Katie Kraziness

Monday March 31st, I woke up and did some stuff around the house and then ran to my friend Jenny's house, where we had the potluck Saturday to pick up my roommate's bowl and Pepa's serving tongs. Come to find out, one of the tongs were broken. I knew Pepa wouldn't care, but I was a little terrified nonetheless. So we talked for a while and then I came home. Then I went to the bank to find out why money was being taken out of my account. Then I cleaned. Then my roommates came home. Then I finished cleaning and showerd. Then I ate something for lunch and went to work. It went fine, and then I went to the academy, home, practice guitar and class with Victor Perez. I don't really remember what I did after that, but I think I went to bed early because I was pretty tired.

Tuesday I knew I had a lot to do so I set my alarm early to run and shower before guitar. That turned into snoozing a lot untill I reset my alarm untill 9:30. Then I went to guitar. Then after guitar, I changed to go running, and ran to the bank where I have to cash my checks. Then I came back home, deposited that and then showered. Then by the time that was done, I went downstairs to eat lunch with Pepa and Emilio, Nacho and Alicia and the kids and Raul and Patricia and Adriana. I was working on the stuff for my classes because I hadn´t done anything the day before or that morning and hanging out with all the people. We ate a ton and then I had to rush to work. At work I went to get all the kids, but their parents were there to pick them up and tried to gather them up for class and one mom tells me that her kid isn´t coming any more but not why, even when I asked. Then I finally wrenched half and explanation out of one dad whose child wasn´t going to continue either, who said he didn´t like being lied to, it wasn´t me, and that none of the other kids were going to come either. I had no idea what he was talking about, was about to cry since 4 out of my 6 kids all stopped together, and I figured I was the common thread. So I tried to have class with the two quietest kids left and halfway through saw another mom and talked to her for a bit. Apparently, this is the whole story I have pieced together through various half- baked accounts. Nikki the old teacher had to quit in December because she had to go back to the States to get another visa and didn't know when of if she would be back. Apart from that, Veronica didn't like how she was running things so she hired me. I started in January, and continued through March. Veronica never explained to the parents why a new teacher came. Also a few parents tried to get in contact with Nikki through Veronica and she said she didn't know anything about her. Somehow, Nikki and the parents found eachother. Apparently 3 or 4 weeks into January, Nikki came back and asked for her job back. Veronica said no (I just found this out after the fact, as far as I knew, she was still in the States.) So 3 or 4 parents all decided together to pull their kids out of English at the same time, depriving their own kids of English class, as well as the 1 or 2 that wanted to stay in my class, and me of a job. All in all a great example of a loose-loose situation. I agree with Brian in that the stupid people in the world should not be allowed to get together or reproduce. Anyway, then I finished class and had cancelled my classes with Carlos and Marta because that day Katie was coming!! I called her and tried through text messages to meet up with her. Rushing to get there I finally found her wandering around Calle Recogidas. We headed towards home and dropped off her bags and chatted in the living room for a loooooong time. Then we continued talking constantly as we went and got 3 rounds of tapas at Bar Europa. Then we kept talking and walking around starting our tour of Granada. Then home, rest, and a little bit of Los Serrano, meeting the roommates and bed.

