2 DAYS TILL 21!

Actually, not even. I am writing this at 11:30pm Spain time, and in 24.5 hours I will be 21. Holy shite.

So today. Tuesday the 21st of good ole febrero. I woke up at 10:30 with that tickle in my throat. I knew this tickle: it's the pre-sickness tickle. That only meant one thing: the fight was ON. There was absolutely no way that I would let myself be sick on my birthday, nor when I go to Portugal this weekend. Nuh-uh. So on the way to film class I stopped at perhaps about 4 pharmacies (there's one on every street corner, basically) to find me some Zinc supplements. They don't have ColdEez nor Zycam here, so I had to improvise. Almost every pharmacy was out of Zinc! On the way I also bought a huuuuuge green tea from Starbucks. I finally found some at the pharmacy near the University, and I got the last package. I was late for class, but it was well worth it. Class was pretty boring again, the lecture about the history of film continued. We got out of class early, though. I then walked home for lunch. I was about 10 min late, so when I got there everyone was already eating their main course. So I inhaled my lentil soup (which is a shame cuz it was pretty delicious) and then dug into the delicious main course: chicken breast with a thick cheesey white wine sauce...I can't put my finger on what the sauce was, all I know is that it looked like hummus. Hehe. There was also a homemade oil n vinegar cole slaw with pomegranate--so good! At lunch I took my multi-vitamin, an echinacea, and a zinc caplet. Then I came back to the room and blogged for a hella long time before class. Left around 5:30, and it was sunny. Halfway to class it began raining. Maruja was right, febrero es loco. On the way I picked up a bottle of water at a kiosk...must drink fluids! Got to class on time right as a thunderstorm began. The storm then only lasted about 10 min. Then the rain completely stopped. Febrero es muy loco. Class was fine, some more lecture about temples and sculptures and temple drawings and stuff. I am starting to follow him better and I'm picking up on what's important, what I should note, and what I need to look up on my own. We got out of class on time, ran into Jessica and Amanda who were all like, "Excited for tomorrow...?" hehe, of course! Stacey had told me after lunch that I should just leave tomorrow night open and leave it up to them. Oooooh, gotta love the semi-surprises! I'm so excited!! I guess that everyone's just planning it, and, Alyssa from the program is also turning 21 on the 23rd, so there's like twice as many people involved in the planning. This is bound to be off the hook. All the more reason to battle the cold. After class I stopped at the Starbucks next to the U. and got another fresh squeezed OJ. Walked back to los Remedios, stopped at the Starbucks there and got another huuuuge green tea. At the end of the day I had spent almost all of the 20 euro that I had started with...just to fight this damned cold! It's worth it. I got back and did some computer stuff until dinner at 9:30. We had cooked cauliflower w/ olive oil and then cheeseburgers. I took another zinc caplet and echinacea. After dinner I came back to the room, talked to some people on the phone, etc. etc. Not very eventful. Nothing too special about the day except for the fact that I turn 21 two days from now!!! What what!!!!!