I woke up an hour before my alarm went off, which means 7:40 AM instead of 9. MAINLY BECAUSE I’M DEHYDRATED note to self get a glass of water to keep at the bedside for warm nights

Also: bed is firm but comfortable, as are the pillows. Sheets are all white. Very simple, but sufficiently comfortable.

Still cannot get the wi-fi to work, will figure it out maybe later. >(

Gonna shower and take advantage of being up before everyone by using their net for the extra hour I’m awake. THAT AND DRINK WATER COPIOUSLY although juice D: I want juice.

So, what awaits me today? WHO KNOOOOOOOWS~

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OKAY MY DISTRICT IS SAN BERNARDO

Went to supermarket with oldest brother! Bought pineapple & grape juice (like, it’s mixed :O not bad too) (also it’s not jugo it’s zumo :O how curious)

Also got corrected for going -ito again D: REPEATEDLY AHSAJKLKLDS

I fell asleep at like, 6 to 7:30 @.@

Yarr oh well. THIS ONLY TAKES AWAY FROM TIME I HAVE TO WORK!

Speaking of which COME TO MEEE INDESIGN

Anyways, if I cannot connect to the wi-fi here, then late at night after everyone has gone to bed I can probably get permission to sit in the living room and skype until midnight-ish perhaps 8D

You know, if anyone is interested

Angie brings up a good point earlier with the whole smaller glass drink portion size THIS IS TRUE you realize back at my house, I have enormous beer mugs where I drink my various liquids from? Here they’re tiny little glasses which I think are barely 4 oz probably, and so whee.

WHEE

Anyways, I’m having fun. Eldest brother is the most informative because he keeps showing me pictures of like everything ever. Youngest brother is the most scolding being like WHAT DON’T JUST THROW WORDS AT HIM HE PROBABLY DOESN’T KNOW YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE ALCOHOLIC DRINK YOU HAVE ALONGSIDE A CANTALOUPE D< and he’s loud and gets scolded for it but I don’t mind.

I KNOW IF IT WERE MY PARENTS THEY’D BE ALL D: I HAVE NO SON so it’s amusing.

Oh so day 1 of orientation? 32 students, 5 of them males :O Good group of kids. Mostly from Northwesterrn lolol

And then there’s still a lot to get to know in the city :O After class I went with Michelle Sweetwood and another girl (So terrible with names right now @.@) on a random adventure before lunch! We walked along… La Avenida de la Constitución (I will learn streets D:< THIS I SWEAR)  to find an ice cream shop (my idea) recommended to them by their host families. BOTH SHOPS WERE CLOSED so we got ice cream from a coffee shop called Café de India if I recall correctly. There was another near the uni (University) so it’s probably a chain. Plus the one we went to had within a block from it: A Starbucks, a Burger King, AND a KFC. I mean, the other two, fine. I NEVER expected to see a KFC in Spain o_O

Ice cream seemed to be gelato :O I got vanilla (lack of adventure whoo), and it cost 1.90 euros so NOW I HAVE EURO-COINS because so far the family isn’t letting me buy anything which is making me go D:?

T’was good t’was good.

And then I headed back to meet my host family at 1:30 at the Uni. AN EARLY LEAVE FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD but that’s alright |D I got the keys to the house and was treated to lunch at 2:30 so yay.

It began with the gazpacho (sp?), cold tomato soup which also had bits of a bacon-ish thing in the bottom of the bowl. I tried it, and was like “…this is good :O” but then each following spoonful somehow became worse and worse and then I ran into a bacon bit and I was like “…this is REALLY good :O” and then as before the more I consumed, the worse it became. Thus, I was like @.@ by the end of the cold tomato soup.

But then the main course! Pork (I think? Some white meat that wasn’t chicken) and APPLESAUCE you know I don’t believe I’ve ever had apple sauce in the US so this is my first apple sauce :O It was hot and perfectly creamy and sweet and sooo good. But as I was given the dish with the ladle, I scooped it up, and then went “…am I supposed to put it on the meat or on the side or what”
Father: ON THE MEAT
Family: WHAT NO WHEREEVER YOU WANT
Me: *pouring on meat* Wha-OH OKAY *pours rest next to it*

That, though, was good. Oh, and baguette also. FRESH AND CRISPY and somehow I expected bread in Spain to be more flavorful :O but perhaps it is just my mind, as it was still quite good.

And then dessert was fruit slices, a melon (like a legit melon how have I never had melon before) and pineapple. Pineapple was tough at the core but soft and delicious at the edge towards the skin 8D

Melon tastes like watermelon but only slightly less sweet. Also different texture. Like soft honeydew. I NO LIKE CANTALOUPE but that won’t be had here in the house I am told
Speaking of which a distinction! Melon here is also known as Piel de Sapo.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS:

And Piel de Sapo like Skin of Toad/Frog.

GOD they won’t let me wash dishes or help set the table or anything. I feel waited on and it makes me uneasy )< LET ME HELP PLZAlso the mom keeps taking my indifference to things or “*pause* ..ambiguous answer” as me being polite and not openly expressing a distaste for something, which earlier today dealt with the father asking me what I thought about the Bull Fights.

USUALLY HOWEVER MY PAUSE IS BASED ON MY TRYING TO FIND THE PROPER WORDS. But then my mind farts so I default to something else 8D

Yarr.

Anyways, for those of you who’ve sent me e-mails, I’ve replied to most of you now that I actually read them. I’ll be on again tonight to post this up and see if I can get any yeastie articles, as what I’m missing now are legit sources for s. cerevisiae background on my project.

Although it’s 10:30 now and dinner still has not been had :O like woah I KEPT WORRYING I SLEPT THROUGH IT

…DINNER TIME!

Back

Eggs mixed with sausage (hot-dogs which were quite good  :o) bacon-ish and potatoes. WHY IS IT SO DELICIOUS ARGH
Also breakfast for dinner is surprisingly more amazing than it should be :O

Alright, final check of things and then I will sleep, as tomorrow is slightly more active.

Also, Bio goes swimmingly 8D

BYE