More Random thoughts from a Chica in Barcelona

Hello Everyone,

I would like to thank all of you out there that read my journal and leave comments. Thanks : Angela, Christina, Jessie, Carlette, Jeanette, Mom, Shira, Marc, Antonio and anyone else out there that I missed or don´t know personally.

I am still kinda sick but I went to work anyways. I don´t want my bosses to think I am lazy. I really need this job right now. Anyways my right nostril was clogged so it was a little hard to speak on the phone. But I survived. I called a lot of people in Germany and Switzerland. Over half the people there spoke absolutely no English so I got to practice my German. That at least made my job somewhat bearable today.

What else ? It has been exactly a week since I moved from my old place. It was sad because my old roommate and I were really good friends and he was helping me out, or so I thought. We don´t exactly get along anymore and he was more than happy that I left his place. And he said some nasty things to me before and after I left. But what he will never realize is that I am a million times happier about it than he´ll ever be. I tried to appologize and make things right but he didn´t want that. He just wanted to bitch at me. Everything I did was wrong. It´s too bad we still work in the same building and I have to see him. Maybe one day we´ll talk again. But right now I am still very upset and wouldn´t mind if he just disappeared from the face of this earth to be blunt.

I like my new apartment so far. I think I already mentioned that my roommate is a Spanish/Catalan guy. He is nice so far, but after the experience with my old roommate I don´t know if that niceness will last or not. But I am happy to be living with someone that speaks no English. I need to improve my Spanish and this is one way to do it.

I also really like his parents. He always goes over for lunch and he invited me over once. His mother is a good cook and is really nice. So is the dad. Sometimes they come over to our apartment and we get to chat. It´s easy to meet individual people here in Barcelona, but it is hard to meet a family altogether.

What else ? Oh Yes !!! my mom sent me Dvds !!! One of them was Deuce Bigalow with Rob Scneider. He is my favorite actor and that movie always makes me laugh. I am saving it for when I have no plans and am all alone.

Tommorow is Friday and I am happy about that. I love the weekends. I hope that I can go salsa dancing again. I need more practice.

Anywho, I better go now.

Ciao.

I need a hug, damnit !!!!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone,

I am going to keep this entry short. I have only 10 minutes left in this internet cafe.

I am getting sick. And to top it all off, my boss is an asshole. Yeah, I said it. AN ASSHOLE. And I think that I am going to lose my job very soon. And when I do I will have some special words with him.

Today sucks. But last night was awesome. I went salsa dancing at a club near the beach called Habana. Live salsa music. Oh yeah :)

Anyways, gotta go.

 

 

Sooooooooooooooo Bored

Hello Everyone,

OMG. I usually do not have any problems going out at night on the weekends. There are plenty of things going on here in Barcelona and plenty of people willing to go out.

But this weekend I had no plans and I had nothing to do last night. I was a little irritated. I called my friend from work as well as some other people. I also sent out some e-mails. NO BODY RESPONDED. How does that happen ? I ended up watching Terminator II and falling asleep on the couch. I love Arnold.

My roommate yesterday also showed me a nice little restaurant in our neighborhood with different types of food. But I ended up eating Catalan food. I had the traditional Catalan bread with tomato sauce and olive oil topped with sardines and red bell peppers. I also had some truffles for desert. My roommate knows the owner so I had some melon liquer on the house. THAT felt good going down. I normally don´t drink. But after I had that I had a good night sleep. I will be visiting that place again soon.

Yesterday I commited a huge sin. I bought a nice new pair of shoes for work and dancing. They are black, shiny and classy. AND they make my legs look longer. I also bought a sweater because the weather is getting colder. I was so relieved that I finally had some money to buy it. I´ve been needing new clothes and shoes for when it gets cold.

And tommorow I will be going back to the daily grind of coldcalling doctors and business owners. My bosses give me pages from the phonebook on the internet. Half of the people I call don´t even speak a lick of English. How the heck am I supposed to convince them to invest if we can´t even do business in their naive languages? Then my bosses aren´t happy if I don´t meet the quota.

Anyways I better try and enjoy what´s left of my Sunday. I better go and find something to do without causing too much trouble ;)

Ciao.

I finally went dancing :)

Hello Everyone,

Last night I went salsa dancing. It was awesome. The guy I went with took me there on his motor bike ( No, it´s not a motorcycle), so I got to see Barcelona without windows or doors in the way. It was nice going through the old streets and seeing the full moon. There has been a full moon lately.

We went to a club called Performance and we danced for about two hours nonstop. Now, I really don´t know how to salsa and I couldn´t teach anyone moves myself, but I managed to dance. My partner told me not to think, but just to move. And it worked. I loved being spun around.

The club was filled with people from Latin America: people from all over South America, Dominican Rebublic and maybe Cuba. I think that I was the only gal from the USA there. There was music to dance Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and some other dances I don´t even remember. I was just happy that I was finally dancing and that my partner was good.

I love to dance and I can do alright if my partner is good and can help me learn the moves. I love a smooth dancer that can spin me around and dip me. I don´t care what he looks like while we are dancing. He can have buck teeth, a mullet, it doesn´t matter. If he can dance, I am a happy woman.

On another note, I am still getting used to my new home. I tried to do some laundry today, but I don´t know what the hell happened. The washer is still filled with water as I am typing this. I really hope that nothing is wrong. I have been in Europe for over 3 months and I sill can´t figure out for the life of me how to use appliances. And forget me trying to learn because my roommate speaks too fast. But at least he is nice and I get to practice my Spanish.

I am also trying to look for a second job. Either that or another job completely. I heard that Deutsche Telekom is looking for people and I am gonna give them a shot. They want people that speak English, Spanish and German. I am not expecting anything, but I will fall over in excitement if they even give me consideration.

Anyways, I am gonna end this here and enjoy my weekend. The weekends here go by way too fast.

Ciao.

 

 

Holy Crap ! What a week !!!!

Hello Everyone,

Well, I usually post every day. But now I have moved to a new apartment and I don´t have as much internet access as I used to. I will continue to post as much as I possibly can. Because now it seems like more people are reading my journal and I really don´t want to lose my readers. I value each person that reads my journal and leaves a comment.

Today is Friday and the weekend is finally here. I had a VERY rough week. I will talk about it later but I learned some very big lessons in life:

1.) You never know who you can trust.

2.) Sometimes things are never what they seem.

3.) NOTHING in life is free or without strings attached.

4.) Everything DOES happen for a reason. But they may not happen for the reasons that you think.

I learned big lesson, but at least I learned it the easy way. I coulda had it worse.

But on a better note, I earned my first paycheck. I was so extatic. I paid my rent and recharged my phone. I felt so much better. I don´t have much money left, but at least I can stay here and buy food.

I also moved out and moved into a new apartment. My new roommate speaks only Spanish and he speaks way too fast. I think that he´s getting frustrated. But, oh well. Now I can be sure that I will be learning Spanish. 

I do love the new place. It is remodeled and all the furniture in my room is brand spanking new. There is even a jacuzzi. My roommate is also very clean. It scares me. There are so many different cleaning agents, and he was trying to explain it all to me speaking Spanish way too fast. I wanted to faint. I have a long way to go before I am anywhere near fluent. That´s all I gotta say about that.

Anyways, I am so relieved that I don´t have to work tommorow and try to hit up doctors and managers for money for investment opportunitues. I do hate my job, but at least I love my coworkers to death and we hate our job together. I will talkmore about this later. Trust me. As I am on the phone getting rejected in different languages, I think about all the different things I get to say here on this journal.

I hope that you all enjoy your weekend.

Ciao.