Nerja

Well Nicole and I were supposed to go to Alpujarras yesterday but when we went to confirm with the school that we still wanted to go, I went and everything was fun but when she went they told her it was full and she would just have to fill out a form to get her money back. Therefore, after some thinking I decided that I wouldn't go either and she, Kathleen, and I went to Nerja instead which is a beach a couple hours away.
When we got there, we ran into some people from the CLM and waited with them for the bus that would take us to the caves. The caves were huuuge and really cool to have a look at. Afterwards we took the bus back and then headed to the beach! It was absolutely beautiful there and we found ourselves a nice little semi-secluded spot off to the side of the area with a lot of people. We stood in the water a couple times and Nicole and I went in even though it was freezing cold. Then while we were all laying there we had quite the experience..
At one point, Nicole was like "Guys.. where is my bag??" and I was like oh geeze not again (because of Barcelona) but she found it sitting on a rock near us with her 5 euro missing. Luckily she only had 5 euro and the guy didn't talk her camera, bus ticket, or just the whole bag in general. She felt stupid and wondered how she couldn't have noticed someone taking her bag since she was laying there playing sudoku. Well some 10-15 minutes down the road, Kathleen feels something tugging on her bag which she was laying her head on. We thought maybe it had to do with her umbrellas (she had two up protecting her from the sun) or that she was just paranoid because of what happened to Nicole.. we didn't know. A couple minutes later she screams "Fucking bastard!" after another tug at her bag (this time her arms were through it and she was laying her head on it) and we found a long wire hooked to the zipper of the bag. She saw someone but Nicole and I didn't. Nicole went looking around the rocks behind us but didn't find anything. We warned the family near us who also found an even longer wire but they didn't seem as concerned. So we sat there a while talking about how we couldn't believe what just happened. Nicole and Kathleen were so pissed. When we were heading out, we went back around the rocks to see if we could find him. We saw him and when he saw Kathleen, he sprinted up some nearby stairs and then kept poking his head out from the rocks. We ran into a couple going up and told them to be careful. We found out they had 500 euro stolen from them the day before and all of us went up to where we saw the guy but he must have left somehow. By that time, we needed to head back to catch our bus back to Granada.
So yeah.. that was our adventure for the day.
When we got back to Granada, I came home and ate a banana + peanut butter (yum!) and the rest of my last symphony bar. Then I took a shower and by then Liz had gotten home from the beach she went to. At 9:30 we met up with the girls and went to eat Chinese food. Afterwards we went to the 24 hour store where they got drinks/snacks. Nicole and Kathleen went home to watch a movie, Liz and Megan went out, and I came home. I would have gone out too if it was everyone but not just Liz and Megan.

Speaking of.. we all went out Thursday night. We botelloned at their usual spot and had two guys there talking to us but it was just kinda funny because we all made fake names and tried telling them we were from France and didn't know English. We went to the africano bar where Liz made friends with a group of Spanish boys who told us they could get us into capital for free. Kathleen didn't want to go at all because she hates the music there but Nicole had never been and the other girls wanted to go so eventually we headed over. However, Kathleen still didn't want to go and after an incident with some guys and Nicole, she got pissed and started to head back. Nicole and I followed while Megan waited for Liz to finish talking to the nice Spanish guys. Well Kathleen was ticked for everything that had happened and Megan got mad at her then this huge fight (not physical) broke out between Megan and Kathleen. Megan was fed up and headed home but had to come back to get her keys from Kathleen. They stood there yelling at each other for a while. Eventually Megan headed home and Liz was talking it out with Kathleen and trying to calm her down. I was upset with Liz for multiple reasons and got a little emotional so I went a little ways ahead of them and Nicole came to talk to me. She and I stood around talking until Liz and Kathleen noticed we were ready to head home so we all left.
We were really worried that Kathleen and Megan weren't going to be friends because they were both insistent that they didn't want to be around each other for the rest of our time here but I guess they ran into each other later the next day and wondered why they were fighting/mad at each other. Now they're fine and things are back to where they were.

Liz and I aren't doing so great though. Not that anything bad is happening but rather nothing. We talked about it yesterday and agree that we are just kind of fed up with each other over little things that have resulted from us living together for so long - ex: sleeping schedules, going out or not, being on time or not, etc. Then every little thing just drives us crazy. But that won't really be fixed until we're back in the states and living in our separate places. But then we'll be able to be friends without driving each other crazy. We just have to wait it out.

Anyways. Finals start this week and next week. I have art and literature on Thursday, grammar next Monday, and oral/writing on Wedneday. My online math class starts next Monday.
I know the volcano in Iceland has had some new ash come out and cancel some flights in the UK so I'm getting worried about my Ireland/Scotland trip. Even if we can get there what if something happens and we can't get back? We only have a few days after that trip before we leave to go home. I just pray that things work out one way or another.

Alright well that's about it and it's almost lunch time anyways. :)