talk a bit more.

Ok, it's late here. I have to get up and do homework tomorrow morning and hopefully take a run before my 3pm class, so off to bed for me. Ya está jueves manaña!