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my my, it has been a long time. hasn't it?
um, i'm in spain at the current moment. about two weeks left till my vacation in italy with alanna. i'm not actually sure how much of vacation it will be since i'm not sure if i'll be working while i'm there or not. anyways, spain is growing on me. it took me a while of getting used to be on my own again for it to really be ok for me. i have to admit, it took me a while to actually be ok with not seeing my family, chris and my friends whenever i wanted to. it kinda sucked actually. especially that first weekend. ugh. not cool. there were 6 of us in town and really nothing to do for like 3 days. then school started and its gone by really fast since then. we've been to madrid where we went to the prado museum, reyna sofia museum, palacio real, el escorial, and toledo. it was amazing. all of it. a bit overwhelming but just what i needed to keep me from really hating the fact that i was away from home. then we went to salamanca where we had that free weekend i was talking about. i spent that saturday in valladolid with some friends from school who are here also studying, but they're program is a tad shorter than ours and they get back to the states about 10 days before i do. at first i was jealous of them, but now i'm glad i'm taking that extra time to just relax. the school here is pretty cool. it would be a great way to actually have a schedule because there is so much extra time at the end of the day to do whatever. if i was working, it would be the best. so we start at around 9. then have 2 hours of grammar, not as bad as it sounds, then 1 hour elective classes and then done for the day. we go home for siesta and lunch around 2:30 and then free time for whatever. if i was working, i would definitely work the late shift since the damn sun doesn't set till about oh, 10pm. which is when they eat dinner as well.
the place i'm staying, a host family, is pretty nice. i share a room with a girl, sasha from arkansas originally from belarus. its been difficult getting acquainted to having a roommate again. at least one who shares the same bedroom and has different philosophies about cleaning, getting ready, promptness... i got spoiled living in NB with just dad and being able to do what i wanted, when i wanted and leave as early as i wanted. but its ok. i'm going to be sharing a house with someone else now and we're going to have to get a long with each other as well.
the food is a little interesting. the first night we had Tortilla española. pretty much eggs, potatoes, and onions mixed together in an omelet type thing. or taco de papas y huevos with out the tortilla. thats my favorite. some of the other stuff, not so much. um i tried sardines, and pulpo. let me tell you about pulpo. its octopus. but not fried, just cooked and i could still see the little suction cup thingies. i wanted to vomit right then and there, but thought it would a little rude. luckily she hasn't made it since. :) oh annd i miss spices. maybe not the salsa from my grandfather, habaneros and all, but i do miss some flavor. i couldn't put my finger on why i didn't like some of the food, or at least it wasn't something i looked forward to eating and it was because the don't put anything on it to enhance any flavors. it is what it is. no salt. no pepper. i haven't decided what i want to eat first when i get back to the states. if i wasn't going to italy, and was just going to go straight back stateside, i would want something pasta-ish. like those things we had for one of the nights i hung out with dri and josh at josh's uncles place. totally blanked on the name of the food, but it was something with pesto sauce. amazing stuff. but i think i'm going to want mexican. tortillas, and a lot of flavor.
i miss chris. i knew it would be hard, i just didn't think i would feel like i'm going through the initial stages of a breakup while still talking to him. i'm relying on myself, and having to learn what its like to just kinda be single in the sense that he's not here for me to rely on or talk to as often as i would normally. i would love to go on a vacation or just a trip with him. we talk pretty regularly, so thats ok. but sometimes we start arguing for stupid reasons and its usually just because we miss each other and it seems all we can do is fight because we're unable to see each other. i cant wait to be able to see him. though since we live 1 1/2 away from each other, its going to be just as hard to see him. we both work full time and having the same day off is going to be a challenge. but worth it. i know he is completely worth everything. i know all we can do is try to go back and forth till we're at school again.
speaking of school, i'm not sure what i want to do about work. do i stay at the office i'm working at and do concessions on the side. or do i get a different job completely and quit working the other two? i've gone back and forth so many times. i can't do anything about it here though, i have to wait till i'm back home and see how often i'll be working for concessions to really make that call. two of the main student workers will be in italy all year so i'm not sure what concessions will be doing without them. hopefully i'll be one of the people to be there the entire time but i'm not sure. its ok money. better than what i'm getting paid at honors and more fun. no its not in an air conditioned office, but completely worth it. the people are great. the boss can be a jerk, but what boss isn't at times? we'll see where this dilemma goes later
so yesterday, i partook in a Capea, bullfight, con un pequeño toro. it was a little interesting, the damn thing went after me instead of the girl with the flag and since i had nothing to deflect it with or trick it with, it hit me. then it proceeded to turn and wipe its poop covered ass on my leg. soo then i had bullcrap on my pants. wonderful. there was shit on my pants. i laughed so hard.
tomorrow we head out to the beach. this is quite exciting and should be amazing fun. i'm not taking the computer so it'll be interesting to see if i find a way to get back online. i can last for three days, right? ...idk... but its going to happen.
