God's Blessings

January 27, 2009

We are almost there!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s the 27th of January and we get to Spain tomorrow morning. Me and Elise are going to wake up early and see us actually pull into port. Tomorrow is a pretty busy day, first I am going on the city orientation for about 5 hours and then I am going to Flamenco Night till about 11 at night. This is my first time ever going to Spain and I am very excited. I am also nervous. They gave us a speech about safety while in port. There is some scary stuff out there. I am afraid I am going get pick pocketed :( So today I have pretty much been sleeping, I got up at 9 and went to both of my classes, got packed at 11 and slept till 3:30. Man this time change is really killing me. But thank goodness we do not lose an hour until we leave Spain!!! All in all I am doing pretty well. I am not homesick at all, there are times that I want to see people and most of the time I miss them but it’s not to the point that I want to come home. Everyone on the boat is really nice and I can not wait to get to know them for the next 4 months. A really awesome thing happened to me today. I was at the field office and there is a box there that people put trips that they have bought but do not want anymore. A girl came and gave one of her trips away. So I looked to see which trip it was and it was one that I wanted to go on. It's actually one of the requirements for my class and Elise and my roommate are going on it!!! So I got $150 trip for free!!!! And we are going to Seville, so I get to leave Cadiz and experience more of Spain. So that pretty much made my day. Well I know I am going to be very busy in Spain so I will try my hardest to keep you guys updated when I get back at night. I will also try to get to an internet café and post some pictures on my blog, I have to first figure out how to do that :) I hope everyone is doing well at home and I will try to post as soon as possible.
Love
Michelle