The first day of classes!

Bueno- here I go again, another entry! I have so much I want to share with you all, I wish you could experience it for yourselves. I probably won't be able to keep writing every day, but I'll keep ya posted when I can. Classes just started so I don't have any homework, yet!
I woke up at 5:36 this morning and could not fall back asleep for the life of me. I hope that will change soon! Then my alarm didn't go off, but I heard Julia's loud and clear so I woke up and I had 20 min. to get out the door. Julia was waiting in the kitchen to show me what to eat and then get back to bed. She was surprised that I had a class so early. She pretty much said there's the cups help yourself from now on. She doesn't have to work until 3:30 in the afternoon. What a life! A professor today said, Spaniards don't live to work they work to live. They sure know how to live it up with the siestas in the tarde and fiestas at night.
At our orientation, they told us we could go to all the classes if we wanted to change anything we didn't like. My first class started at 8:40, art history. I decided I really like the professor, but there are better classes to take. Then we had a quiz in grammar to see if we test in advanced or intermediate. I'm honestly hope I get intermediate. I'm not very good with grammar and I want to get better. Next, we had culture and civilization. I really like the professor. (For those from Covenant he reminds me of Don Andres!) We touched on the land of Spain and the differences in each region. He made it really interesting and compared it to the US a lot. To my surprise, there are many similarities. The rest of the time was pretty much spent talking about Madrid real- his favorite soccer team. He said if you like a different team, he have to duke it out with you! "They're not just in love with the game they're passionate about the game!" haha Then we had the Union of Europe class with Marian, the site director. You guys just have to meet her to understand, but she's very animated, fun, and she wears lots of make-up. She made class a lot of fun. She taught us about where the two last names come from for people in Espana, and I totally understand now. Their names never change even when they get married. For example, if there was a girl named Maria Ortega Gonzales and she married Juan Diego Ibanez there kids would be (first name) Diego Ortega. They get the first last name from the dad and the second last name from the mom. This is only in Spain. It was so interesting to me. Also, I learned that if they're married they wear their wedding ring on the ring finger of their right hand. (I have a ring on my right ring finger..I keep changing my mind about changing it. It could come in handy. ha) After, those three classes I went to the apartmiento and met Julia's daughter, Diana. She's pregnant with a girl and due any day now! It's so exciting!! It's Julia's third grandchild, but first girl. Around 4:30 I went to my last class of the day, Literature. AY, I think it will be the hardest. I wasn't sure if I wanted to take it, but Sam and Teddi convinced me. I know it will be good practice, but I hope it doesn't take up too much time. We are reading 5 books, 2 poems, 2 plays, and watching a movie. We will have papers to write too.
After all the classes, I got to take part in a salsa lesson! It's mostly girls so I was partnered with Sam, but it was great! I leaned Pa-Pe-Pi-Po-Pu, which should tell me a lot, but I don't really remember. haha We learned how to step and count 1-2-3 5-6-7. And it's VEERY important that you make a sound with your heels when you step down. They are teaching every Monday, so it should be fun! It's especially fun to watch them dance. Now, that I have more of a schedule I think time will go faster.
It's time for the episode of "La Senora", a show that Julia is very excited about. I don't know what it is, but she wants me to watch. I hope I understand some of it! Chao-
PS.the picture is of our little school. It's two class rooms, an office, bathroom, meeting room, and huge entry way with lots of stairs. (I'm already out of breath when I get there, so I don't get too excited to be inside until I'm up the stairs.-And I thought Ball State was a lot of walking-ha!)