can't believe 3 weeks have gone by

I was blow drying my hair the other night and I blew a fuse. All the lights in the house went out and my host dad cursed and I quickly put down the secadora and scampered to my room, as if they wouldn't know it was me. I emerged and pretended I had no idea what was going on. "Que pasó?" I asked Alvaro. "No hay luz." Thanks. I think he thinks I am the biggest idiot in the world. They came back on after a second. oops.

These days are passing so fast. I heard we only have 9 weekends left after this, which is crazy. Weekends here are neither relaxing nor homework-filled, as they often are at school. They are, however, times when I feel the most worldly and overwhelmed. Maybe that's why we are all so exhausted all the time. It's so much more tiring during the days here because you're so out of your element every second of the day. I can't sleep through the night anymore and I don't know why. The weird dreams continue. 

I downloaded four episodes of Gossip Girl yesterday. Some things I just cannot change about my American self. Dad I promise I will pay you back. I wonder-- if Spaniards watched our TV shows like we watch theirs, would they think our shows are as weird and random as we think theirs our? The TV is usually on at the house when my host family is home. They watch this one show every night during dinner that I swear is a cross between Bozo the clown, Jackass and Bill Bye the Science Guy. I swear it is the weirdest thing I have ever seen but they get the biggest kick out of it. There was one segment where they showed a picture of this questionable patch of creased skin and on the bottom of the screen flashed the words "codo o culo?" or "elbow or ass?" I don't just don't know.