A Day in the Life

This week has been busy but fairly normal. Monday afternoon, post blogging, I talked to my mom on the phone and bought a few more postcards and Christmas gifts and went home later. Its getting really cold in Granada, so home is nice. Then I had a good class with Nacho and Alicia, came home and went to bed.

Tuesday I was going to wake up early and go running, but I didn't because its just too cold, so I showered and went to guitar. It didn't go so well because I hadn't touched my guitar since my class a week ago, and then I left. Then I went to get my legs waxed again, and to the mall to see if I could finish up my Christmas shopping, which I almost did. Then I stopped by a store where a friend works, visited with her for a while, went to the Corte Inglés, and then home and made lunch. I rested and watched friends with Adri and Zore but then I went downstairs to use the internet for a bit when Adri and Zore started fighting. Adri always seems to bring up controversial topics or something that he and Zore don't agree on, and then they get into a big argument. Today it started innocently enough, with me saying "I love Christmas!" and Adri saying "I hate Christmas!" and then I said he didn't have a heart. It was all fun and games but for some reason Zore got really upset because she really likes Christmas and Adri thinks its just commercial. So I stayed for a while but then I left early, used the internet downstairs and then went and had only 2 hours of class with Carlos and Marta, but not with Mari Angeles. Then I went home, wrote some postcards, hung out with the roommies and went to bed.

Wednesday I went to work in the morning. Two hours of class with teachers, and one with students. The main teacher I work with, Carmina, had changed things up quite a bit. Now what we are going to do is I stay with the 8 or so students who are good at English, or want to learn, and she takes the rest of the degenerates and teaches them. It works fantasticly. They are so much quieter with so few students, they pay attention and she did a good job of picking the kids who want to learn! So that class went pretty well. Then I walked home, ran a few errands on the way, and came home and ate arroz con huevos with Rosa and Zore. I heard them talking about what they were going to eat that day, which happens to be one of my favorite Spanish foods, so I asked if they would make some for me too. I brought them dessert and the whole thing was delicious! Conchi and Valentina had canceled on me for class that afternoon, but I was glad because that mean that I could go to Nachete´s Christmas Pageant! While I was getting ready, Zore, Adri and I started talking about abortion. Another light afternoon topic. This time it didn't end in disaster, since we all remembered yesterday, but it was interesting none the less. Then I went with Pepa and Emilio to Nachete's school program. I was so excited and he was so good and adorable. I'll post the pictures as soon as possible. So that was a good time, then I came home and practiced guitar, ate dinner, wrapped presents, watched tv and went to bed.

Thursday, my first hour of class got cancelled, so I got up early to go running, decided it was too cold, showered, bought some goceries, ate breakfast and went to the mall again to drop off some photos for processing. Then I walked towards work and stopped by a few places searching for the last gifts and finally went to work. It went pretty well, with smaller classes again. I also got to give a lesson about Christmas! yay! Then at 2:30, Michelle and I went out and got some tapas and this neat bar and talked for a long time about love, life and the looming future. We got kicked out of the bar around 4 and I went home. I had a snack, watched tv with Zore, who told me that she is leaving this weekend and not coming back till after Christmas break and then I went to the post office and guitar class, which went a little better. Then I came home and talked on the phone to Victor and Magdalena, visited with Zore who convinced me to not go out and work on my last errands, but stay and watch TV with her. Since it was cold and her last evening in Granada I consented and spent the rest of the night watching tv and talking to her. Then I went to bed.

This morning I had to get up early because for the first time since I've been here, I had to come the my regularly scheduled Friday class. Difficult, but I still arrived early since my first hour is really the second hour of the day and starts at 9:30. Then I had 1 class, and I've been visiting with Michelle, the teachers and internetting for the past hour and a half and I still have one more hour till my next class because an exam gave me another free hour. So yeah, that's pretty much it. This weekend, Victor is coming, but we don't have any set plans...