One Month Down, Three To Go

Another weekend has gone by and things are finally starting to settle down and turn into everyday life. I like structure and I like a routine. This characteristic helps answer my conflict about being an accountant for the rest of my life. It’s fun to shake things up, but when it comes down to it, I couldn’t live an “exciting” life. I find comfort in going to class every day at the same time and to expect the same tomorrow. 

 

I don’t know how people do it, you know? Go out every night, stay out all night, sleep all day and have fun with it. This weekend I only went out Friday night. Here dinner is about 9pm, so I met up with people about 10:30pm. Getting a late start means staying out later. We went to a couple bars and it was 3am before I knew it. By 4am I was so ready to crawl into bed that I was ready to leave the bar with or without my friends who were still enjoying themselves. At 4am I was the party pooper. My friends also decided to leave and Roseanna and I walked home. We talked about going out Saturday night, too, and over some drinks it sounded like a great idea at the time. However, Saturday night rolled around and going out sound unappealing so I stayed in my warm pajamas and went to bed before midnight. I know some people here that go out all the time. Wednesday night for beer pong and an Irish pub, Thursday night for karaoke, Friday night to the club, and Saturday out to the bars. I physically cannot do what they do. One night a week wears me out. Not to mention that during the week people have school. I may only be 19 but I can’t keep up with the 20/21 year olds in this program.

Saturday morning I went with a few friends to the open air market and around our area for some shopping. Until the end of February, Spain is having sales in all of their stores. It’s called “Rebajas” and they’ve been going on since I got here, but they are in their last phase of sales and everything is at its cheapest. This may come as a surprise to most of you, but I’m not the most fashionable person ever. Shock right? And I hate shopping. Though, I’ve been proud of myself because I’ve been trying on things other than t-shirts. I haven’t had much of any luck, unfortunately. I think I can speak for most people when things look so nice on the rack but then you try it on and it either DOES NOT fit properly or you just can’t pull it off. That’s basically what it’s been like for me. I plan to do more shopping though. I’m determined to find something before the sales are done. We shopped until lunch time and we were all exhausted. It didn’t help that we had only gotten 5 hours of sleep that night. After lunch I took a 3 hour wonderful siesta and I had to pry myself out of bed knowing I needed to get up in order to sleep well that night. It was quite the battle.

I continued reading The Book Thief after I got up. Sunday morning I finished it. I do not recommend it. I didn’t like it from the get-go, but once I started I was determined to finish it regardless. The book was narrated by Death and what should have been the good parts were spoiled before I read them. They would tell you that a person dies and give a little detail about it, then the next section was the events leading up to the death. It wasn’t a total waste of my time, but I can prevent a waste of yours. 

 

This week I am back at school. I only have this week and next until I move to the next level. I have my final exam next Friday. This weekend we are going to Sevilla for a day trip with my program. I’ve heard Sevilla is one of the most beautiful cities in Spain. After my final exam, Roseanna, Tesla, and I booked a trip to Paris for 3 days. Honestly I’m not all that jazzed about going to France. It will be cool, but it’s just not my first choice of a country in Europe. Right now, though, temperatures are so cold that going any further north would not be enjoyable. We have a holiday that Monday and Tuesday so that’s why we have a chance to travel now. We are thinking of going to the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre, and some other attraction I’ve never heard of. I’ve never taken French, and I’m hoping Spanish is truly as similar as they say it is, or that they speak English.

For now I am looking forward to having class, learning Spanish, and enjoying my routine. I just wish it would warm up a bit. 

 

Also, I don’t know if you’ve seen Anaconda. The cast includes J-Lo, Ice Cube, John Voight, Owen Wilson, and the hunter dude from Jumanji. Odd enough cast, should make for a winning movie. No. It’s awful, especially in Spanish. 

Lastly, in relation to my last post. I also saw the Whitney Houston died on the news yesterday atleast 7 times. There is definitely an influence from America to have a tribute to her several times even in Spain.