time is running out

excluding today, i only have 3 more days left in sevilla! how has that happened? on the one hand i feel like i've been here for a long time because i've done so much and been to so many places. it's hard to believe that it's humanly possible to cram that much into 6 weeks (cordoba, lagos, barcelona, granada, and of course sevilla!). on the other hand, however, i'm becoming more and more aware of the fact that 6 weeks doesn't quite cut it. i feel like my touristic veil is just being lifted and i'm finally getting settled in here, as an actual inhabitant of sevilla. right when things are starting to get a little bit more familiar i have to jump on a plane back "home". i'm not at all ready.
i want to apologize for not keeping this blog more up-to-date. before coming to sevilla i wondered to myself why emily didn't blog more (she's in paris for the semester). you're in a new place and you're meeting new people. your habits and routine are turned upside down and shaken. how are there not plenty of experiences about which to blog? insights, funny cultural misunderstandings, weird food, crazy senoras, etc.! i've realized that this isn't the question to be answered. the problem with it is that there is no time. you're in school during the day and you're working in the afternoon (or napping if you're lucky). at night you eat, shower, go out (or do more work) and then go to sleep. along with all of this there are the weekend excursions, silly errands (i.e. when you lose your camera and have to buy a new one and then exchange it because the shutter won't open and then the second one breaks and you have to go back a third time...yeah), random explorations around the city- to name a few. i wish i had written more about my time here. i brought a travel journal to sevilla solely for that purpose. when i went to europe the summer of '05 i wrote in my journal every single night. i recorded every minute detail from the museums that we visited that day to the flavor of my gelato that evening (crucial). i've gone back and read it and really enjoyed taking it all in, again. it's amazing how much you forget even over a couple of years. having an account of my time here would be amazing. it just hasn't been possible (or i haven't made it so). i'm starting to think, right now as i'm writing this, that while being able to reflect on my day-to-day activities would be really nice 10 years down the road, what's more important to me is that i remember the feeling. i've been really happy here and i've enjoyed the experience to its fullest. i want to remember my initial nerves, my giddy excitement, my overwhelming fascination, and everything else in between.
i have two exams tomorrow. uk. of course i choose to blog now. why not? i'm just feeling very reflective. today was my last day of classes and tomorrow it (school) will be over. how?!
you know what else is tomorrow :)...
my 21st birthday!! yeahh! wish me a good one.

feed me

i'm having such a hard time waking up at 8am and eating a slice of toast with jelly and then not eating again until 2:30. i'm starving. i'm going to have to ask the senora if she can pack me a bocadillo or something for brunch because this 6 hour waiting game is not working. i need a tapa or something. anything. i feel like i'm either really hungry or totally full over here. our lunches are fairly huge. i'm not lacking for food. but eating a lot of food within a short period of time doesn't last me all day. so by dinner time i usually just eat whatever is put in front of me, regardless (and i can be a pretty picky eater). this isn't usually until 9:30 or so. again, 6-7 hours later. i've got a bag of chips and some white chocolate covered oreos in my room to munch on. the chips are so greasy and uck. i feel disgusting after i eat them. the oreos are fabulous but they don't sustain. i guess i should figure this out. in the meantime i'll just listen to the rumbles of my stomach and pray the senora comes around in a minute yelling "almuerzo". one of my favorite words here in spain. that and siesta. it's a tight race for first place. chupito follows closely in third.