Una Semana Mas....

Only one week left. I can hardly believe it. It definitely does not feel like I have been here for two months. And in two weeks I will be on my way to Mexico. It all doesn't feel real.
Yesterday I had a bit of a stomach ache so I did not do much in the morning. It was better by class time, although I just could not understand Spanish yesterday. After class I walked home with my roomate and we chilled for a little while. At 7:30 we headed to the metro to go to a Flamenco show that the school arranges. I was expecting a few people to be there, but there were tons. The show was 6 euro which is a good price, but it ended up only being half an hour. The man who took us tried to convince me that that is what the quality of these people is worth, and I think the concept is to be an introduction and to give people a chance to see something different every time they go. However, I was a bit disappointed since I had seen a two hour show in Madrid for 10 euro and it was as good or better. But I had a good time with the people from my class and afterwards we went for some Sangria and beers at La Oveja Negra (The Black Sheep). The bar was really cool because it was ind of like walking into a cave and it was just this huge room with tables. It was full of people drinking and laughing and having fun. There was no music, but it was nice. I did practice some of my Spanish as there were some people who did not speak English, so that was good.
My roomates all left for the next week, and my actual roomate is leaving to go to a different apartment for the next week, so hopefully some new people will come or it will be a quiet next week. However, that might be nice because I have a feeling my week at home is going to be even more chaotic than my life here. I am very excited to be coming home and seeing everyone. Although I really like it here, I do not think I could live here forever. I think if I did live anywhere it might have to be Barcelona because the rest of the places are too homogeneous. I complained about JMU being a homogeneous environment, but there were at least people with (naturally) different color hair. I think that is one thing we all know about the US, that we are a melting pot and blah blah blah, but it means nothing until you visit a country that all looks the same. And despite the fact that everyone else in the world seems to dislike the USA, I have decided I like it and I don't care what that means to them. There are plenty of problems in our country, but there are plenty of problems in every country. It just happens that the rest of the world gets to hear about our problems, and they usually have some effect on them as well. But I'm glad that I might have given at least one person a picture of the US that they never knew existed before.
Well that's all the rambling I have to do today. See you on the other side of Sunday.