It's with a C.

I reversed my sleep. I'm awake and it's morning. And now I remember why I don't like to be awake in the morning. You are asleep now, and I didn't get to talk with you yesterday.

I may be inspired, by anger or tears,
But I won't write you another song.
You aren't deserving of my time,
And you'll never prove me wrong.

Instead I write this 8 line verse,
And someday you will see,
It was your fault that I'm not in your life,
As you've only caused me grief.

Steven came to visit me last Wednesday night, and stayed thru Sunday morning. It rained all day Wednesday; even on my way to pick him up at the airport. And yet, the minute the two of us stepped outside the airport together, the rain had gone. The next few days were amazing, we ran around (or I should say rode around) Barcelona with Allison (my moto) and saw everything. The weather was beautiful, and there was plenty of sun. Steve left Sunday morning, I took a nap after dropping him off, and as soon as I awoke, it was thunder storming. As if cold, heavy rain was bad... today it snow-stormed. Barcelona hasn't seen snow for 10 years, and the last time it snowed here it only lasted about an hour. This snow was thick, and lasted all day.. and I felt good, almost like I was back in Chicago- however.. the snow eventually turned to sleet, and then rain.. and the melted the snow, resulting in puddles of water flooding the sidewalks, streets, and stairs to my apartment.

Tomorrow lent starts and I haven't slept; I drank coffee, pepsi, and tea today to keep me awake for classes- and all I have eaten was some chocolate this morning, and a friekin donut on the way to Catalan. Run-on sentence rants are so much fun! Lent is going to clean me in and out, seguramente. Gasty and I are both giving up sweets/soda/fast food/alcohol, but my extra sacrifice is to refrain from playing any form of internet games... his sacrifice is coffee. This is going to be a long, long 40 days... but I am looking forward to them- I am happy to do this..

PS RANDOM:I got the same Catalan teacher as last semester, she's so cool- I am pretty happy about this.

Good night all,

and happy fasting.

Catrina

Hola,

Today I was the first day of class... I would have been on time to the first one but the train stopped at Alfons X (pronounced AL-PHONES DAY-UW) for almost 10 minutes, then at Joanic (pronounced JEW-AN-EEK) for 5 minutes, and by the time I got to Passeig de Gracia, walked a block and a half down Gran Via, and got to the room, I was 15 minutes late. The class was amazing though, I really like this guy. The second class is no joke, there are 3 additional books, a 15 page paper, a packet of poetry readings, and 2 exams, plus you have to participate and cannot miss class. The guys personality was overly flamboyant as well, so I dropped the class ( since it's an elective I would rather take something I actually like...) Then the ESL class apparently starts next week. The class I added is a history of Catalonia class ( I figure I could use some more Spanish history, since I rarely attended my history class last semester)... which also starts next week, and I'm trying to figure out if I am going to add Catalan. Right now I have to e-mail my advisor, and call UIUC financial aid, before I fall asleep. I bought some yummy candle/ incense stuff today.. and some henna- I also managed to find tacs, so I can tac up a sheet over my exposed window.

Here are some pics of my henna- I outlined it with orange marker to make it pop.
Peace,
Cat