Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the house...

Not an Erwin was stirring...

Ok, so that bit isn't true... I was stirring quite a bit more than usual this week.

For starters, I went to a "Jeans Party" on Tuesday night. It was a joint December birthday party for 4 Italians, and it was held at a bar called Platò. I met up with Nils and Robert before the event, got to see Robert's apartment, then we headed to the party. When we got there, not many people were there. It was around 11:30... and in Spain, noone goes out before midnight. Soon, more and more people came. I was only going to stay until 12:30, but by the time I finally checked my watch it was almost 2 am! So I decided to head out... throat burning from the smoke, I headed home for a much needed sleep.

The next two days I finally started back up with all 3 of my English classes. I was really excited to see my students... they hadn't seen me since my haircut, so they kept asking, "Wasn't your hair longer?"

Thursday I received two big packages from my parents and Aunt Kathy! Yay! I got presents, food, and a mini Christmas tree and decorations!!! I was extremely jolly the rest of the day.

Thursday night I had a few people over for dinner at my place. Jessica, Nils, Minna, and Tiina came. Dinner started at 9:00... Tiina showed up at 9... the others at 10:30. Hehe, those 3 certainly are turning Spanish.

Saturday I was invited to a Christmas party... and I completely forgot about it! I feel really bad too... time to send an apology email.

Sunday I went to Jessica's apartment to exchange photos and eat Apple Pie. Both were tasty, yet the pie was much easier to eat. Jessica, Nils, Minna, and Valentino ended up being there that night. It took a very long time to get everything exchanged, since we were transferring wirelessly and all downloading from multiple computers at the same time. But it seems to have worked out, and now I am running low on hard drive space :)

This is a sweet picture of me that I never had before!

Now, here I am. One week from Christmas, and still have no plans. I will be contacting people like crazy this week to try and figure something out. Luckily, I am starting to learn of more and more people staying here over the holidays.

Think of me lots over the holidays, and know that I will also be thinking of you (yes, even you, though not as much as the others). Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to all, and to all a good Monday afternoon.

*Note* Letters from me have still not been sent out. I have many addresses, but if you would like some form of written communication from me, send me an email or something to give me your address. Thanks!