i can almost taste it

5 finals and 1 paper down.

1 paper to go.

Finals are FINALLY OVER. The last 2 weeks have been so stressful and horrible. Why is it that everything seems to go wrong at once? I took my last final yesterday, so now I just have to write one more paper due next Tuesday. After that I can finally have my freedom. It's so close, I can almost taste it.

Nikki and I finally worked things out with Maru with housing and everything. Our other friend isn't coming anymore, so we get to stay in our own rooms. Yay! Plus she said she wouldn't charge us extra for having our own rooms so double yay! The last couple of days she's been really great. We don't know why. For a while she was kind of cray-cray, but some kind of switch went off and suddenly she's the way that she was when we first met her (can you say bi-polar?). She's finally actually cooking us food. Tonight though she's being really nice because she invited our little group to our house to eat pizza, rosquillas (donuts), and watch a movie she rented by Almodovar. I'm excited!

It is sad though because not everyone is staying for May. One of my friends left today, and Nery is leaving next Monday :( The great thing is that we all live in California, so we can still visit each other. A few of them live in L.A., one lives in the San Fernando Valley, and another is from Oxnard - let's just say we're going to have a reunion in the summer. A lot of them are from the Bay area too. It's weird saying goodbye to everyone. Everyone's disappearing one by one. Some are going back to the U.S. and some are traveling Europe for the whole month (the rich people...well the ones with rich parents). The things is we're all SO close because we were kind of forced to be. We were all thrust into a new environment, and we all had to adapt together. Because of this, we have a bond that's really special. The majority of my little group is staying for a little while longer, so that's nice. I'm not going to think about it now though. I'm going enjoy the moment and my last month in Madrid. Yay!

Also, for those of who actually read my blogs (thank you, otherwise I'd be talking to myself) and have sent me encouraging emails/messages in response to my depressing posts, thank you! I'm so blessed to have all of you in my life, and I can't wait to see you all again.

Also, I'm desperately craving Mexican and Asian food. Ooh and In-n-out! VANILLA SHAKE AND ANIMAL FRIES. So if any of you like to eat, you should message me when I get back...I'll be hungry :)