Its coming to an end :(

This past weekend was so much fun and I have more amazing memories to add to my collection. We went to Nerja for Friday and Saturday and of course it was the most beautiful weather for the beach. The first day we found a smaller beach in a little cove surrounded with rocks with some huge waves. We all eventually ended up in the water even though it wasn't particularly warm. We had a blast tackling each other, dodging waves, and almost peeing our pants (even though we would have been safe because we were in the water :) ) laughing. Then we would crawl back to our towels (cabanna for me because I needed some shade being fair skin and all) soaked up more sun until we were hot again and headed back out to the water. After we were done at the beach for the day we went back to the hostel, showered, and of course being with 2 boys in our group went out looking for some food. We were going to go to a pizzeria but on that day in Nerja there was a feria (a festival) and pretty much everything was closed except a gas station and this one restaurant that we stumbled across owned by a guy from England. So by this time we are all starving and will eat anything. We all ordered little individual pizzas which I'm sure were microwaved but at that point I didn't care. After dinner we walked to the gas station to get more food. What a surprise! I mean actually I'm not surprised at all; living in a Spanish woman's house for the last 4 months of course I would need more food. My stomach has learned to stretch its limit to be able to consume the MOUNTAIN of food that is on my plate EVERYDAY! Then we had a pretty wild night with all our friends that came down to Nerja as well with the drinking age being 18 and all...need I say more? And the next day our plans were another day at the beach. Could it get any better?! It was a nice relaxing day, the waves weren't as big so we didn't play in the water as much but more friends joined us form Granada and we definitely enjoyed our last weekend at the beach. We took the afternoon bus back to Granada so we could get back in time to do some last minute studying before finals. That night (Saturday) we met up with Jeff and Mitch to go up to the mirador to see it one last time at night. It was so nice, all of us sitting on the ledge gazing up at the Alhambra all lit up at night sharing our memories, stories, and what we will miss about Granada. It was really a picturesque night; I felt like I was in a movie and what is the most unreal about it is that my time here in Spain is almost over. The next day, Sunday, I was very productive with getting all my studies out of the way and making last minute plans for when my parents come. After my day of being so focused I just needed some Tagallina ice cream so Tammy and I trekked up to Plaza Real and on our way we saw a procession (like Semana Santa) it was so amazing and unexpected. I love that about Granada you could just be leaving to go on an evening walk and find a concert, procession, or a flamenco proformance in Plaza Carmen. We watched the procession for a while, it was the Virgen Maria. The imagen (the image on top) was beautiful with candles and flowers. We ate our delicious ice cream cones and strolled back to our piso on the warm May evening. Then Monday made my way through 2 finals and then celebrated Jeff's last night in Granada by going to a teteria. I've started to say goodbye to people little by little and Thursday will be the worst because most everybody leaves on that day. Cassandra and I will be making the journey to the airport with everybody with panuelos (Kleenex) stuffed in our pockets to say goodbye. Then it will really set in that the semester abroad is over.