Obviously, I haven't posted in over a week and that is because I've been too busy (lazy). Instead of doing my usual daily posts I'm just going to touch on the most important aspects of my week since most of the time I was either doing homework or deeply invested in binge watching Gran Hotel. Since coming to Bilbao I have transformed into a master procrastinator, something I'm not very proud of. I stall as much as I can to do my homework but somehow, in the anxiety that comes with procrastination, I am able to power through vast amounts of homework at one time. Thursday (Day 84) was Thanksgiving day, which turned out to be one of the hardest days since I've been here. Well, kind of. I woke up that morning 5 mins before my only class of the day and reasoned with myself that it would be pretty pointless to try to get ready and go to class. Instead, I spent my morning talking to Bobby while I was working on creating my study guide for International Business. Most of my day was consumed by Netflix and Facebook. Not good, but sometimes you just need days like that. A running goal of mine has been to finish my final essays/projects early so finals week I won't have much to worry about. After writing a sentence of my Econ final paper, I was distracted by talking to family back home. I also spent quite a while with my conversation partner, Silvia. Before I knew it, it was time to leave for the CIDE Thanksgiving Dinner. I was fortunate enough to be able to walk only 10 mins and arrive at the restaurant. The entire program was there, even some teachers and we all sat around round tables awaiting our food while reminiscing of our favorite Thanksgiving traditions. Our dinner started off with a Crema de Calabza (Cream of Pumpkin Soup), followed by turkey with stuffing and dessert. Of course, there were 2.5 portions of hot bread! Everything was really great and much more than anything I expected! This past weekend I slept ALOT! It was really nice to be able to catch up on some sleep.
Friday I went out shopping with my friends Kensie and Jasmine at the mall for a while. Black Friday here definitely is different than in the States. No one is punching or pushing anyone else and the sales aren't more than 25% off. It was nice to walk around the city though and see all the Christmas decorations. Later that day we met up with Kensie's conversation partner at the only cupcake shop in Bilbao, Mami Lou Cupcake. I only planned on buying one but my stomach persuaded me to try two, a caramel cookie cupcake and a strawberry cheesecake cupcake. First, the frosting was AMAZING. Hands down awesome but, a little excessive with the quantity. The cake of the caramel cookie cupcake was pretty dry and was not impressive, especially since I paid 2.60 euro each. The strawberry cheesecake one was a little better but not good enough to redeem the place. Other than that my weekend was pretty uneventful. I went for some walks, spent a lot of time watching Netflix and talking to family back home. On one of my walks to the park I saw a peacock! So that was pretty cool. :)
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