Sickness is NOT a girl's best friend. :/

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately I don't have any lovely pictures to share this weekend, nor any exciting stories! I was supposed to go with API to La Alberca, which is a little ways outside of Salamanca, on Sunday for a hiking trip. Sadly, I woke up Friday with a somewhat-sore throat and by Friday night I knew I would not wake up a happy camper the next day. I was definitely right. Saturday was a total drag, complete with fever (the worst), stuffy nose, sore throat, and a cough. Of course I didn't leave the house on Saturday at all and there was no way on Earth I was going hiking on Sunday. Oh well, sometimes these things happen. At least it didn't happen NEXT weekend, when I'm going to Paris!

So, today is Monday, which is not that far from Saturday, so I'm still not feeling too hot. I went to school this morning (not the best decision) and finally went to the pharmacy this afternoon. I'm hoping that I start feeling better soon. Just so you all know, if you happen to travel in Spain, the pharmacy is where you go when you have a cold. Yes, you can go to the doctor, but the pharmacists here are like I feel they should be everywhere: you walk into the pharmacy, the pharmacist greets you and asks you what's wrong, you tell them your symptoms, and they give you meds that will help your symptoms. So easy, and no long waits in the doctor's office (sorry to all my future doctor friends, but you can't deny it's the truth), no co-pay or fees for getting some advice. It took me less than 5 minutes to walk in, tell her my symptoms, and walk out with some congestion medication and strawberry cough drops (why don't we have those in the states?!). I'm hoping to feel significantly better by tomorrow.

Anyway, this coming weekend I'm hoping to do a special project type thing that I've labeled "My daily life through pictures!" I'm thinking it will be quite a task, but I want to share with you all the small things that make life in Spain different from that in the States. For example, something I found really strange when I got here was the fact that they store their milk, which comes in little boxes not gallons, in the cabinet until it has been opened. The milk doesn't go bad, of course, but they do something that preserves it differently. I was a little freaked out when I first saw milk in the cabinet, as I'm sure you can imagine! It's things like these that I want to share with you all. I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to do it, but here's a link to my inspiration. If this project doesn't work out like that one, I will definitely be doing something like that when I have kids. I'm pretty excited about the idea. :)

Anyway, going to do homework! Talk to you guys next week, with a hopefully more exciting post! :)