Spain for the 4 next months

I'll be studying abroad in Madrid for the next four months and I hope to travel around to other cool cities and countries in Europe.  I'm both terrified and excited because I hate facing the unknown but I also think Europe will be tons of fun.
Here are some of my goals for the semester:
1) Learn Spanish - Aside from the importance of learning Spanish while I'm living in Spain, I want to bring this language back home with me.  It will open a whole new population of potential clients for me and I can more easily talk about people without them knowing what I'm saying. And it will look great on my resume. 
2) Be a tourist - I want to see the sites all over Europe.  Rome, Switzerland, and Prague are at the top of my list.  I've already been to London and Paris but it might be fun to revisit them.
3) Don't act like a tourist - Easier said than done.  Hopefully no one will label me as "that obnoxious American girl" and I can more or less adapt to the European culture.  Then when I come back home I can be "that obnoxious girl who thinks she's European."  Much better.
4) Don't spend money on unnecessary items - I promise I won't do this.  But I really do need a purse from every country I go to.  And earrings.  And a t-shirt.  And chocolate.  Oh dear...this one will be difficult.
5) Keep in touch with friends and family - Skype? - check, Webcam? - check, Intention to keep in touch? - check.  So far I'm doing pretty well so I hope to still have friends when I come home.
6) Make new friends and family - I'll be living with a family while I'm there so I hope to have a good relationship with them.  And the program is pretty big so I also hope to find a group of awesome friends.
7) Put fun before work - I will not stress out about classes.  I will not stress out about classes.  I will not stress out about classes.  I will not stress out about classes.  There are more important things to do, drink, and smoke while I'm abroad so no academic stress is allowed.
8) Keep up with this blog - Wouldn't it be funny if this was the last thing I ever wrote on this blog?

Anyways, I leave tomorrow night and might not have internet access until after the pre-orientation seminar (about 10 days) but I'll be back online after that for my thousands if not three loyal readers.

Adios!