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I officially have a piso now which is pretty awesome.

I think I had psyched myself up to be excited for this piso no matter how trashy it was because until then my search had been bombing, but it turned out to be pretty nice....I think, I hope Im not still psyching myself out. Anyways, my room is HUGE because it is intended to be a double room, but I´ll pay extra to keep it a single. I figure if it becomes a problem I can find a roommate. Since I had budgeted for Californian apartment prices even paying extra here is about half of what I would be spending in California. Its amazing.

So theres a kitchen with nice furnishings and a living room which isnt that big but it for sure is cozy. I like it a lot. There are 2 bathrooms both with showers and toilets and sinks so that is convenient. And there are 3 others living with me. One girl is from Belgium and she speaks about 5 languages. I am jealous. She is really nice and if I ever get stuck in communicating, she speaks English too. Booyah. Another girl is from Spain, not sure where exactly yet since Im saving some conversation for when I move in, but she studied law and wants to be a lawyer. She is the one I met the other night at the bar with her lawyer friends (you remember, right?). The third person is a Spanish guy who I just met last night when I go the piso. I dont know much about him except he works and his name is Andres.

So Andres called me last night at about 1030. I was planning on calling it a night a bit early so I was chillin watching Veronica Mars when my phone rings. I looked at the number and upon not recognizing it i was very tempted to not pick it up but I figured it might have been someone from the residencia with a new phone or something so I picked up and then a flurry of Spanish flew into my ear. My mind flopped around since it was very unprepared for Spanish and I managed to catch ¨my name is .......¨ and I paused because I didnt know what his name was much less him. Then he told me he was the 3rd guy from the piso I hadnt yet met. And he told me that there were lots of people who wanted to look at the apartment but if I still wanted it I could have the room. Excited, I said yes and then he told me I had to pay the mes de fianza (kinda like a security deposit.....i think. It happens with EVERY piso so its nothing shady) right then. I asked if there was a different time to pay it rather than 1030 at night while Im already in my pijamas. He said no because he was going on vacation the next day. So sluggishly I agreed and luckily I had 300 euros cash on me from Emmy´s apartment renting experience. I recruited Emmy who walked me down to the piso and we got everything straightened out. I even got keys to the place!

Now I have 2 classes of history back to back from 11 until 2 because the literature professor isnt here today. So to compensate for 2 history and no lit, on Monday I get back to back lit classes at the same time as today´s history. I want to cry. Its going to be so painful.