Gloomy Week

Monday April 6th was a regular day. I woke up and went running and then came back and used the internet for a long time. I ate lunch, returned the computer and went to work in the afternoon. Then I went to the academy, got more of the story about what had happened with the class, got more materials and came home. I talked on the phone to my mom and then went and had class with Victor Perez. Then I talked on the phone to my sister and went and met Michelle and her two uncles who were visiting, Jenna, Kristen and her dad. We had two rounds of tapas and then I went home. I think when I got home, Raquel and her sister were there with Rosa and Zore. I went in my room and cleaned and got organized for my classes. Then I went to bed.

Tuesday April 7th I slept in more than I should have, but decided to get up at the last minute and run before guitar. Then I also decided to shower, at the last minute. So I went to guitar at the last minute, actually a little late. But it was good and I talked with Antonio about what I wanted to do, and guitar goals, that didn't include all the things he wanted, and we looked up stuff on the internet. So it was a good class since I hadn't practiced before. Then I came back and ate something and went out shopping. I bought some stuff for Victor's birthday and our anniversary and I finally found some acceptable salad tongs to replace the ones of Pepa's that I had broken. Then I came home and ate some lunch, Raquel and Maribel were still there and then watched Fama. I was going to go to my old class and give the kids their necklaces, but I didn't because it was raining. It was really sunny and warm the whole weekend, but that ended Monday when it was overcast and cold and it started raining Tuesday. It was bad weather the whole week. So then I went to class with Carlos and Marta but Marta wasn't there so I only had class with Carlos. At some point during the day I went grocery shopping. Then I came home and talked to my mom on the phone, ate dinner, tv, used the internet and Jose came over for a bit and then I went to bed.

Wednesday it was really raining, and I went to work. I was pretty tired and the rain was a huge downer. Especially because Michelle and I had plans to take sandwiches to El Mirador de San Nicholas and eat them with her uncles. I had brought a sadwich but when we got out of work and it was pouring down rain, that's not exactly when you want to go to a plaza and have a picnic. So we hung out for a while, and I started eating because I was starving. Finally the rain let up a bit and she went to meet her uncles and I went to catch the bus home. The bus was a good idea at first because I didn't want to get soaked, but then there was a ton of traffic and more and more people got on and I started to not feel so well. I finally got off and went home. By now I felt really bad. I went to Pepa's and ate some soup she had invited me over for and then went upstairs. I watched Fama for a bit and asked my roommates for the money they owed me since I had been the only one to buy anything for the house in a while. I hate being petty because between 4 people it turns out to be 1 or 2 €uros each but all together, its 8 or 10 for Rachel. Then I went and layed down and tried to sleep. I finally fell asleep amidst all the noise, and when I woke up no one was there. Michelle was going to get tapas again with her uncles, but I had class with Nacho and Alicia. But during my nap I got text messages from Victor Perez, cancelling class, Alicia cancelling class and Michelle cancelling tapas. The rain was ruining everything. So I had absolutely no plans. So I practiced guitar untill Zore got home, and then went running. I went a little bit further out and walked back more since I had time to kill, but during the last bit, it started to rain again, so I started to run again. Then I came back home and no one was there so I got into my pjs, ate dinner, wrote some postcards, and watched tv. Then Rosa and Zore came home and went straight to their rooms. Then they came out in the middle of my program and asked if they could change the channel. I said yes, but a little annoyed, as I was obviously watching a show. They after a bit they left and said I could switch back. Then, on a commercial break when I got up to do something, Zore asks, really excitedly, 'Are you going to bed?!?' I was really caught off-guard and said, 'Do you need to watch something on the tv of something?' They said no, no, no, don't worry, but I felt really bad, like they were just hiding in their rooms waiting for me to go to bed. So a bit later, after midnight, the program ended and I did go to bed. 15 minutes later I heard the doorbell ring and Raquel come over. Then Adrian came home and everyone was talking. Then around 1 I thought I heard someone knock on my door. I said, yeah? but no one was there. Then I got up and no one was at the door, but there were people in Zore's room next door. I asked them if they knocked but they didn't hear me because they were all talking. Then I opened the door a bit and asked louder. I was a little taken aback to be in my pjs, half asleep and to find 2 guys I didn´t know in their room. They all just looked at me like I was crazy and said no so I said goodnight and went back to my room. So because I came out they all started whispering and shut the door of the living room, but I could still hear everything as Adrian went to bed, they opened the door for something, smashed the bag of ice on the counter to break it up, the tv, everything. I was still awake at 2, 3, and 4 AM. I was so angry I started to cry, I didn't want to go out again, because I didn't even know what to say I was so angry and half asleep and furious. I didn't have anyone to call or anywhere to go, because everyone was sleeping or in another country and I felt completly alone and so upset. I guess sometime after 4 I fell asleep until 6:40 when the party was breaking up and people were leaving or going to a bedroom.

