Day 60- Monday the usual with classes. I used most of my afternoon to finish the second economics paper and any other homework I had. Earlier that morning my host mom had changed her mind about making lunch for me and said it would be easier if I just made all my meals for myself. I am totally okay with making my own meals because now I can start working on losing all the weight that I gained here. I set out to continue a similar routine I started back home by accurately measuring my progress every week. Hopefully, I can achieve my goal before I go! After class this evening I decided to go on a walk to complete my 12,500 step goal. Matt joined me and we walked along the river by Deusto until we happened upon a park. I was too excited and was desperately looking for swings only to find out there were none. The unique obstacle I had to climb/tightrope on to get to the top of the slide made up for it though. Many times I thought I was going to slip or mis-step, fall through and then get chopped in half. Luckily, I was skilled enough that I was able to avoid such a tragedy. After pretending I was a princess, flying an airplane, and experiencing something that vaguely reminded me of teacups, we continued with out walk along the river. Since it was dark out all the lights made the walk that much prettier. We stopped on the white bridge and just watched the tide go out until we were tired and went home. P.S. I didn't blog Monday night because I was studying from my marketing midterm. Day 61- Tuesday morning I made myself a hearty egg sandwich for breakfast; a rare occurrence in Spain. Instead of packing myself a lunch I just packed some carrots because I ate breakfast pretty late. My marketing midterm was pretty tricky but I think I did okay on it. By the time I got home I was pretty hungry so I decided to start cooking my dinner: Eggplant Pizzas. I know it sounds weird but it was really delicious! Essentially just replace the bread with an eggplant slice! After dinner, I went to my room and did homework until it was time to go to bed. Day 62- Wednesday consisted of the usual routine with class in the morning and at night. I spent most of the time in between class studying for my Spanish midterm that was on Thursday and packing for my trip to Barcelona with Matt. For lunch I whipped up some green beans with garlic and a salad. After 2 months of being veggie deprived, most of my meals are centered around veggies. I LOVE IT. For dinner, I made a poor women's version of Chicken Broccoli Alfredo because I didn't have heavy cream so instead just topped it with shredded cheese. Delicious! Of course, it was nothing like if I made it at home but with what I had I'd say I did a great job. While making my dinner, I decided to roast my zucchini, red pepper and eggplant for lunch when I got back home on Monday. (Also, that way they wouldn't get ruined.) I left the pan on top of the stove to cool while I worked on some homework. Ignacio came home and asked if I could teach him how to make the eggplant pizzas. I told him they were really easy to make and only took 1 hour from start to finish. He looked pretty disappointed and said, "Isn't food in the U.S. made much faster than that?" I explained that 40 mins out of the hour the dish was in the oven but in my house 1 hour to make dinner from start to finish (including cleaning) is really fast. It seems to me that they are more of Rachel Ray cooks than Chef Ramsay. I say that because almost all of their cooking methodology is to do things quicker. Example: They will microwave a potato to cook it instead of boiling it. I'm sure this probably has to do with the fact that electricity is more expensive here but still. Anyway, to each his own but I prefer Chef Ramsay. He asked if he could try the roasted veggies because they smelled good and of course I told him yes. As I was falling asleep in bed later that night I suddenly remembered I forgot to put away the veggies. I ran to the kitchen to discover they had already been put in the fridge and I also noticed only half of it was left. Well....I guess my cooking is just that good! :)
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