Good Life

Today was just an amazing day.

After class I met with Grace and Sarah at the Cafe de Libreros. They go to U of A but are studying in Alcala. We have a good time "charlaring" and catching up. With all of us combined, we keep each other in the loop of local things going on, what to see and brainstorm fun ideas to do. We walked to the Cafe in the beautiful weather we've been having and sat had warm drinks with a muffin. The simplicity of the get together was all we needed to enjoy our afternoon. We talked about various things like a possible excursion to the Ballearic Islands my last weekend here, going to the San Miguel Mercado together next week, a graduate Masters program offered in Alcala to teach English, friends coming to visit etc etc. When we started talking about the graduate program we talked about how old we were getting. For me, I had always gone through high school saying to myself "oh yea.. I'll study abroad when I get older." And that's now! I can't believe that it has come so quickly. This passed weekend when I went to Paris it was the same idea. It was all a big blur because I had always thought to myself growing up that I would travel to Paris and throughout Europe when I was "older." That image of myself that I had growing up is now! This is such a major landmark in my development into a real, full grown adult...scary stuff. I'm not sure I can handle the thought of it! And even worse is that next fall I will be a junior... in college. That's just incredible to me.

We finally left the cafe after a solid hour and a half of chatting and I walked home in the beautiful weather. I absoltely believe that sunshine makes people happier - it has to be true because I can certainly tell a difference in my mood! On my way back to the house, I thought about how amazing it is to be here in Spain and going through all of these experiences. I have grown to adore traveling and seeing the many cities of the world - each beautiful and unique with its own unique store, cafe, cathedral or corner. I walked home listening to my absolute favorite song by OneRepublic on repeat - Good Life. There is a reason why it's been played over 80 times in my iTunes library :)