Sevillanas gets real

Another presentation down, another step closer to a semester completed! I find that a lot of the presentations that I've been doing this semester don't particularly interest me, but this one (for my politics class) was pretty engaging. Healthcare, whether public or private, is something that I didn't really know a lot about, so this project gave me to opportunity to solidly grasp and be able to compare the public health system here in Spain and the currently privatized plans in the United States. After our presentation our professor said Christina and I spoke really well (45 minutos...wow) and made a potentially dry subject engaging and extremely clear. Yes! Muy bien!

The other big event of the day was our final dress rehearsal for Sevillanas. We finally got the costumes sorted out, and did a couple of full run-throughs of the four dances. My partner, Jess, also goes to Smith, and tends to dress more masculinely. She decided that she wanted to wear the traditional male pant-suit for our dance, and I must say, we make a smashing couple. Our Sevillanas teacher was somewhat confused by Jess's desire to wear manly clothes over a massive layered dress, but I think she got the message once we all started applauding when Jess came out of the changing room all done up in red suspenders and the wide-brimmed hat. She's hilarious, and has worked out a routine for how she can spin her hat and me around at the same time. I'm sure there will be more pictures from our final performance/fiesta, but here is a little preview from tonight:

Much to my relief, the rest of tonight has been quiet. Amber and Kim went out for drinks after dinner, but I couldn't manage to gear up and go. I'm going to Sevilla for the weekend tomorrow to see friends and celebrate Johanna's 21st birthday, so I think tonight's mellowness is entirely justified. That being said, I need to take advantage of every day here! I'll be home two weeks from today- bittersweet.