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Too much to catch up on.
So I've been living in Spain the last 5 months. It's been alright. The job is nowhere near as fun nor interesting as my old job, and the company isn't as good as my old company either. I am a code monkey - it sucks, but hopefully when I go back to the US, I will be a project manager. That is supposed to be the game plan. Spain has been a big adventure. People are VERY relaxed here, and my type A personality does not fit in at all. They're also pretty rascist as most of the Chinese people in Spain run convienece stores or sell cerveza in the streets. They're also very much into the partying, drinking, and smoking lifestyle. My roommates are not home yet - they usually party til 6am on the weekends. There's a crazy story about my super fucked up in the head ex/roommate....maybe on a different day. It's kinda crazy. Europe is completely not what I expected, and I find that I like it a lot less than I expected as well.
I really miss my friends. I am in this program but two other americans, but they are both fresh out of college. They love the idea of partying every night and that Madrid has the highest ratio of bars to population than any other city in Europe. They're also kinda assholes, although one of them is more socially unaware than mal-intentioned. I realized how much I really miss my friends and Eric....so so much. I will definitely make more of an efforrt to see my friends when I am back in the US next year.
Food is so difficult here. Spanairds love the sit down meal. But they also do not make enough money to go to restaurants, so most people eat at home with their families for diinner, then pack the leftovers for lunch the next day. I'm so used to ordering thai food or a pizza, and it was so hard to get any food. Not too mention there is a shortage of ethnic restaurants. Plus food costs so much money that it's simply nott worth it when you have to pay 20 bucks for a pizza. Anyways, I have lost about 10 pounds since being here. It's just so difficult to get food. On Fridays, we only work 6 hours, and no one eats lunch til after work. I eat 1 meal on Fridays. The rest of the week, I am trying to pack and cook for myself every night, and it's just unmotivating to actually bring enough food. And what's the joy in eating when every chick you see is absurdly skinny? Sighs, it's been really difficult. I'm trying so hard to eat enough and it hasn't really made any impact until maybe the last month.
Changes in environment are so difficult for me mentally. I don't know why I keep changing it up when probably I would be most happy if I had stayed in Pittsburgh or Boston after graduation. I don't know what sick part of my head keeps wanting to change, do new stuff, try new cities when it obviously makes me unhappy and trigger all sorts of fun food issues. Why do I do this to myself?! I totally know better.
I have been able to travel a ton while in Europe!! Lisbon, England, Italy...and going to Barcelona next week and Paris 2 weeks after that. Love travelling, love seeiing new cultures, architecture, new people and languages. I now have fallen in love with the Portugese language, and hopefully I can learn some and use it while in Rio in the future (new contracts in Brasil wooohoo!).
How are you, LJ family? I keep reading but I don't reply. I should...I will try reply more from now on.
So I've been living in Spain the last 5 months. It's been alright. The job is nowhere near as fun nor interesting as my old job, and the company isn't as good as my old company either. I am a code monkey - it sucks, but hopefully when I go back to the US, I will be a project manager. That is supposed to be the game plan. Spain has been a big adventure. People are VERY relaxed here, and my type A personality does not fit in at all. They're also pretty rascist as most of the Chinese people in Spain run convienece stores or sell cerveza in the streets. They're also very much into the partying, drinking, and smoking lifestyle. My roommates are not home yet - they usually party til 6am on the weekends. There's a crazy story about my super fucked up in the head ex/roommate....maybe on a different day. It's kinda crazy. Europe is completely not what I expected, and I find that I like it a lot less than I expected as well.
I really miss my friends. I am in this program but two other americans, but they are both fresh out of college. They love the idea of partying every night and that Madrid has the highest ratio of bars to population than any other city in Europe. They're also kinda assholes, although one of them is more socially unaware than mal-intentioned. I realized how much I really miss my friends and Eric....so so much. I will definitely make more of an efforrt to see my friends when I am back in the US next year.
Food is so difficult here. Spanairds love the sit down meal. But they also do not make enough money to go to restaurants, so most people eat at home with their families for diinner, then pack the leftovers for lunch the next day. I'm so used to ordering thai food or a pizza, and it was so hard to get any food. Not too mention there is a shortage of ethnic restaurants. Plus food costs so much money that it's simply nott worth it when you have to pay 20 bucks for a pizza. Anyways, I have lost about 10 pounds since being here. It's just so difficult to get food. On Fridays, we only work 6 hours, and no one eats lunch til after work. I eat 1 meal on Fridays. The rest of the week, I am trying to pack and cook for myself every night, and it's just unmotivating to actually bring enough food. And what's the joy in eating when every chick you see is absurdly skinny? Sighs, it's been really difficult. I'm trying so hard to eat enough and it hasn't really made any impact until maybe the last month.
Changes in environment are so difficult for me mentally. I don't know why I keep changing it up when probably I would be most happy if I had stayed in Pittsburgh or Boston after graduation. I don't know what sick part of my head keeps wanting to change, do new stuff, try new cities when it obviously makes me unhappy and trigger all sorts of fun food issues. Why do I do this to myself?! I totally know better.
I have been able to travel a ton while in Europe!! Lisbon, England, Italy...and going to Barcelona next week and Paris 2 weeks after that. Love travelling, love seeiing new cultures, architecture, new people and languages. I now have fallen in love with the Portugese language, and hopefully I can learn some and use it while in Rio in the future (new contracts in Brasil wooohoo!).
How are you, LJ family? I keep reading but I don't reply. I should...I will try reply more from now on.