Getting Settled

Hello there!
Today is my 5th day in Spain, and I am just now starting to get used to the time change.  For the first few days I couldn't fall asleep until at least 4AM, and I was sleeping in until 12:30PM! My friends, Mari and Kelly, met me at the airport in Madrid, and then Mari and I got on the bus to Caceres.  My host mom from study abroad was waiting at the bus station, which was a lot of fun.  It was wonderful to see her again and it was nice to see how excited she was to have me here again.  She helped me get all of my suitcases to my flat, and the first night there was a welcome party with a mixture of some students I know from last time and some new students.
It's a lot different this time because I don't have all of the other students from Kalamazoo here with me.  I am trying to keep myself busy, but that is hard when you don't know many people.  I had lunch and siesta the other day with Katy (my host mom) and we went to visit her daughter, Rebeca.  I really miss having that "family" here to go home to.  I seem to be spending a lot of time alone so far.  I have 3 roommates, but they all left for the weekend.  I've just got to get used to this new lifestyle, which I am sure will get better once I start teaching.  My orientation isn't until the 30th, though, so until then I am going to need to keep myself pretty busy.
I hope everyone back home is doing great.  I miss you all a lot.  I've been trying not to think about the huge Atlantic ocean that separates us.  Keep in touch and take care of yourselves.
Love always,
Kate