Then at 8:20 Thursday morning, my alarm went off and I was still furious. I wanted to make a ton of noise or go in a actually wake them up, but I restrained myself, got ready for work and left. Then I had a horrible day at work because I was in such a bad mood. I talked to Michelle for a bit, but she was really busy and distracted as she was leaving for Portugal that afternoon. So after work I walked home, still fuming and thinking about what I was going to say to them when I got home. When I got there, only Adrian was there and he asked how I was. I couldn't really answer, but he could tell I was upset and said 'What? did the girls keep you up last night?' That was his only mistake. Then I started crying and unloading how upset and unhappy I was with the girls and this house and how horrible they were. He more or less agreed but they weren't there. So we ate lunch together and watched Fama and I talked on the phone to my dad and Victor and then I went to guitar. Guitar went pretty well and then I came home. Then I went running and then came back and waited for Rosa to get home. Then when she did I went in and talked to them. They were pretty defensive and said they weren't making noise, didn't put on music and don't do half the things they would like to here in the hosue because of us anyway. So it was awkward, but I think I handled it pretty well, and it was better I had waited so long to talk to them. Anyway, then Adrian came home and he talked to them too, which didn't go as well but thankfully I had already taken care of my business. I´m still unhappy with the cleaning schedule, but I didn't feel like continuing with the conversation. So they left to go out and I went to bed, at last.

Friday I was still pretty tired but much better. I went to work and translated for the first hour, instead of going to class. Then lots more class. I forgot to mention that last week, Kate, the girl from Nigeria, had asked me to help her with some English/Spanish homework. And by help her she meant give me 3 pages of a Spanish story, and translate it to English for her. Thankfully, Carmina was with me when she asked and helped me get out of it. I told her that I would help her, but I wasn't going to do it for her. So sometime during this week I helped her on a few words she didn't know. Then after work I came home and ran into Nacho at the door, he and the family were eating with Pepa and Emilio. We went up in the elevator together, and he asked if I wanted to come in, I said, 'unnn,,,, no, and you didn't see me ok?' He understood immediatly and I went upstairs, made myself a ceasar salad, watched Fama and after a short hour went to work. Victor had been in the Ukraine for the week and was coming home that day. He woke up at 3:30 and if everything went well would be in Granada around 6 or so. As I was on my way to work, I was going along the main road you take to get to our house from the freeway. All of a sudden I heard this car honk and thought that a car was honking at another car. Then I thought maybe it was honking at me, but I ignored it. Then I thought that it might be Victor, and I turned around and saw his car pulling over and him waving. That was a nice suprise, but it made it harder to go to work. Work went well, and then at home I stopped by Victor's and then I went running, washed my dishes and then Victor came over again. We talked for a while and then he was so exhausted he fell asleep. Then I went out and met Kristen and her dad, Kia, Meghan, Samar and Brad for tapas. Unfortunately, by the time I got there, they were leaving. thankfully, Samar and Brad weren´t going home like everyone else, so we got another tapa. At this place where we were there was a big group of normal looking guys, with 1 guy wearing a blonde wig, a white dress and bunny ears. It could of been a bachelor party, that would have been more normal, but, there was one thing we couldn't understand. Along with this group was a transvestite. What was it doing with them? It was really funny. Then we went to another bar and hung out there with a ton of high schoolers and some of Brad's friends we ran into there. Then we went to this salsa place where we were meeting other friends of Brad's but we were all tired and not really feeling the salsa groove. So we left and walked home. Then I went to bed.

