Queda dos, venga tres

I've been lazy about writing! My apologies. Let's do a day-by-day recap:

I actually had two classes on Friday, Music and Geo, because the professor wanted to get in one more class session before the final exams. I personally didn't think another class was necessary for either considering we had already finished the material, but oh well. I have the Music open note exam tomorrow (Monday) and the Geography exam, which is just writing a bit about some photos of Spanish landscapes he's going to show us, on Tuesday. The rest of the day was exceptionally lazy and uneventful.

On Saturday, yesterday, I busted out the suitcases and began packing. Considering that I have to get everything organized and be ready to go on Tuesday, I thought it'd be a good idea to start before departure day. The only real challenge is figuring out how to get my plates home since they're fragile and weigh a lot. There are no weight restrictions on carry-ons, so I think I'm just going to wrap them in clothes and carefully put them in my backpack. I'm too nervous that they'll put my suitcase over the 50 pound weight limit and end up broken.

Yesterday was also Amber's 21 birthday celebration. We were going to botellon in a park before going to a club or something, but it ended up being one of the few nights of rain here. Shoot. We didn't want to pay for drinks at a bar! So expensive! Kim and I are really cheap, too, so we brought wine for ourselves. Unfortunately because of the weather everyone went to a bar, and we couldn't bring our wine if we went. Instead, we found a small shed with an awning in the park and sneakily drank our wine there. It was a crack up. We eventually made it to the bar, and wished Amber a happy birthday, but the high point of the night was definitely the wine under the shed awning. This is what our lives have come to... Drinking wine in a park at night... amazing.

This morning we managed to peel ourselves out of bed in time to go to mass at the Mezquita. I had never been to mass before, so it was an interesting experience. It was also just the excuse I needed to go to the Mezquita one more time before I leave. The rest of today has been rainy, so I've been inside packing bit by bit and doing a bit of prep for my exam tomorrow.

Closer to home every day! Two until I leave, three until I'm home... ALA! Whoa.