Christmas Break

Well school got out on the 22nd just like in Utah. The next day I finished my christmas shopping and before I knew it, it was christmas eve. We went to Pachi's mom's house to eat dinner. To be honest, I was dreading going over there because almost every member of that family smokes and I still can't handle it. I'm getting better, but I'm still not good enough to sit through 3 hours of constant smoke. So I wore some nice clothes, but ones that were a little dirty so that I had an excuse to wash them afterwards. My family got there about an hour early to help Pachi's mom with the dinner and so the room was smoke free. When people finally showed up we sat down and ate a huge meal with octopus, clams, prawns, fish, fish, and more fish. Everything was delicious, but I was so sick of fish! Then we had desert which was turrones and polvorones (typical for the holidays). That's when everyone started to smoke and I knew that I had to get out of there. So I went with Pachi, Miguel, and an aunt and uncle to midnight mass. To my surprise, it was basically the same as the other mass I went to, just it was at mignight. Oh and they had some people that were kind of acting out the manger scene. After mass, we went back to pachi's mom's house to pick of alvaro and cristina and then we left! I guess you could say I lucked out big time!
The next day was christmas, of course, and for the first time I slept in. Usually Weston bounces on my bed until I get up at 6 in the morning, but this year everyone was asleep. I ended up waking up at 11:30 and went downstairs. We ate breakfast first which was the typical spanish hot chocolate with churros and then we opened presents. Then at 2 we went to Pachi's mom's house again because pachi and cristina had to work (well I'm convinced that they didn't have to, they're just too much of workaholics to not). So we ate leftovers from the night before, and basically everything was nasty. So I excused myself at 4:30 and went home to talk to my family by bus. The rest of the day was normal and uneventful, but it was better than staying in a house that smells like smoke!
Since christmas I've been trying to study, but I'm finding it hard. I made a schedule for myself, but it isn't working. I think it's so hard because I know that I have a week and a half left to study. Ya we get an extra week of break here thanks to los reyes magos!!! Well it's time to eat so I better go. I miss everyone!