Well, it's been about two weeks since I've been back in GP and after painting my room, having a stream of visitors and guests, catching up with everyone and spending time with my family, I think that I'm ready to go back. Except....I'm here for the next two months. Oops. There is something to be said for Michigan summers, something indescribable ( Read more... )

It's just been despedida after despedida (goodbye after goodbye) lately and I can't believe it, but somehow we have arrived at the end of the year and not only has school ended, but the time has come to say adios. Some of my friends have already left and others have their bags packed already. It makes me really sad, but happy that I'll be here for ( Read more... )

I just went to the American store today and bought the following ( Read more... )

I haven't filled out one of these good ol' fashioned surveys in quite a long time, and I think that it's far overdue. I mean, that's what blogs are for....right ( Read more... )

In just a week's time, my private class demand has doubled. Everyone wants a piece of the English pie, it seems. I have been regularly meeting with Adrian, my favorite twelve year old on the planet, twice a week on Mondays and Fridays. During this time, I have literally gotten down on my knees and begged his mother to let me teach his brother, Jose ( Read more... )

It seems that new blogs are springing up like wildfire nowadays; in the words of my beloved AP US history teacher Mrs. Norris, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a blog, livejournal, wordpress or xanga. It's really uncanny, and coming from people who I wouldn't ever expect to have blogs. I guess that's what living abroad does to you ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm alive, but I've barely been in Madrid for the past two weeks because I've been taking full advantage of the 10 days of Semana Santa vacation. It started basically the second school ended two Thursdays ago, when two Fulbrighters, Alf and I hopped the Straits of Gibraltar and went to Marrakesh, Morocco. We spent four days staying in a haven ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I forget that this journal exists and skip right to the friends page to see other updates, which is really sad since I've had it and have been regularly updating for the past six years. Lately, I've been writing a lot in a paper journal, which could be the reason. I've been trying to take some time during each ridiculous two hour lunch ( Read more... )

Well, I suppose it's time for my monthly update (or maybe I should just turn it into a weekly/ daily update already?) But I have a good excuse, because it was a whirlwind of crazy holidays which I enjoyed thoroughly. First came the illusive Mashour Love Fest, which takes place from Christmas Eve until New Year's Day, which means schlepping to the ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd say this, but right now I am swimming in American consumerism, and actually reveling in it at the same time. I now know why I didn't feel like it was Christmas before I left Spain, not just because there was no snow on the ground, but because they didn't have something to buy everywhere you look, and candy canes, decorations, ( Read more... )