Is that thunder?

37 degrees Celcius. Madrid sun. The smog, the heat. It burns my pale skin, hurts my fair eyes. I'm so tired, from work, from school, from feeling. I dont want to move. Wait, a sound...a rumble...
Is that thunder? Oh to see a dark sky, oh to see rain! What i would give for its wetness and coolness against my skin!
I rush to the window.
No. just construction work.
hope springs.
hope dies.
it's alright.

June has only 30 days

I have learned my lesson and learned it well. June does NOT have 31 days. Why do i say this? Because i knew i was leaving for Madrid on July 1. I just thought i had one more day to run around Germany, see Frankfurt, and prepare to leave. Nope. I was wrong. I think it was the clerk at the hotel that tipped me off. He said something about me putting the wrong date on the paperwork. "What? Today is July 1st?" And I realized that it was 1130 in the morning. My flight left 4 hours ago. Oh crap.
Run to the airport....buy another ticket...have to say bye to Mark so suddenly...have to sit alone in the airport for 5 hours...have to wait through delays because of rain...have to take a taxi...have to fight the ladies at the dorm to let me have my room (in spanish, of course)....have to wake up 5 hours later... and have no friends here.... ACK!
But it's okay. It really is. I found friends here who will make my life much more enjoyable. I have classes to keep me (too) busy. I have a whole city to explore....for a month.