Six more weeks...

I'm just tired of being here. I didn't want Mom to leave. Or better yet, I wanted to go with her.  I know, I shouldn't be saying that when I know I have another semester in Spain still to come, but I'm just so thankful that I get to go home first. And maybe now I'll be able to prepare myself better. Also, maybe I can start things off in Spain a little better than I did here, so I won't dislike being there so much. I'm not really sure, because I don't know what I would do differently, I just know that at the very least being in a new place with new people is going to be a little refreshing.

But even that, I'm not sure about. At this point, when I go to London or Paris or wherever I go, I can't wait to come "home" to Pau.  I hope I don't feel that way when I'm in Spain. Pau is my European home right now, but it won't be my home anymore next semester...

So overall, I'm very glad Mom and Dan came to see me. Yes, it made me miss home even more, but at least I'm a week closer to getting home than I was before they came.  I can make it six more weeks... I just need to stay focused on school and (hopefully) the time will pass pretty quickly.

So I guess now that I'm done "vacationing" I should get back to daily posting. Let's see, yesterday we took a trip to Lourdes and explored this castle on top of a hill in the middle of the city. It was a pretty neat place.  Monday we drove out to Bayonne and Biarritz and looked at the beach. It was raining and beautiful. I love the rain, and I love the beach, so in my opinion it was perfect.  We ate a lot of bread and cheese this week. That probably didn't help my little goal of losing weight but it's okay, I'm sure I'll be able to make up for it. I also took Mom and Dan to two kebab places--very glad we did that.  I have now discovered which kebab place is my favorite. I'm sure I said this before but, that's definitely something I will miss upon returning to the States. We went to the little Mexican place in town where I mentioned I wanted to go too. It's very French Mexican--meaning, very light. French people don't really eat heavy foods much, I think this little Mexican place has kind of bent to fit French tastes.  I was very happy with it.  And it turns out the price was not too outrageous (we went for lunch, it was 11 euros for an appetizer, a main dish, and a dessert) though probably still more than most people are willing to spend for lunch.

Tomorrow I might go for a little run, or take a long walk downtown with a camera... Relieve a little stress.  I'm here for six more weeks, I know I really need to make the best of it whether I like it or not.