Vertigo

Sunday I started feeling dizzy again. Monday I still felt dizzy all day. After blogging I ate lunch with all my roommates. Rosa and Zore made a big pasta and asked if I wanted some, and Adrian ate with us too. It was kind of strange as we had just had such an awkward week last week and now everything was so normal. But I guess that's better than it being awkward because no one is talking or something. Then I showered and went to work with the babies. It went well, but I was still really dizzy. Then I went to the Academy, got materials, talked on the phone to my mom and went shopping with Michelle until I had class with Victor. It went well but he decided to only have 1 hour of class a week. Then I went to the grocery store and went home. No one was there so I practiced guitar for a bit till my roommates came home. Then I made dinner and watched a bit of tv, organized some papers for my classes and went to bed, still really dizzy.

Tuesday I woke up and thought my dizziness was gone, and then I sat up. I was by now a little freaked out and instead of running, decided to go to the doctor. She gave me a few little tests for vertigo, none of which made me dizzy, of course, and said that it was a very mild vertigo. She then gave me a prescription and said it would be gone by the end of the week. I went to the pharmacy and got it, went home and ate breakfast. Then I went to guitar, which didn't go so well because I don't practice enough, and I felt like crap. Then I came home and even though I still didn´t feel well, I made myself leave the house. I returned a book I borrowed from María's office and visited with her for a bit. Then I went shopping and bought the rest of Victor's birthday present and looked for a cute outfit for me, but I didn't find anything. Then I went home and made a lentil salad with hard boiled egg, green and red pepper, garlic and lentils. It was pretty good, but a pain to cut up all that pepper really small. Then I went to the school I no longer have class at to give the kids their English Frog nametags we had been using all year. I thought they would really appreciate my effort because they loved their nametags and always wanted to take them home before. One kid wasn't there, the other said thank you and gave it to his mom, and the little, quiet girl I mainly went for, because she almost cried the first time I took it back from her said she didn't want it and didn't talk to me. That's what you get for being a nice person. Then I walked all the way back home and watched tv and rested a bit before going to work again with Carlos and Marta. It went well and then I came home and I visited Pepa and Emilio and used the internet for a bit. Then tv and things at my house till I went to bed. I didn't go running that day either.

Wednesday I woke up, still a little dizzy, and went to work and used the internet in the morning. Fernando called up to the teacher's lounge and said he was too busy to have class, so I just kept using the internet for the first hour and during recess. Then class with Rafa and Jose Antonio, and 1 class with kids. I made plans with Michelle to go shopping that afternoon and rushed home. I ate a quick, light lunch and then went and practiced guitar for an hour. Then I was going to go running because I had to if I was going to recover all the missed days, changed, and then realized that I was nuts because I still didn't feel very well, and was still dizzy. So I changed again and went and watched TV with Adri. Then I went and met Michelle for shopping. We shopped all around and Michelle bought a ton of stuff but I didn't find anything that I liked. Or what I did like, didn't fit. Well I did buy one cute pair or shorts, but those aren't for my birthday. Then I went home and dropped stuff off and went for class with Nacho and Alicia. The kids were still awake so things were a little more hetic. We ate fajitas for dinner which were really yummy, and halfway through Nacho said he was tired and officially changed the language to Spanish. So then Alicia put the kids to bed, and Nacho fell asleep and I watched the soccer game for a while till Alicia came back out. She lent me some cute clothes to try on since I hadn't found anything. Then we woke Nacho up to take me home, which he did. I did some things at home and went to bed.

