Back "home"

Hola from The Best State (Dirty Jerz, obviously),
I made it home safely from Valladolid. We had to leave at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, so we just stayed up all night long Friday into Saturday at La Negra Flor. Should you ever be in Valladolid, hit that place up. Carlitos, the bartender, made a special non-alcoholic drink for me each time I went. Our last night there, Kiko showed off his incredible dancing skills! He danced with all of us, and a random lady at the bar who knew she couldn't pass up an opportunity to dance with Kiko! I have never seen someone put their drink and cigarette down so fast. This lady was a good dancer, too, but Kiko's still better! The only bad part is that at this bar you can smoke...and I am highly allergic.

I got a 98 on my final paper for Grammar (creatively entitled "Vale")! The fairytale, "El pato y el perro negro" was also a big hit. The final exam was a little rough. I know all of the information, but putting everything in the correct place at the correct time in the correct form (and spelling/accentuating the vosotros form correctly) is not that simple. I teachnically got an 88.5 overall in Grammar, but my teacher bumped me up to an A- b/c of participation and effort!

I ended up with a 98% in Conversation!!!!! I really enjoyed that class and I miss laughing for an hour a day. Jess and I ended up being overly prepared for our oral exams. We brainstormed so many ideas to talk about, but we were cut off after 7 minutes.

Angela hasn't sent me the grade for Culture yet, but that's okay.

I really miss my host mom. I will never forget walking into her place and her walking out of the bano in her bathrobe. Mark my words, I thought the Easter Bunny was in front of me! That was the whitest, FLUFFIEST robe I have ever seen in 21 years of my life! To boot, it had pink lininaround the edge or whatever, which gave the impression of pink Easter Bunny ears. Maybe I was siesta-deprived, but just say "robe" and I still crack up. Anyway, Mama Dos is walking back and forth in this robe of hers. It turns out...she couldn't find her clothes!!! She kept asking me, "Alicia, where are my clothes?" And I was just like, "Mama Dos, I sure don't have them!" Fortunately, she fianlly found/remembered where she put her ropa. It was more of a "you had to be there" moment, but for real, just say the word and I'll be laughing so hard!

It's 1 a.m. Eastern time so I should probably hit the cama. More luego!