Another day...............................

Hello Everyone,

Well,  I attempted to do laundry for the second time here at my place, and I failed again. My roommate left me written instructions and explained it, but the washmachine is STILL filled with water. Darn !

It also rained today unexpectedly. Luckily I was near a building and sought shelter. Luckily I didn´t get too wet.

I also did a language exchange with a Catalan guy and we went to an English bar. In addition to an iced tea, I also had a Bailey´s and Cream with coffee. Sure takes the edge of after a day of cold calling people that don´t even speak English. We talked a lot about politics. And guess what ? Yup, he just had to get his 2 cents in about how he feels about Bush.

Since I am an American I ALWAYS get asked for who I am gonna vote for. People also always want to know what I think of Bush. I never hear the end of it. I am sick of it. I KNOW that the Spanish people hate Bush. I wish they would leave me out of it. And if I were to say anything positive they would pounce on me.

Anyways, time´s running out here in this internet cafe. I better hop on outta here.

Ciao.

 

I should be in bed now

Hello Everyone,

It is kinda late now and I really should be in bed now. But I really don´t feel like it, so here I am. I am gonna be so tired tommorow, especially since I have to get up in a few hours. I will drink extra coffee tommorow. I just hope that it doesn´t give me the shits.

Tommorow is a holiday. Everything will be closed. And even though I don´t have to work, I chose to anyways because I will be getting overtime. It´s not like I have anything better to do anyways, so off to work I go. I wish that the US would have as many holidays as Spain.

My roommate is out celebrating the holidays with family and friends so I get the apartment all to myself for 2 nights. I kinda like the quietness. Now that no one is here I can finally wear whatever I want around the house :)

What else ? Oh yeah ! Mullet is back in fashion here. Women tend to sport the mullets and men are starting to sport mohawks. What the hell is up with that ? The clothing from the 1980s is also making is comeback here. You know what that means ? If I predict correctly, this fashion comeback will hit the US in a couple of years. I shudder just thinking about it.

I am also pretty much broke again, which should come as no surprise. I mean, what else is new ?  I have about 100 Euros to last for the rest of the month. This is gonna be an interesting month, I swear. And I still have to buy supplies to teach my students and pay to charge my phone.

 But I bought a bag of potatoes for under a Euro and some sauce to go with it. My roommate taught me how to cook them properly. He also showed me how to cook meat, even though I can´t afford to buy any right now.  So at least I won´t be going hungry. I also made some chocolate pudding that was also under a Euro. Not bad, huh ?

Anyways I am off to go to bed. Ciao :)

Good and Bad

Hello Everyone,

Today was a pretty nice day. I got to meet my first English students for the first time. I met them through my old roommate. They were very nice people. I will be giving them classes at their house. I am glad that I at least found the place. Getting there was interesting, but at least I did it.

They are from the Dominican Republic, a country which I know almost nothing about. I will be teaching a mother and her two teenage boys. The mother made me a nice lunch from her country and I got to talk to one of her sons about life back in the Dominican Republic. They speak no English whatsoever so I hope that I do a good job with them.

For lunch the mother made rice, fried plantains, fried pork, steamed potatoes and broccoli. Very good stuff. Then she gave me cut up mangoes and kiwis. To top it all off I tried a Baileys and Creme with some coffee. Verreh nice I must say :) I will be giving them lessons every Saturday and Sunday afternoon. If they like my classes they will recommend me to their friends.

Life was looking pretty good after I left their house. Then I got on the metro and had the pleasure of getting harassed by 4 teenagers. For the record I detest Spanish teenagers.

Anyways, they stared at me the whole way, and must I add that the journey home is kind long. After me ignoring them they decided to sit closer and insult me in Spanish. Because I wasn´t doing anything they got a little irritated. On the way out one of the girls called me a bitch and spit on me. Luckily she missed. Then she decided to spit on the window after she got of the metro. What the hell did I do do deserve that? Since when did I go back to high school?

Man, I was pissed. But luckily the older guys behind me were nice and made gestures to hit her and said good bye to me after they got off at their stop.

What else ? Oh yes, the computer here remembers my password for my yahoo IM. Apparently I didn´t do a good job of erasing it before I left. I have Spanish friends that I talk to sometimes, and one of the girls that comes here a lot decided to talk to my male friends and hit on them and flirt. I hope that they realized it wasn´t me. At least one of my friends knew it wasn´t. I haven´t heard from my other buddies so I hope that nothing happened. At least my parents would know for sure that it´s not me since they don´t speak Spanish.

 I still have to do my laundry and make lunch for work tommorow. I hope that I will enjoy my upcoming week, and I hope you do too.

Ciao :)

Don´t read this if you are happy............

Hello Everyone,

It is a lazy Saturday afternoon here in Barcelona. I am going to try and prepare for my first English student. She called me but I missed her call and I have to call her back. We might meet tommorow or next week. I have never taught private students before all by myself and really don´t know how to start. I am almost kinda scared. I need to go look at textbooks. I really don´t want to put this off but I gotta be prepared.

I feel better than I did yesterday. I watched Deuce Bigalow before I went to bed last night and had a few laughs.

On another note I really miss home. I really just want to go back to the US. I think that I have just about had enough over here. I have been here for over 3 months now and sometimes I still feel like I don´t fit in around here. It´s easy to meet people but its hard to actually have a group of friends. A lot of times people tell me that they´ll call me again to go out and I never hear from them again. I have spent the last week hanging out alone. I feel alone right now and it bites. Luckily my roommate and I hang out sometimes, but I can´t do that all the time.

The work situation here also stinks. At least in the US if my job stinks I am guranteed to get paid for it. Here it is not the case. I am starting to look for other jobs. I haven´t tried as hard as I should but I will keep trying. I will be handing out more resumes. Here I even have to hand out my resume to work in a coffee shop. Haha.

I am not saying that I am just gonna give up and go home. Oh no. I will stay here as long as I can. But I am just tired right now. I am at the point where I almost don´t care anymore. I don´t want to do anything. Just lying in bed would be sufficient for me right now. And today would have been grand. I was in a really deep sleep today, but my roommate´s dad came over and decided to knock on my door and see if I was feeling better. Damn ! It was nice of him, but I really was having a nice dream.

Look, I know that I should be more positive. But I really feel like bitching right now. I am in a really bitchy mood. Roar. Grr.................

Do you ever feel like your life is up in the air ? Do you ever feel like you just don´t know what you are going to do or what is going to happen next ? Or that you just don´t belong anywhere? Or maybe you just don´t care anymore ? Well, thats me right now.

I am glad that at least things are going well back home and that I don´t have any matters back in the US to worry about.

Anyways, I better go.

Ciao.

Sick and Tired.

Hello Everyone,

Well I typed up my last entry to post and AOL ate it up. Whatever.

I am sick today and I stayed home from work. I slept pretty much all day. I am still tired and am going back to bed. I think that I caught this from the ventilation at work.

I did miss work today, which I have to say that I didn´t mind. I would rather be sick in bed than hitting up random business people for money. But I better feel well by Monday. I need this job.

What else ? Nothing more to say, really....................

Ciao