Thursday I didn't have to go to work for the first hour so I slept in late, woke up and did some things around the house. Then I went running in a light rain. I only went for 20 minutes, but its better than nothing. Then I ate some breakfast and took a shower. As soon as I turned off the water I heard the doorbell ringing. I rushed to answer it and it was the mailman with my birthday package from my mom and dad. I saved it for Tuesday. Then I finished getting ready and went to work. Work went pretty well and I was in a pretty good mood. Then Michelle and I walked down together and I went home and made lunch. I made a delicious chicken fajita salad. It was really good. Then I watched Fama with the roommies and went to guitar. It went pretty well as well. Then I came home and dropped off my guitar and went to meet Michelle for WWE RAW WRESTLRMANIA! The original plan was for me to go with Nacho and Nachete, but Nachete was sick and Nacho thought it was going to rain, which it didn't and so he said I could have his tickets. So I invited Michelle, and we tried to sell the other ticket, which was impossible. Then we went to her gym and tried to sell the ticket to all the body building fanatics there, but no one wanted to stop working out. Finally, we found this one guy, Iñaki who wanted to go, but couldn't pay, so I gave up and gave it to him. Then the 3 of us went. It was really fun, filled with lots of screaming, and ridiculousness. We ate sunflower seeds till we couldn't anymore and enjoyed the wonderfullness that is WWE wrestling. If you don't appreciate WWE, I soon hope to post a blog entry written by my childhood freind, Brett, which should clear up all of your doubts. So then after the fight I walked home which took really long as the bullfighting ring is very far away from where I live. Then I was so tired and went to bed.

Friday morning I woke up at 7 to go to work. I tried to pack a bit and get a little organized, since I knew I had a full, full day. I got ready and went to wait for the bus. Since it was earlier, there was more traffic and since it was raining pretty hard, the buses were full. I waited 10 minutes for mine only to have it pass by and not even stop because it was so full. Then I was really angry. I get a little frustrated with the buses sometimes because mine comes every 13-15 minutes but not on the hour. So I am always missing it, or waiting for it as I watch the other buses that run every 5-8 minutes pass by. So by now I was going to be late, but decided to get another bus, get off at a different stop and get the 7 where there would be less people. Thankfully my plan worked and I made it to work just barely on time and didn't get soaked, like most everybody else. Then I had an hour of class, which went really well and was really funny. For some reason I got the giggles and could not stop laughing, which got the kids started too. I was almost crying, but from laughter. The first time that's happend all year. Then I prepared for a class I was teaching all by myself for an hour and a half with Rafa's techy help. Then I corrected some papers and went to another class. It also didn't go very bad and then i finished grading papers and returned them to the kids and went to another class. They were supposed to be working on an oral exam on a book, but most were starting to read the book, so I was able to buy my ticket to Malaga, for that night. Then I had the class I was teaching all by myself where I brought in a song to listen to. Then the teachers were having another meal. This time it was habas with ham. Instead of being cooked like Pepa usually makes them, they were just the raw beans, and the cut ham. There was also lots of bread, cheese and olive oil for dipping. It was so delicious, and I ate way too much. The habas were ok, I prefer them cooked but I was in heaven with the meat, cheese, bread and oil. It was so Spanish! Then I had to leave early again and took the bus home. I had to switch buses in the middle again because the 7 comes so infrequently, but made it home, stopped by Mercadona, the grocery store to buy Adri some cheese I borrowed from him and shaving cream. Then I rushed to work with Pablo which went well as he still had the second half of his trip to France to tell me about. Then I rushed home, finished packing, visited Pepa and got some stuff to bring to Victor and then came back upstairs, repacked and Adrian took me to the bus station. I had been going all day! I read on the bus and Victor picked me up. Then we went home and dropped off my stuff and went to get a pizza. He had just gotten back from Madrid that day and by now I was pooped so we ate the pizza and calzone and went to bed.

This morning Saturday April 19th, he had a meeting and I have been using the internet. He should be home soon and I´m staving. My big plan for coming to Malaga this weekend is going to H and M, a store we don't have in Granada to look for a new birthday outfit. Other than that I don't know what we're going to do. I still am feeling dizzy, but each day is a little better. It's only when I lay down and sit up. And I haven't gone running at all this week except for Thursday. I'm a little dissapointed to break my record that I've had since Januray, (minus Spring Break) but I've been sick. Ok I guess that's it! :)