I woke up this morning to the sound of rain, pittering and pattering on the window. I don't know if it was the rain, the medicine, or the fact that I was really tired, but I slept in until 11 am! I ate Corn Flakes for breakfast, to avoid a repeat of yesterday morning. The funny thing was though, I was trying to put sugar in my cereal. Even though it wasn't in the same bowl, I poured the white substance in my bowl. Took one bite and realized I had "salted" my cereal instead of sweetening it. YUCK!!!!
After breakfast, I was cracking up because Lourdes and Isabel were having a typical mother/daughter spat. What was even funnier, was that it was your typical Sarah/Bernetta spat, circa 2000-August 2010. They were arguing about Lourdes and her jeans. She kept saying she needed to buy new ones and Isabel kept insisting she had plenty. Totally familiar. What made it even more familiar was that Isabel marched into Lourdes' room, pulled out jeans, and made her try them on and show the Dad. Scary! That is a page straight from the national bestseller, "How to raise your daughter" by Bernetta Trainor. Even more scary is that I remember having this same argument with Mom two months ago. I was saying that I needed something for my trip and Mom was telling me I had fifty million of whatever it was I needed upstairs in my closet. She was probably right....
Anyways, the girls all ended up going shopping. In the rain. Another reason why I love this family - they are true shoppers! We went to Calle Serrano, which is the Spanish equivalent of 5th Avenue in New York. It was fun and we stayed out several hours! We came home and had a late lunch and then rested. No, I did not take a siesta today. We ended the day with a pancake party and watching part of the movie, "The First Knight" with my secret crush, Sean Connery.
So today, I noticed that people in Madrid drive however they want to. I mean, seriously. In the states, a red light means you stop. In Madrid, if no one is coming, you drive. People here also honk excessively. I mean, it's not logical to blast your horn continuously for two minutes all because you are trying to signal to the driver of the car who has blocked you in on the street that you are ready to leave.
I know some of you are going to find this hard to believe, but this stupid earache is actually making it uncomfortable to chew food. Being the overachiever that I am, I have pressed through the pain. I have NOT been deterred though in the guzzling fanta limon department. Things are going just fine with that.
Going to sleep now. More tomorrow.
Quote of the Day: "I want us to be extraordinary together, rather than ordinary apart." -Meredith Grey
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