Nesting

My roommate has been gone for a few days, so I've been nesting. Cleaning and putting things away. It's nice to have the place to myself because things tend to look worse before they look better when I start to organize.

On Friday I went to Puente Genil to see Frieda! It was wonderful. We didn't stop talking for two days. There was lots to catch up on from the summer and lots to think about for the year to come. She was very glad to have me there since she is now going it alone. Of our group of girls, she is the only one left there. I told her she'll have to come visit me in Granada and she happily accepted the invitation.

While there, I also saw some teacher friends that I used to meet up with on Thursdays. One of them is being so kind! He's driving to Granada this coming weekend to spend time with family, so he's offered to bring me the rest of my stuff!!! I brought as much as I could carry back with me, but a lot was left behind. On Sunday, he and his wife came by Frieda's house and we loaded everything into their trunk. All ready for the journey. What a relief.

I am realizing that as much as I hate to move, it's a good thing that I do it so frequently because otherwise you might see me on the show Hoarders. hahaha. On top of what I've brought to Spain, I've acquired things from friends. At Christmas, Marta gave me a bag of winter clothes and when Julia left to go back to the States, she left lots of clothes, medicines, toiletries, etc. I won't be letting any of it go to waste.

I'm finally able to sleep with no problems. Now that I'm amovin' and ashakin' I'm having a hard time finding time to sleep! Work is going well. I've spent a few days in class with my boss. She has great methods. I hope I can pick them up quickly. She has leads for Andrea and I about private English classes we can give. There are several places that have extracurricular classes I can take. Lots of dance, art, music, languages. There's even a class where you can learn to make puppets, no joke. I doubt I'll be signing up for that one, but I'm trying to decide what I want to learn most. A Spanish class is really important and I'd love to learn 'Sevillanas', a typical Spanish dance, or Salsa. Plus, my friend Toñy and I are going to trade English lessons for Cooking lessons. I'm not sure if I'm going to have time for all of this, but I'm sure going to try!!

My work schedule for now is going to be Tuesday through Thursday mornings. At some point, Andrea and I will switch and I'll work Wednesday through Friday mornings. Both schedules work for me since I'll always have Mondays off and I'll always have a four day weekend!

~Haley