Sunday, January 13, 2008

Sweefundunger.
Back in Seattle now.

The evening of the Day of the Kings my friends and host family threw me a surprise goodbye party. So sweet. <33 They gave me more stuffed animals - a sleeping teddy bear that SNORES and rises its stomach as it snores (omg so cute x3) and a flower that says, "You're special." <3

The next day I went shopping with Maria Isabel and her friends since the after-holidays sales there are HUGE. =D I got lots of neat shirts and earrings.

Then Tuesday we started going back go school...On Thursday, my last day at school there, my friends Natalia, Jorge, Manuel, and Luis gave me ANOTHER stuffed animal (yess) that was a penguin...I kinda developed into the "penguin" of the group from an inside joke a while ago. XD And they also gave me a frame with a picture of all of us together. It's sitting on my desk right now. <333333

Friday I went to the airport. My family came along with me, of course...And 10 of my classmates. XD lol So like a third of the class was missing that morning. I was super glad they were there though...And 1 of my suitcases was like 15lbs overweight, so I had to pay $50. XD Much more expensive to mail though, so w/e.

When I finally had to go to my gate, I gave everyone a hug and a kiss on each cheek (you're supposed to do that every time you see someone or say goodbye to someone)...And Natalia started crying when I gave her my hug. And of course, that made me start...And I couldn't stop after that. =( My "mom" Paqui started crying too, and my friend Marina. I was also crying the night before.

The flight was expectedly depressing. I was going from Madrid to Newark (9 hours) and then from Newark to Seattle (6 hours). On my 1st flight I was sitting next to a preppy old lady. Yes, you heard right - a preppy old lady. She was super nice and all, but wow. A Coach bag and D&G sunglasses. D=

Maria Isabel gave me a letter the night before I left. She told me to read it on the plane...And when I did I started crying all over again. It was so sweet...

Then at Newark I was originally supposed to wait for a whole FIVE hours for my connecting flight, but it got delayed by TWO HOURS, so I had to wait for 7. -_- Spent it mostly eating. XD I also saw a Japanese guy there who just totally SCREAMED, "GAY!" I have no problems with gay/bi/les people, but he was in a tighttighttight dark purple henley and SUPER skinny jeans - and not even guy skinny jeans, but GIRL skinny jeans that are tight on the thighs too. I had to double-check to make sure he was a guy. D=

Then on the flight from Newark to Seattle there were so little people...I got an entire three seats all to myself! And they were window, middle, and aisle seats! =D I got to lie down to sleep there...XD

I drew a lot on the planes...Please check the new fanart (just uploading everything one by one for now). <33

So yeah. I'm back from five months of studying abroad in Madrid. I'm unbelieveably sad because I miss everyone there so much; I made some awesome friends who I love to death, and my host family there I certainly consider part of my own. I'm still glad to be back with my family here though (missed my dog), and I'm really thankful that I got the opprotunity to have such a life-changing experience. I'm practically fluent in Spanish now, have learned a ton of Spanish culture, and made some incredible friends. =)

Luvs and hugs,
RH






^ That's me with my host family in the airport in a somewhat-candid photo. xD
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