Saturday the 12th was the day Victor and I decided to celebrate our 3 year anniversary, which was Thursday the 10th. So we went to a Hamman, or an Arabic bath. Our appointment was at 12 and we walked up there. It was also really nice because for the first time that week, the sun came out. Although it wasn't really hot, at least it was a beautiful day. We walked up to Plaza Nueva and to the hamman. Inside you change into a swimsuit and put your stuff in a locker. Then inside, its dark and smells good, with relaxing music playing. There are 3 different pools that you go and switch around to. The first one is smaller in size and not very deep and filled with cold water. We started there. Then we went to a larger but shallower pool filled with hot water. Then we went to the third pool which is the biggest and deepest and filled with warm water. Then you just go switching around, and I guess the process is to go from hot to cold, my least favorite but apparently its' good for your circulation and leaves you feeling relaxed. My favorites were the hot and warm pools. Then while you are there bathing, they call your number for a 15 minute massage. It was an amazing morning and we both left feeling completely relaxed and lazy and like gelatin. Then we walked around and went and got a tapa and then went to a new resturant to eat. We had a delicious lunch with a salad, giant meatball and croqueta appetizers and then Victor had a giant chicken kabob and I had a special kind of shrimp with ham in a sherry sauce. It was all amazing and so delicious and then we finished it off with cheesecake for dessert. Then we walked home, completely content. Then Victor went to meet up with some of his friends, and I took almost a 3 hour nap. Then he came back and we watched tv a bit and I took another shower and got ready. Samar had called me and we were going to do somehting that night but we didn't know what. Victor was going to do something with his friends, but mine ended up not going out and he ended up not calling his, so we went out for a walk and shopped around at the Corte Inglés. Then we went home and ate dinner with Pepa and Emilio and watched tv untill I went to bed.

Sunday I woke up and went down to Victor's for breakfast and watched tv. Then I came up and showered and went to church. It was pretty good. Afterwards I came home and ran into Victor who was going out for a drive and he asked if I wanted to come. I said yes, and we went out. We ended up going to this cool place outside of La Zubia a pueblo close by where I used to teach English. It was all of a sudden out in the forest with beautiful mountain views and it was really naturey and nice. We got a tapa out at this resturant that showed up and then came back. Then back at home I thought we were going to eat lunch, but Victor wasn't hungry as he had been snacking on the spaghetti his mom had made for us all morning. Pepa and Emilio had gone down to the beach to visit Raul and their family. So I waited a bit and then ate by myself. Then Victor fell asleep and I blogged the Kaite blog, and then I took a nap. Then after a while we woke up and cleaned up, Victor packed, and went to Nacho and Alicia's. Pepa and Emilio were there too, bringing fruit and stuff from the coast to them and to visit the other grandkids. We all hung out there for a while, Pepa and Emilio left and then Victor and I did. Victor left for Malaga and I talked on the phone to my dad. Then I stopped by Pepa's to get my fruit and ate some more fruit till my sister called me. I talked to her, got the computer and internetted and watched tv till I was tired and went to bed. I was going to clean the house but I didn't feel like it at all. So I chatted with Deanna and took it easy. Then I went to bed.

This morning I slept in and woke up and cleaned the house. Then I started blogging. I haven't gone running , I´m not sure when I will. I have class with the babies and Victor Perez this afternoon and all the regular activites. At least now its sunny.