T.T.M.I.

My validation for living in this beautiful place has finally taken effect.  Monday through Friday, 9am-2pm, class is in session y'all.  This is an intensive course that I am taking before real classes start, so we are hitting Spanish in an intense way.  The first three hours are devoted to grammar, then the last two are with a different professor and all we do is talk, talk, talk.  Or habla, habla, habla, I should say.

Since it was the first day of class, we obviously had to unwind from such a tough day.  So we enjoyed this view with some sangria:

Ugh.  My life.  Is SOOO HARD.  I went shopping for the first time in Spain today! My wardrobe is severely lacking in anything appropriate to wear in Europe.  Honestly, the little kids here are even dressed like models. They're straight out of whatever European version of Baby Gap is here, and the old people are even cuter in their furry coats and black berets.  Right now las Rebajas are going on, which basically means that everything is on SUPERSALE!  

Other than that, I have been spending my days with my ISA friends and Miss Monica Martens.  Unfortunately, Monica has no embarrassing news for me to share with the world, but she is the cause of my new nickname.  Last night she met my ISA friends and introduced herself with, "Hi, I'm Monica.  Did you know Courtney was Miss Magic Valley 2009? Top Ten Miss Idaho!!"
I am now known as T.T.M.I., for Top Ten Miss Idaho.

Neat!