Coffee with Mandie...It Makes the World a Brighter Place!
Just had a coffee-and-bitch session with Mandie, and it was soooo therapuetic!
It's been a rough week, and incredibly busy besides. Moreso because there were a lot of "want to"-s that I stuck amongst the "have to"-s. As we were sitting in Starbucks, the full realization of my nights so far hit me:
I'd been lazing all last weekend, but as soon as Monday rolled around, I was busy like WHOA.
Monday night - Choir then out w/Yelena at bar until 3am
Tuesday afternoon - Hanging out with Beni
Tuesday night - Went to bed early but couldn't sleep for 4 hrs (the beginning of my week's insomnia)
Wednesday night - ZhaZha V-Day Party w/the girls @ Em's and Toria's place. Didn't go dancing afterwards, but didn't get home until late, THEN stayed up talking to home peeps (why why why??)
Thursday night - Choir, then bar until 1 or 2am
That's around all the class, work, etc. Very little sleep time in there (partly due to insomnia). Needless to say, my body is pissed. Oh yeah, and there was no sleeping in. I think Monday was the last day I slept in.
Mandie made me laugh so much, and I got to get a ton of stuff off my chest. She did, too. It's not like all we do is complain, because we both love our time here, but you have to have someone you can tell the little things to, you know? Like last night, I was so glad my best friend from home was on AIM so I could bitch to her a little bit. I know it's probably PMS talking, but when I told Mandie what had annoyed me last night, she had the same thought that I had had at the time! So I know I'm not being ridiculous.
Our coffee hours are awesome, but they're never long enough. An hour just FLEW by. Oh, and some of Mandie's quotes:
"I ate like half the kitchen!"
*I proceed to nearly choke on my chai tea latte*
She's like, "You think I'm kidding!"
*I nearly die laughing*
Our discussion about my fleeting moment of positivity/happiness between exhaustion bouts yesterday, and her allusion:
"I can just see it. I have this picture in my mind of you sitting there, slumped over and tired, and then this little bird flies overhead, and you perk up and are really happy and energetic, and then the bird is gone and you're exhausted again." I laughed.
"Mama Mandie is telling you to sleep tonight." Hehe, yes, Mom.
We both agree that we could not live without the other, and I am SO glad she's here in Sevilla this semester. I can tell her basically everything, which I knew I was going to miss about Alexia leaving. So we talk, we bitch, we encourage each other and we try to plan trips. She's gonna look into meeting up with Michelle and I in Prague, and we also want to go to Marruecos (Morocco) for a weekend, and go hike La Alpujarra, and Valencia would be nice to get to (esp. in warm weather for its beach), and next weekend maybe we'll go to Carnival in Ronda, but then again next weekend MATEO IS COMING FROM MADRID.
I just got his text message on my phone. I'm rather excited. :) Hopefully we'll have fun. I was hoping he was gonna make it in mid-March to hear my concert, but it's all good. Shorts saw his myspace pics and was all like, "He's got a body!" I laughed. I suppose that's from 2 years in the Coreano.... <--lord, see, Spanish is invading even my journaling...KOREAN army. Anyways, we shall see. I'm just excited about making yet another friend.
Granada tomororw! Early! Was going to hang out with choir peeps tonight, but I haven't heard from them, and truthfully I'm rather glad. That means I don't have to tell them that "Eh, me siento un poco mal y pienso que voy a quedarme en casa esta noche. Lo siento, pero digales a todos un 'Hola'." Besides, sitting in a smoky bar just isn't so appealing tonight...not with my throat being sore.
Alright, shutting up and going to curl up in bed. Night!
It's been a rough week, and incredibly busy besides. Moreso because there were a lot of "want to"-s that I stuck amongst the "have to"-s. As we were sitting in Starbucks, the full realization of my nights so far hit me:
I'd been lazing all last weekend, but as soon as Monday rolled around, I was busy like WHOA.
Monday night - Choir then out w/Yelena at bar until 3am
Tuesday afternoon - Hanging out with Beni
Tuesday night - Went to bed early but couldn't sleep for 4 hrs (the beginning of my week's insomnia)
Wednesday night - ZhaZha V-Day Party w/the girls @ Em's and Toria's place. Didn't go dancing afterwards, but didn't get home until late, THEN stayed up talking to home peeps (why why why??)
Thursday night - Choir, then bar until 1 or 2am
That's around all the class, work, etc. Very little sleep time in there (partly due to insomnia). Needless to say, my body is pissed. Oh yeah, and there was no sleeping in. I think Monday was the last day I slept in.
Mandie made me laugh so much, and I got to get a ton of stuff off my chest. She did, too. It's not like all we do is complain, because we both love our time here, but you have to have someone you can tell the little things to, you know? Like last night, I was so glad my best friend from home was on AIM so I could bitch to her a little bit. I know it's probably PMS talking, but when I told Mandie what had annoyed me last night, she had the same thought that I had had at the time! So I know I'm not being ridiculous.
Our coffee hours are awesome, but they're never long enough. An hour just FLEW by. Oh, and some of Mandie's quotes:
"I ate like half the kitchen!"
*I proceed to nearly choke on my chai tea latte*
She's like, "You think I'm kidding!"
*I nearly die laughing*
Our discussion about my fleeting moment of positivity/happiness between exhaustion bouts yesterday, and her allusion:
"I can just see it. I have this picture in my mind of you sitting there, slumped over and tired, and then this little bird flies overhead, and you perk up and are really happy and energetic, and then the bird is gone and you're exhausted again." I laughed.
"Mama Mandie is telling you to sleep tonight." Hehe, yes, Mom.
We both agree that we could not live without the other, and I am SO glad she's here in Sevilla this semester. I can tell her basically everything, which I knew I was going to miss about Alexia leaving. So we talk, we bitch, we encourage each other and we try to plan trips. She's gonna look into meeting up with Michelle and I in Prague, and we also want to go to Marruecos (Morocco) for a weekend, and go hike La Alpujarra, and Valencia would be nice to get to (esp. in warm weather for its beach), and next weekend maybe we'll go to Carnival in Ronda, but then again next weekend MATEO IS COMING FROM MADRID.
I just got his text message on my phone. I'm rather excited. :) Hopefully we'll have fun. I was hoping he was gonna make it in mid-March to hear my concert, but it's all good. Shorts saw his myspace pics and was all like, "He's got a body!" I laughed. I suppose that's from 2 years in the Coreano.... <--lord, see, Spanish is invading even my journaling...KOREAN army. Anyways, we shall see. I'm just excited about making yet another friend.
Granada tomororw! Early! Was going to hang out with choir peeps tonight, but I haven't heard from them, and truthfully I'm rather glad. That means I don't have to tell them that "Eh, me siento un poco mal y pienso que voy a quedarme en casa esta noche. Lo siento, pero digales a todos un 'Hola'." Besides, sitting in a smoky bar just isn't so appealing tonight...not with my throat being sore.
Alright, shutting up and going to curl up in bed. Night!