Frustrated.

Monday was supposed to be my first day of class. When I arrived, I found out that out of my five classes, only two were scheduled to start this week. The other two will start next week. Then, they decided that since not everyone is registered, they are going to postpone the original three (that I thought were going to start Monday) to the 27th!

They of course didn't decide this until I walked thirty minutes in the rain (literally uphill both ways) to the university.

Yesterday I relaxed a lot, but today I decided I needed to do something! I took a tour of the Cathedral and the Museo de Bellas Artes here in Spain.





 The Cathedral is very old and has a lot of history. While I couldn't understand a lot of it, I'm glad I went to see it!

I loved the Museum of Bellas Artes here. It was all modern artwork, but it was very interesting. I will say these people are obsessed with the naked human body. (I saw more nude modern artwork here than I have seen in every museum combined in the United States.)
There was one painter, Flavia da rin, whose artwork I was completely taken by. So different and vivid. (I have put one of the pieces below. Let it be known, I did not take it! No photography allowed.)


All in all, today was good--but I am getting frustrated.

My Spanish doesn't seem to be getting better, I can't understand half of what anyone says, it rains ALL the time, I still haven't adjusted to the eating schedule, and people here are generally late with no sense of urgency at all.
I feel like a little children's book my mom used to read us. It was about a little bear who no matter what, "I've tried and I've tried and she will not stop crying"--couldn't make his sister stop crying. Except here, "I've tried and I've tried and I still don't understand." My mom isn't here to tell me what the baby, or anything else (including my lack of ability to speak Spanish) needs...

Patience will be key for me! I'm learning a lot about being independent. Mainly, that I don't like being independent. But spending so much time alone has also been good for me. I've prayed and spent more time with God than I have in my whole life, so there is the ray of sunshine!

Please keep the prayers for me coming as I struggle to stay busy for the next few weeks, also pray that I don't release the anger of a confused and hungry American on these poor Spaniards!