escuela: my first day

So I've been so busy this is the first day I've been able to make another post. Today is Friday and I survived my first week of school. Tuesday was my first day and it was a little rough. I was so jet lagged I woke up at 10:30 am, 30 minutes into my first class, and I missed it. Whoops. My next class started at 11 so I ate breakfast with my host parents, which was wheat toast with peanut butter, coffee and a banana, and they my senora drove me to school. Thank goodness. Since I missed the orientation I didn't even know how to get to school. Luckily its pretty close to our house (1.25 miles) and it is only a 5 minute drive.
After I got there I had to find my first class. the school is really cute and tiny but the layout is kind of confusing. Its three stories but then there are also three levels of classrooms on the outside that are only accessable by one specific staircase. Tuesday and thursday are also my busiest day of the week (I have class basically straight thru from 10 am to 5 pm) so that combined with not knowing anything made my day kind of overwhelming. I found my first class, Art and History of Madrid, pretty easily but I was the last one to walk in. I really like the teacher, she is Spanish and has alot of pride and passion for Spain. I think im really going to like that class. She said we would go on trips to different museums around Madrid so we can look at all the famous works of art. I can't wait for our first trip.
My next class was History from 1500 to modern times, and my teacher is awesome. He is british and really sassy. He says the funniest things and makes the class really fun.
My next class after that is painting. I was kind of freaking out because on my schedule there was no room assigned for that class and the classroom that was assigned was in a building that is being rennovated and is not open. I had already been to student life 3 or 4 times that day and I went into again and asked where the classroom was, they told me it was down the street w a black door. So then I walked all the way down the street and I couldnt find it. So I went back to student life and kind of had a mental breakdown in there because I was stressed, tired and my foot hurt and I didn't want to walk down the street again without knowing where the classroom was for sure. Luckily there was a girl in student life who was also in my class and she walked me to class and carried my backpack for me. Shes in another one of my classes too so I'm really glad I met her and shes really nice. The art class ended up being really cool too. We are gonna do 5 oil paintings. Ive never painted with oils before but I like the way it looks so I'm looking forward to it. The teacher also showed us some of his works and they were really cool. He's very talented.

So far I really like the school. Its very international. The students and teachers are from all over the world. Its a really interesting atmosphere and the school is mostly all outside which is unlike any school i've ever been to but I really like it. The weather is very warm so everyone sits outside during the day and people stay at school all day long. Everything is later in Spain so alot of people are still at school at 6 pm or later. There is never a rush to do anything or go anywhere. Everyone is relaxed.

The start of my oil painting, just learning the basic oil painting techniques

repping the billiken on campus