yesterday, i got to go to the coast in almería. lauren's friend, daniel, drove us over and it took about 2 hours. we fell asleep in the car on the way there and on the way back. but we fell asleep to the music of david bisbal and alejandro sanz. awesome. we got there at about 11am and had breakfast and then found a section of beach. we hung out there for a little bit and then went to find daniel's family, who were also at the beach. two of his aunts have beach-front apartments and they are nice. it's like their summer home. i want a summer home. i've gathered that it's really common for spanish people, and europeans in general, to have apartments/houses all over the place. after a quick stop there, at roquetas del mar, we went to another section of coast. the water was salty, but not so much sandy because it was more a mix of sand and pebbles, so we could see to the bottom of the water. and we were lucky, because the water on this particular day, was super clean. after spending many hours outside, we went back to the apartment and made food for ourselves. i discovered that i should've reapplied my SPF 45 because i got burned. and it totally hurt.

around after we ate, we headed back to granada. we all went home to clean up, and then met up for dinner at the italian restaurant at 11:30pm. the restaurant was packed and some spanish women were having a bachelorette party, so they were just crazy, but it was pretty funny. by then, i think i was suffering from being out in the sun, because i was dehydrated, in pain, and couldn't really eat. after dinner, we drove around for a little bit until we decided to get some ice cream at los italianos. it was an italian themed evening.

when i got home, i went straight to sleep, only to wake up an hour later and find myself suffering from chills. i put on a sweatshirt, socks, mittens [i found them in my backpack] and went back to sleep. 2 hours later, i was dying from the heat, so i got rid of all the extra layers and popped an advil with a ton of water. i kept waking up every 2 hours having to pee and feeling hot/cold. this morning, i couldn't even drag myself out of bed. i popped another advil and slept until 1pm. at that point, i was like, i'll feel better if i just get up and do something. i got up to put my contacts in and i was so exhausted and i had to lie down. an hour later, when i could get back up, i brushed my teeth and washed up. again, had to sit back down because it was too much of an exertion. how weak am i? another hour later, i decided that i'd feel better if i did something. it took a massive effort to walk to the internet cafe. after this, i'm going to try and make it up to plaza nueva. and i think my fever has gone away. yay!