Besides the gorgeous weather outside making me want to do nothing except post up on the playa I have also found other ways to procrastinate i.e. joining the Twitter world and writing in my blog when I don't feel like writing my paper. (Mom, you are reading this as I AM working on my paper.) I felt like today deserved a blog entry and after what happened, procrastinating for a few minutes can not be that damaging. So today started with me waking up and pondering the recurrent thought that pops into my mind every morning when the sun is shining: class or beach, class or beach. I decided to go to class (like I always do). After my first not-so-interesting class, (it's Pop Culture and all we did was discuss/analyze a few movies...zzzzzzz), my friend Hannah and I were discussing how much work we had to do the next few days/weeks. This is our last full week of class because next Thursday, Semana Santa begins a.k.a we get two weeks off for Easter and then we have class for TWO DAYS the first week of May and then that weekend is Santa Faz, another festival in Alicante. How could I not love it here?! Ok so getting back to my awesome day. We are supposed to have a paper due this Thursday for my Lit class and then our FINAL paper due on Tuesday. Well my friend Hannah had enough courage during class to raise her hand and ask if we could just discuss the commentary that we were supposed to do for Thursday. Surprisingly our professor said YES! One paper cancelled. She also allowed us to turn in our final paper the week after Semana Santa. I felt like Charlie Sheen. WINNING! Finally, in my last class which is my direct enrollment through the University of Alicante, my professor legit asks the class, "Who is not going to come to class the week after Semana Santa?" and EVERYONE (like 30 kids) raised their hands! She nodded and said, "Vale, no hay clase." (ok, no class then). WHAAAAAAT?! So basically we have a three week spring break, from that class at least, which means a 3 week break from hearing about the dictator, Franco.
In other news, my madre, Lidia, wrapped me into a puppy-scandal this morning. Preface: I woke up late (totally normal) this morning and was rushing to the bathroom to get ready when I saw Lidia and her friend, Isabella sitting and chatting in the living room. I gave a wave and said, "Buenos dias" as I trudged into the bathroom. When I came out, Isabella was gone. I gathered up all my stuff for the day and was walking out my bedroom door as Lidia was coming down the hall whispering to me "solamente hay un perro, nada más" (there's only one puppy, no more) and put her lips to her fingers as to "shush" me. I was a little stunned, nodded and preceded to head out the door when I met another lady walking in. After dos besos, looking at Lidia and being super confused, I headed to class, all the while thinking, "I hope the puppies are okay, and did one die?" Upon my return from class/awesome news-day, I found Ariadna holding one of the puppies as Lidia had taken Lulu, the mom of the puppies, debajo (to use the doggie restroom). Although the puppy still looked like a rat, it had more hair which made me want to hold it. Ok so I, timidly, ask Ariadna what happened to the other one and she explained that the owner of the puppies' father took it. Ok, whew! It was still alive. That is what Lidia must have been telling me this morning but was confused in the manner in which she did it.
Lidia and Lulu return from the park and she thanks me for not saying anything about the puppies this morning. I said, "Oh I heard you found a good home for one." She rolls her eyes and continues: apparently the owner of the puppies' father didn't want to pay for a puppy and since Lulu had a c-section, it was very expensive. Lidia then told her that only one of the puppies had survived and if she wanted it, she would have to pay. Lidia seemed annoyed because apparently this agreement was supposed to be sorted out before the birth of the puppies. She also mentioned something about everyone in Spain, or Alicante for that matter, want to be in your business and know how much money you have, what you do for a living, ect. ect. Then she tells me Isabel had the other puppy down in the park while this lady was looking at the other one in the apartment! This was all happening while I was oblivious/getting ready for class. And it was successful. Lidia got paid and this lady got a puppy, except now we only have one left..and his eyes aren't even open! Ariadna and I had fun cuddling him before dinner tonight.
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