Goodbye, Holidays

The holidays are behind us.

Whew.

I feel like I can breathe again.

I think going back to visit my family is like taking a deep breath and braving deep waters until I need to come back up for air.

I am much more relaxed now that I'm home.

Whatever "home" is.

I've explained to Stu that a place isn't really "home." I have never felt "at home" anywhere except for Spain my 9th grade year. Sadly, it's not "home" anymore.

Anyway...on to better things...

I'm excited about my last semester. I am also very excited about my extra-curricular activities:

a D&D game...movies on our awesome new TV (watching with friends, of course)...(possibly) a new kitty to play with (next month?)...writing/reading/crafting on the weekends...life seems to be looking up and has the potential to be very enjoyable.

I did enjoy Europe. I shall miss the food immensely.

Sadly, I didn't get to visit "my" castle this time...I saw one room before we were ushered out (Mom thought people were allowed in but I translated and figured out it was a school group...sigh). Stu says we will go back and see it one day.

I don't know what it is about that castle.

It's a very small summer castle north of Madrid, in the Castilla y Leon region. Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand (the ones who financed Columbus's trip to America) were married there...and it's just...lovely. The ceilings are gilded, there are murals on the walls, stained glass windows, towers, and huge fireplaces. They have old, old, old furniture in there so we can kind of see what it might have been like...old suits of armor and weaponry...it's magical.

I...feel like I belong in there. I don't know if any of my ancestors were Spanish, but I definitely would LOVE to film a movie there at some point. Perhaps about Isabel.

Princess Bride was filmed in an old castle (complete with the old furnishings) in Scotland so I know it's not completely impossible that I could film something there someday...

I just get an interesting feeling when I'm in there...I can picture myself in a gown and living in that castle...I love it. And Segovia is my most favorite province in Spain.

So maybe I do feel at home there...just in that castle. :p

I've started working on plans for a dollhouse...in other news...