September 30

I skipped my run this morning because 1. it called for rain and 2. I was super tired and you can't run when your body isn't rested...or hydrated. I'll go tomorrow, no worries, I know everyone reading this was worried. So, I slept in and by slept in I mean 8:30, but it was nice. I got to run to the Chino store to get water and a bucket for my food before class. There's not enough storage space in our kitchen for shelf-items...but because my closet is so huge I just made a little space and through everything into a box! My room is right next tot he kitchen so it's super convenient to walk back and forth and I'm not fighting for space.

I also made myself a burger, in the oven, and it was delicious. It's been a while since I've had a good burger and I bought lettuce yesterday, so I could have a crunch. It was a very exciting day for me. The fun doesn't end either. I made cookie bars! However, Spain doesn't have brown sugar, they have cane sugar, which is basically brown sugar but with a lot less molasses, therefore not as pack-able. Also, vanilla extract is something that seems to be nonexistent so I used maple syrup instead (which cost 7 Euros!). Chocolate chips here are sold in bags, enough for half a batch of cookies, in my opinion, and they're super expensive, so instead I bought a chocolate bar and chopped half of it up! Lastly, measuring cups, nowhere to be found. We have one that is in milliliters, so it's a lot of guesstimating. But they came out great! They were only about half an inch think and in a 24 cm x 24 cm pan...so I decided I could probably eat them all. I did. They were crumbly, so i ended up putting them in a bowl and eating it with a spoon...every now and then they tasted like the ones from home.

After that I felt guilty for not running and eating most of them (I'm finishing it now) so I went for a small walk and now I'm eating some nasty popcorn for dinner along with my cookie thing and hot chocolate. It's been a super eventful day. :)

*Sidenote* My roommate's first language is Spanish and she's taking a 3000 grammar class and she's getting super frustrated. "I've been Spanishing wrong my entire life!" She's told me multiple times that she can't understand how we're learning it. From a native speaker herself even she thinks it's awful.