As of today, I am officially a resident of Spain! I picked up my residency card at the police station today, which surprisingly took all of five minutes to do so. This means I will no longer have to carry around my passport with me, although the residency card is like a social security card with a number, fingerprint, and photo. So I need not to lose it!
Tonight I felt like I was sitting back home in Kentucky. My friend Brenna and I went to La Feria de la Cerveza this evening. This is like Madrid's version of Oktoberfest and it's held in Plaza de Ventas, which is where they have the bullfights. It's a gorgeous building, one that I'm ashamed to admit I've never seen until this evening. Inside the building, they have put up a tent and you sit at picnic tables. They also had a stage with a band playing covers of popular American songs. When we walked inside, they were playing country music over the speakers. The setup reminded me exactly like the tents at the state fair, so it was quite amusing. The food was the best part! Bratwursts with french fries and two dipping sauces which were so good! We had a good time - ended up meeting a friend from church there as well and her husband and his co-workers. It was nice to talk in Spanish the entire time! I've also realized that my Spanish is really good (and not just because people tell me that.) I've come to terms with the fact that my professor is in his own world and wants things how we would write them and that's it. The semester is almost over with anyways. I can make it!
On the way home, we took the bus and I realized where we were in relation to everything else. The funny thing is, today, I went to go visit Sol (who also jumped on me for not coming over to the house enough - gotta love mothers!) and as I was walking from the metro station, realized I never really explored the area on the other side of the street - I only stayed on her side and that was it. Well as it turns out, we rode the bus down the hill, from the "other" side. I love making connections like this and also love walking down new streets and discovering new places! We got off the bus and walked into an heladeria (ice cream shop) for dessert! And then, I walked home. I mean, I have to burn off the calories somehow!
I jinxed myself yesterday when I said I was losing my patience. Because today I had one of my worst students and he made it disastrous for me. And of course, he's in my last class of the week, so I leave school in a bad mood. The good thing was this morning I had my favorite student in class today. Yes, I know it's wrong of me to have a favorite student, but this little boy is my heart. I want to adopt him. And that's saying a lot, considering I don't want kids.
I have been going non-stop today, since 8:45 this morning when I literally rolled out of the bed, got dressed, and went to work. My feet are killing me. Those poor things are going to sue me before all of this is said and done....This weekend won't be any slower - homework and church tomorrow, the MTV awards on Sunday, followed by a more than likely exhausting Monday, then a holiday on Tuesday :)
Happy Friday!
Quote of the Day: "Sometimes you have to leap before you look."
Spanish Word of the Day: Heladeria - ice cream shop
Prayer Request of the Day: For this woman I encountered (kind of) this afternoon. I think the poor thing can't afford to eat, because I witnessed her scarfing down a meal in five minutes. I was extremely sad and thought about having a conversation with her, but she left before I could and I hate that I didn't act quick enough
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