HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!

getting up there, ay ol broad?

we finally have wireless at our dorm, however it keeps going in and out or working, and everytime i try to upload pictures here or facebook it just stops working, and at that point im too frustrated to even write.

well my first week of classes has gone very well. They all seem interesting, more or less. all of the teachers speak english but its their second language, so there are some gaps in communication. I might try to change one class, but well see. we dont even have books, we have readers which have all of the readings for the semester in them, so for 2 of them it was only 30euro, so its much much much less expensive than books at home.

I guess september is the month of rains. its basically the equivelant to monsoon season in india. its been pouring non stop for the past 3 days. constantly. there are also these huge claps of thunder that echo off the mountains and are a little bit scary.

tomorrow were going on our orientation trip to costa brava and the south of france. It should be fun. Im a little worried about the company though, because ill be with EVERYONE from IES, and alot of these kids are T-O-O-L-S. they dont care about integrating into the culture or eatign the food or branching out or getting out of their comfort zone or traveling. their here only to live like they do at home as much as they can and party as much as possible. not everyone. but alot of people.

we booked our flight to paris. im excited about that! and soon ill see natalie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and katie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so pictures soon, i promise.