Day 8; Done With Week 1. =[

Today ended week 1 of English Camp. I'm both excited for next week and this weekend, but also sad that week 1 is already gone. Time keeps going faster and faster as the week goes on, and I feel that if I blink I'll be getting on the plane to go home. =[

Yesterday was like the day before that. After English Camp we all stayed at home and relaxed. But after dinner (at 9 30ish) Inés and I watched a chic flic. The Nanny Files or something like that. It was both really funny (we watched it in English, the original language it was made in with Spanish subtitles so we could both easily follow), but at the end apparently we were both close to tears (this is what happens when you watch a movie when you're tired). It was so much fun just hanging out with her. I got her to try peanut butter for the first time (while a staple in USA, people tend to think it's disgusting here), and she immediately rinsed out her mouth saying it was absolutely horrible. Hahaha.

And today nothing really noteable happened. I do believe that I've made friends with the girls in my breakout group (Alicia, Belen, and Camila [HA, ABC! I only just now noticed that . . .]), which is really exciting. They're part of the oldest group (Blue Group), but their levels of Spanish vary. Alicia (Alee-thee-ah if you were wondering. They have a pretty different accent here, so I need to constantly watch what I say so they understand) is by far the most adapt in English, and Camila . . . is not. But it's amazing how much she seems to have picked up this week alone! Either that or she just came out of her shell. For the most of the week she has been very quiet, not leading us to believe she understood us. But then yesterday at crafts (we've helped at crafts 3 times this week, including today, which I find I don't actually mind), since she was finished early I took her aside and talked with her for a bit. And she responded to the questions I asked! Granted, we spoke in Spanglish, but it was a lot better then it had been this whole week! So after she left for the next activity I ran up to the classrooms, found Jaime, and told her. We were both kinda excited that she did understand more then she did, and that maybe she wouldn't be as shy anymore.

And there's a bit of a poke war going on between Alicia, Belen, Camila and I. I'm pretty sure I started it by playing an old trick on Belen at crafts. Poking her shoulder then turning away, pretending it wasn't me. And then I did it to the others, and now they get me back my attacking me when I attempt to do it again. And then Belen started poking Camila and blaming it on me, and of course it looked bad in my case, haha.

Today was also kinda sad, because a girl on the service team I've gotten close to (Mandy) isn't coming for week 2. She's going to Barcelona with her family, but might be coming back for the camp graduation. I really hope so, she's absolutely hystercial!

I'm really looking forward to this weekend: Segovia tomorrow all day with workeds from English Camp, and Toledo on Sunday with the family (and possibly Mandy and her family). So, my updates but be on hiatus until Monday, but we'll see. Until then. =]