2 Weeks Back

Two weeks from today I got back to the Americas. It's been a pretty good two weeks. I've worked at good ol' Occasionally Cake a couple times and just picked up odd jobs. Got to save up that money! I literally have a $1.87 left after all my adventures and Christmas present shopping. It's been fun. 

Anyway my Grandma and Aunt were in town until Saturday. So of course we had to do some kind of touristy thing. That turned out to be visiting the Natural History Museum. I've been there many times but it's always fun to visit. The dinosaur exhibit is closed for some reason. So that was kind of lame. It was pouring down rain all day so by the end of it we were cold and wet and ready to sleep. Which was nice for me. I've been taking Townsend to Seminary the past week. Yay for the lack of sleep. At least I get to go back to sleep afterwards.  

 And pretty much I just hung out with my siblings. Joan-Claire has not failed to tell me constantly about how I look pretty. Even after just having waking up and looking like death. It's very sweet of her.

And Jairus and Jane have just been my hangout buds. Really all of them have. They like to draw with me in my room most nights. It's usually fun. But often times very loud and chaotic. I guess that's what to be expected if you have 7 people in my small room. 

Anyway besides working and chilling with the fam I haven't done much. As I write this though I'm watching the Seahawks game and I would like you to know that I thoroughly disapprove of their Thursday night uniforms. Those colors man are fabulous. Woo. Also my mom wants to learn more about the European bog people. My dad just got home from a business trip. I made a chicken pot pie crumble for dinner. It was delicious. In case you were wondering.

Well till next time!

Back Home

My last week in Coruna was a good one. Tuesday I had the day to myself. 

 I decided to walk to Monte de San Pedro since I still hadn't been to it. 

 I passed this thing.

 I will miss the ocean.

 I had seen this octopus on the web and had wondered where it was. Apparently it was on the way to the mountain.

 A fishing boat. 

 Usually to get up the mountain you take this globe elevator. I however was very unlucky and no one was there to operate it. So I decided to take the long way up and walk for 2 miles. 

 The start of the walk.

 And cliffs along the way. 

 And rolling fields. 

 And wild flowers. 

 When I got to the top one of the first things I saw was this awesome maze. I couldn't go in it though because they were repairing it or something. I'm not really sure. The sign was in Spanish.

 And here was one of the views. I love how you'd think I'd take the most pics at the top. But no I took more on the journey up and down. It was really gorgeous though. And the grass was really soft. In case you were wondering. 

 Wednesday I had a goodbye coffee with my friends from Spanish class. Magdalena my Polish friend invited me to walk to Torres de Hercules afterward so that's what I did. 

 Hercules in a boat. Kind of random but a cool sculpture anyway.

 Old Celtic stones. 

 And Thursday I flew home. I had no problems in the airports. No problem going through customs. No delays in flights. It was great! My flight from Madrid to Boston I had a whole row to myself so I could stretch out. Really it was pretty awesome. 

 Dad picked me up from the airport and then I was bombarded by the children!

I did miss them. And I won't lie and say I didn't cry at all. The kids were all very sweet. They made me signs and put them on the door. Jane and Joan-Claire have been giving me spontaneous hugs and telling me they love me. Jairus cried for joy because I was home. Pretty much the whole family has been wonderful and loving and I'm so happy to be back with them. Spain was AMAZING! But I think 3 months is long enough time for me to be away. I just love my family to much to be gone any longer than that. 

My Grandma Judd and Aunt Sheree came into town a couple days before I got back. So they were there too. It's nice having family visit. Especially since I haven't seen them since July. So far my time has been great. I kind of feel like I haven't been gone. Today in church I spent half of sacrament sitting in the church foyer with Jane. Like a real mama Marley. I'll probably blog next week but I can't guarantee how interesting it'll be now that I'm back from my out of country adventures. Till next week!