I'm quite alive, although I'm sure my facebook posts have made you quite aware of that. It's been getting a bit busier, with site visits, homework, playing pokemon, and all that hard work us college kids do. The usual.
Actually, furthermore, to be exact: classes are a joke. Nothing near the "intensity" of a Clemson semester, which I entirely appreciate. Notice how I rarely discuss/complain about any class ever on this blog? Exactly. I've noticed that a lot of my posts are about feelings, shopping, and all that girl-stuff. So...are you ready for more?!
THOUGHT SO. Here we go:
I'll start off with something positive: My studio professor gave my project partner and I a good desk crit today. He babbled on enthusiastically about where to go from here on our project, but more importantly he ended the crit with, "Good job guys, congratulations." Congratulations? How do I interpret that? Is it rare that he approves of what his American students do? Does the translation not quite fit right in English terms? It has positive connotation, so I am not concerned. I have just never heard 'congratulations' used before in any architecture critique.
Next thing: I'm terribly homesick. All the preparation pamphlets, emails, meetings, etc. warned me about this time that was to come. Myself, thinking that I'm hot shit, never believed that I would actually feel this pathetic and desperate to be home. It's at a point where I cannot sleep some nights. I'm losing my favorite pastime over this! NOT ACCEPTABLE. There is a silver lining, however...the same pamphlets told me that it would pass in a month or two. Awesome. Spain, I love your language, but A) I'm living in Catalonia, B) I hate being harassed by street vendors everyday when I walk on La Rambla, C) I smell pot everywhere, and might I add that it is disgusting, D) I can never get a good internet connection. Figure that out.
Getting worse: I was sick with food poisoning Thursday, which kept me bedridden and feeling awful. Maybe that kickstarted the wave of homesickness? All I wanted was some pepto bismol... but nobody had it...(my mom would).
Now I think its time to drop a photo bomb... but this loading thing is taking forever and I need sleep. Tomorrow I'll have a post dedicated to just photos. No text. I swear.
OH, also, side note, by the way: going to Prague this weekend. No big deal. ;)
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Hey my homesickness phase hit last week, and it was really bad for a few days, but it's getting better now. It helped me to take care of some needs (like shoes that don't hurt, buying chapstick and the cold/tired/hungry issues which drug on for a long time because I never got around to fixing it), do some things I like in ANY country (like going to the park. Maybe shopping for you?), and, actually, leaving Barcelona (No offense, BCN, but Sevilla is awesome and they speak Spanish-class Spanish).
ReplyDeleteAlso i wish i had known you needed pepto! I have some!! Let me know if you need meds b/c my mom packed me a sample pharmacy over here.
Anyways don't feel bad about being homesick, study abroad is great but it's not like you have to be roller-coaster-freakout excited all the time to enjoy it.
Lena
Thanks Lena. You're the best :] I really appreciate those dinosaur cookies you got me, too. Nothing says home like crazy shaped sweets! I think I need to check out some parks here...or anywhere really. I've done the shopping thing, and it's draining my wallet/isn't an effective method at fixing my problems. If you ever want to go for a hike...I'm always down.
ReplyDeletePS: I'll remember to keep you in mind next time I have an ailment! haha :D