um, i'm in spain at the current moment. about two weeks left till my vacation in italy with alanna. i'm not actually sure how much of vacation it will be since i'm not sure if i'll be working while i'm there or not. anyways, spain is growing on me. it took me a while of getting used to be on my own again for it to really be ok for me. i have to admit, it took me a while to actually be ok with not seeing my family, chris and my friends whenever i wanted to. it kinda sucked actually. especially that first weekend. ugh. not cool. there were 6 of us in town and really nothing to do for like 3 days. then school started and its gone by really fast since then. we've been to madrid where we went to the prado museum, reyna sofia museum, palacio real, el escorial, and toledo. it was amazing. all of it. a bit overwhelming but just what i needed to keep me from really hating the fact that i was away from home. then we went to salamanca where we had that free weekend i was talking about. i spent that saturday in valladolid with some friends from school who are here also studying, but they're program is a tad shorter than ours and they get back to the states about 10 days before i do. at first i was jealous of them, but now i'm glad i'm taking that extra time to just relax. the school here is pretty cool. it would be a great way to actually have a schedule because there is so much extra time at the end of the day to do whatever. if i was working, it would be the best. so we start at around 9. then have 2 hours of grammar, not as bad as it sounds, then 1 hour elective classes and then done for the day. we go home for siesta and lunch around 2:30 and then free time for whatever. if i was working, i would definitely work the late shift since the damn sun doesn't set till about oh, 10pm. which is when they eat dinner as well.
the place i'm staying, a host family, is pretty nice. i share a room with a girl, sasha from arkansas originally from belarus. its been difficult getting acquainted to having a roommate again. at least one who shares the same bedroom and has different philosophies about cleaning, getting ready, promptness... i got spoiled living in NB with just dad and being able to do what i wanted, when i wanted and leave as early as i wanted. but its ok. i'm going to be sharing a house with someone else now and we're going to have to get a long with each other as well.
the food is a little interesting. the first night we had Tortilla española. pretty much eggs, potatoes, and onions mixed together in an omelet type thing. or taco de papas y huevos with out the tortilla. thats my favorite. some of the other stuff, not so much. um i tried sardines, and pulpo. let me tell you about pulpo. its octopus. but not fried, just cooked and i could still see the little suction cup thingies. i wanted to vomit right then and there, but thought it would a little rude. luckily she hasn't made it since. :) oh annd i miss spices. maybe not the salsa from my grandfather, habaneros and all, but i do miss some flavor. i couldn't put my finger on why i didn't like some of the food, or at least it wasn't something i looked forward to eating and it was because the don't put anything on it to enhance any flavors. it is what it is. no salt. no pepper. i haven't decided what i want to eat first when i get back to the states. if i wasn't going to italy, and was just going to go straight back stateside, i would want something pasta-ish. like those things we had for one of the nights i hung out with dri and josh at josh's uncles place. totally blanked on the name of the food, but it was something with pesto sauce. amazing stuff. but i think i'm going to want mexican. tortillas, and a lot of flavor.
i miss chris. i knew it would be hard, i just didn't think i would feel like i'm going through the initial stages of a breakup while still talking to him. i'm relying on myself, and having to learn what its like to just kinda be single in the sense that he's not here for me to rely on or talk to as often as i would normally. i would love to go on a vacation or just a trip with him. we talk pretty regularly, so thats ok. but sometimes we start arguing for stupid reasons and its usually just because we miss each other and it seems all we can do is fight because we're unable to see each other. i cant wait to be able to see him. though since we live 1 1/2 away from each other, its going to be just as hard to see him. we both work full time and having the same day off is going to be a challenge. but worth it. i know he is completely worth everything. i know all we can do is try to go back and forth till we're at school again.
speaking of school, i'm not sure what i want to do about work. do i stay at the office i'm working at and do concessions on the side. or do i get a different job completely and quit working the other two? i've gone back and forth so many times. i can't do anything about it here though, i have to wait till i'm back home and see how often i'll be working for concessions to really make that call. two of the main student workers will be in italy all year so i'm not sure what concessions will be doing without them. hopefully i'll be one of the people to be there the entire time but i'm not sure. its ok money. better than what i'm getting paid at honors and more fun. no its not in an air conditioned office, but completely worth it. the people are great. the boss can be a jerk, but what boss isn't at times? we'll see where this dilemma goes later
so yesterday, i partook in a Capea, bullfight, con un pequeño toro. it was a little interesting, the damn thing went after me instead of the girl with the flag and since i had nothing to deflect it with or trick it with, it hit me. then it proceeded to turn and wipe its poop covered ass on my leg. soo then i had bullcrap on my pants. wonderful. there was shit on my pants. i laughed so hard.
tomorrow we head out to the beach. this is quite exciting and should be amazing fun. i'm not taking the computer so it'll be interesting to see if i find a way to get back online. i can last for three days, right? ...idk... but its going to happen.