September 29, 2015

My post is coming a bit later than usual this week for many reasons. It has been an interesting week to say the least..

I'm enjoying my stay here a lot. The fact that I will be here until January is finally starting to set in and getting to me a bit. I miss my family and friends quite a lot, especially mexican food. What I wouldn't give for some Andele's enchiladas or some Sadie's Hot Salsa! Things are going ok over here though and I'm beginning to settle into the lifestyle.

This last weekend I went on a trip to a nearby beach town called Cadiz. I always love the beach and a good time with my friends so that was all an amazing experience. I ended up taking about 10 euros in cash because an ATM in Sevilla wouldn't let me take out any cash. Turns out the card was deactivated and I ran out of money while I was over there. Thankfully some of my friends supplemented my trip back to Sevilla in order to figure things out. I have a new card on the way that should be here in a couple of days. Until then I don't have money but it's all good, I've got meals and a place to stay while I'm here so I just continue on.

Although I would post pictures from my wonderful weekend in Cadiz, my phone was stolen yesterday so I lost all of my pictures. Thankfully I have been posting a lot of them so I didn't lose all of them. Through my last two phones getting stolen I have lost 80 voice recordings of bits and pieces of songs that I have written. It sucks but I write every day so new music will come I guess.

I also got a lot of grades back in my Organic Chemistry class yesterday and they were not good at all. I was worried that I may need to drop the class but after talking with my professor it seems that I will be ok. For those of you that don't know, my grades do not transfer back to my overall GPA, only the credits do. Classes are counted as a pass or fail over here so it is ok, but the only thing is that they calculate your grades from the semester to see if you maintained your scholarship requirements. I've had a slow start to school but I have a fire driving me to kick ass for the remainder of the semester. As a Lopez, I have an obligation to put my best foot forward and use all of my passion and dedication in my blood to achieve whatever needs to get done.

Overall, things are alright over here. Of course I still love it, I've just had a rough week and am missing home a bit. There is not really a support system over here and it's tough contacting everyone back at home, but if anyone ever wants to get a hold of me please reach out, I would love to hear from you. Although if you are going to, message me on Facebook since I don't have a phone until my replacement comes in. Anyways, hope everyone has a good week!!!

-Ryan