I've been duped!

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I have been reading the book Emma by Jane Austen and finished it yesterday...great book, highly recommend it...

I have two tests coming up today and am wondering if I should be studying instead of doing this, but this seems so much more important...

On Saturday Salud's grandkids came over...At lunch time I got my food first, and so the two little children, ages 4 and 6, watched me like I was an animal at the zoo...Later, when everyone had their food, Salud was pointing out how I was eating nicely and cleaning my plate, and how I always eat my fruits and vegetables; they should strive to eat like I did...which is funny because she usually tells me to eat more and that what I'm eating doesn't count since it's mostly just vegetables...hmm...

On Saturday I also had some time to explore around Triana (the neighborhood in Sevilla that I live in). I discovered candy shops...Not just candy, but nuts and dried fruit...very excited about the dried fruit...I will have to go ahead and buy something in one of them one of these days...for now, I've just discovered that they exist and am happy enough with that...

Yesterday I watched a bullfight on TV; bullfights on TV are the way to do it...You see the good parts, they're obviously the better bullfighters out there, you get the commentary, and you don't have to see the gushing blood nor hear the heartwrenching death noises of the bulls...and the bulls are better too, so they have a fair(er) fight...but the toreros still continue the fight even if they've been gored in the leg...I don't understand so much of the Spanish mindset...

OH! of course...how can I forget?? How I've been duped:
Today at breakfast, as I was chatting away with Karla and nearly making her late for class in the process, I glanced over at the canister of "espresso" that Salud has on the counter...I'm pretty sure that this is instant espresso mix, and I'm pretty sure it's the stuff that we get each morning for our "coffee"...Well, as I was glancing at it, I noticed the word "descafeinado"; you don't need to know Spanish to figure that one out...I've been here almost 4 weeks (right?) and the whole time I've been served DECAF!! GAAHH! What is coffee without caffeine? What is the point of coffee if not the caffeinated part? What am I going to do for caffeine for the rest of my stay here?? I felt duped...hence, the title of this post...

Have a wonderful Monday!