November 28th
Having no class on Friday is great. After sleeping in, I went to talk to Inma about my classes as I had received an email from MyEAP saying that my classes hadn't gone through to the study center.
At the office I talked to Inma about all of my concerns regarding my improvement in the language, classes, and grades form ILP. The last one turned out really well, as I had received an "A" during the ILP summer session. Definitely a nice GPA boost.
I read for an hour in the library and stopped at the bread store before returning home. Nice lunch and a pleasant afternoon. Nathalie is in Madrid and Alberto was going to Motril so the apartment would be pretty empty this weekend. I went over to my friend's Sarah's house for coffee and then out "shopping" to see if we could find a cheap black dress shirt and tie (cheap as in under 10 euros). No luck. I went back to my apartment, ran, and then changed for the Thanksgiving dinner.
It was starting to rain as I walked with another student from the program to the ritzy hotel where our dinner was being catered. It was a lot of fun talking with everyone while we were served our first course of tapas. One of the professors told me that I was very charismatic and should become the next US ambassador to Spain. I don't know what cup of tinto de verano he was on, but it was a nice complement.
The dinner itself was really good with the turkey almost tasting as good as an "American one." A few people made some nice speeches. After dinner we left in a huge group to go to a "rock-n-roll" bar on Calle Pedro Antonio. The group broke up after we left that bar, but I hung out with some kids who I hadn't talked to in a while before walking home.
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