So I moved, its much better and much cheaper but I felt bad for a while about leaving the woman I was staying with without income. Except that you really shouldn't depend on exchange students for your livlihood. The families are there to enhance our Spain experience, not to charge ridiculous $$ for nada.
New apartment is 600 euro/month cheaper and people can come over and its closer to the university and i have social interaction with my roommates, one of whom cooks delicious food almost every night. All in all, it was a good choice to move, I feel much more comfortable.
I'm writin gthis really quickly because i am meeting with my intercambio conversation partner, Oliver, who is an engineering student here that is learning english. we meet a couple times a week and take really long walks across santander and try to understand each other in our respective languages. Sometimes this gets really funny. He also helped me with internet trouble, but alas, internet is still extremely frustrating and I often find myself in awkward positions around my apartment trying to find a good signal.
Spanish class is about to end, and has recently gotten really confusing, but I think my spanish has improved. maybe? at the very least i feel more comfortable communicating, and Im pretty confident that in most situations my spanish is good enough to get my point across. I was considering taking the next level but there are only 2 other students that signed up for it so the class will probably get canceled.
Uhmm what else?? I have actual homework this week and im not used to that.
Ok finish later oliver is here :)