Wednesday morning I woke up early and went running. Then I showered and Katie and I went to work. We started off the morning with a coffee in the cafeteria and the usual catching up with Michelle. Then I had my normal mini class with Fernando and then more talking during recess. Then Katie came with me to class with Rafa and Javier. She is such a good teacher. Waaaay better than me. She was so nice and sweet and beautiful and all my students just loved her and talked to her. I was pretty proud of them because they did a good job, so at least I had taught them something. But I also felt kinda stupid because Katie was such a natural at teaching and talking and all that stuff, I fel bad for my poor students who have been suffering all year with me. So we had a good class and then went to a class with kid students which went pretty well as well. Then we left and walked to El Mirador de San Cristobal, then through the Albayzín, stopping at Plaza Larga, El Mirador de San Nícolas, Plaza de los Carvajales, and down the tetería streets. Then we got a schwarma, mint lemonade and arabic sweets for lunch. Then we passed through Plaza Nueva and headed up cuesta de Gomérez to the Alhambra, we looked all around there at all the free stuff and then went to the Hotel Alhambra Palace, Carmen de los Mártires, which was closed and then down Cuesta de los Chinos, talking the whole way. Then we walked down Paseo de los Tristes, back through Plaza Nueva and then to the Capilla Real, the cathedral, and then to do some serious souvenier shopping at Soufian's shops. Then we enjoyed churros ancd chocolate in Plaza Bibrambla, some more shopping, and headed home first stopping by Corral de Carbón and the Town Hall. Then at home we touched bases with a friend we were making plans with and took an hour and a half nap. The we tried to wake up and get ready and we finally succeeded. Then we took a taxi to meet up with Jenny, Meghan, Kia Eammonn and Fiona for some giant tapas at El Reventaero. We had a good time and convinced Jenny to go out with us that night. So we went to D'Cuadros for a drink and then Emilio's, a bar that serves drinks in these funny pouring bottles you have to pour in your mouth, creating a huge mess. Then after a bit there, Katie Jenny and I headed to Mae West. It was free to get in and ridiculous once we did. Going out in Spain with your georgeous, American, friend who is almost 6 feet tall plus high heels is an amazing experience. We hadn't even ordered our first drink before a group of guys was taking pictures of her. Then caught me giving them a dirty look and that started our first session of getting hit on. Then as soon as we ditched the group of guys from Salamanca, the Hardy boys moved in on Katie. They were 2 friends who would switch off hitting on her and trying to dance with her. My favorite part was when I had to translate for the unluckiest one to whine to Katie, 'You abandonded me.' :( awww it sucks to suck. haha Then we ditched them on our way to a new spot got attacked by crazy, old pistol man. This guy invited us to his house in the mountains for a weekend of skiing, was really annoying and stupid, and kept playing with a toy pistol I don't know why he had. When he made fun of me I decided it was time to move. Then later Eammonn and Fiona met up with us and then Katie saw her opportunity with the the most beautiful man in Spain (after Victor in my opinion.) Apparently I am an excellent wingwoman, and being bilingual helps a lot. So I stopped the three guys and entertained the two friends while Katie got her groove on with the most beautiful man in Spain. We were there for a bit, and went to get more drinks, in the process we lost those guys for a while and found a Frenchman. Then when he went to get another drink, we saw the MBMIS again and went and talked to them. He was being wierd so we gave up and went back to the Frenchman again, who was a loser as well. By now it was 4 or so, we took 1 or 2 more laps around and decided to go home. But the night would not be complete without finishing up with a schwarma which we ordered as we got hit on my some psycho grandpas. Then a taxi ride home, where even the taxi driver tried to hit on my sister. Then, since I didn't think it was a good idea for me to eat 2 schwarmas in 1 day, I made a ham sandwich and we went to bed at 5.

5 hours or less later I was up and on my way to work, Thursday morning. The good part was that I got to go in a little later. We had a meeting and then 2 hours of class, which obviously didn't go so well. hehe Then I met Katie for lunch and we had paella and then home for a big nap. We slept a long time and then obviously had a hard time getting up, but we finally did. Then Katie packed her suitcase, we went and visited Emilio a bit, but Pepa wasn't there. Then we went and bought stamps and earrings, then looked at the view from my roof and headed out for the last tapas. We tapaed and talked and Michelle came and joined us. It was really nice. Then we went home and finished packing and Adrian was there. I asked him if he would take us to the bus station to save us the taxi ride and he agreed. Since we went by car, we got there faster and had a lot of time to kill before her bus left. We talked and saw a ton of other people who were getting on the same bus outta town, including Samar. So then the time came and I had to say goodbye to Katie, but it was an amazing visit. Then I came home with Adrian and went straight to bed.

Friday was also another difficult day at work, since I was still exhausted. So work all day, and Michelle was there so that was fun. Normally she doesn't work on Fridays, so it was nice to have a little distraction and company. Then afterwork I came home and ate something and took a nap. Then I went to the post office, running, rented a movie and came home. Then I cleaned up and Victor finally got there. He worked late, and so he didn't get there untill around 10 or so, we ate dinner and he fell asleep. I was exhausted as well so went to bed too.

Saturday morning I woke up and went running and then to the grocery store. Then I showered and went downstairs for lunch. Raul was there and it was a really good meal. Then after a bit, since it was a really nice day, Victor and I went out for a walk. I bought a sweater at Zara and we continued walking and shopping. For my birthday Victor said he would buy me some new sunglasses, since my old ones I´ve had for 3 years cost 5€ and are a mess by now. So we were shopping for new ones. We actually stumbled upon the perfect glasses, they are Caramelo, a really fancy, expensive, Spanish brand, they were blue and sliver and really cute. They were also the only ones like it and the only ones left, so we decided to get them. Then we continued walking and shopping and came back home. We ate dinner with Pepa and Emilio and then watched Big Fish on tv. For some reason I started bawling at the end, which was particularly embarassing. Then after a bit I went to bed.

Sunday April 6th I woke up and went to church and then came back home and went with Victor to Nacho and Alicia's house to pick up something he needed. Then back home we had paella for lunch. Then we went up and watched the movie I had rented Friday. Then Victor started packing and getting ready to go. He wasn't going to be able to stay late as he was going to the Ukraine very early the next morning. So he left around 6 and I took the movie back and went to meet Michelle, Jenna and Brad who were having their Sunday hippy coffee. We sat in Triunfo and watched hippies playing hackey-sack and chatted till it got too cold to stay and I walked home with Brad. Then at home I started cleaning the house and my room and watching tv and eating a little dinner. There was talk of going out that night, but no one called and I watched a movie on tv, finished cleaning and went to bed.