¡Estoy en España! Just a little back story on my current state of life, I have relocated to Spain to live with Javi in Granada, Spain before we both go to grad school in the US and have no lives. Before I left, people kept asking what I was going to do in Spain and the answer is: a whole lotta nada. I am going to get my Physical Therapy doctorate, which is an intense 3 year program, and I know my brain will thank me for taking a break before that. Javi will be getting his masters in Electrical Engineering starting in the Fall. The superfun part about grad school right now is that neither of us know for sure where we will be or if we will be together. Right now, we are at the hand of fate (aka admissions offices). It's so weird and hard knowing other peoples' decisions shape the rest of your life! I was planning on staying here for 4 months, but now that I got into St. Augustine in San Diego, which starts in May, I can only stay about 2 months. Not that I'm complaining, it just reminds me that I don't really get to make life decisions for the next few years! We are waiting on Javi's acceptance letters, but right now Columbia (not too shabby) is the only one. If anyone knows anyone in the UCSD Engineering department, can you bake them a cake with Javi's name on it in thick red frosting? Thanks.
Anyway, none of this waiting by the mailbox matters for now because I am here!!! The flight over was made easy with the help of melatonin and free wine, plus the fact that it was pretty empty and I had 2 seats all to myself. Well, technically I had 2 seats, but since the pregnant lady at the other end of the row took up 3 seats, I had 1. I couldn't find it in myself to ask her to move on a 10 hour flight. I should get a fake belly for the flight home.
Javi and I spent the first day in Madrid just wandering around. We had an awesome run in the main park there (Retiro). I have had a super-tight IT band after attempting marathon training, so running for 30 min. with only a 1 min. walking break in the middle was a great success! We went to a museum and watched an “interesting” performance art video. There is no way a non-jet lagged version of me would have sat through 2 men beating a clay wall for a ½ hour, but zombie Kellie did. We met up with his friends for lunch, which quickly reminded me of how much Spanish I need to start learning, and quickly!
Javi and I speak in English, but in order to communicate here, I'm gonna need to improve a LOT. I really do want to get better at Spanish, but apparently I look so American, that people automatically speak to me in English. In Madrid, we went to a piercing and tattoo place to touch-up Javi's face and neck tattoos . . . ok really because 1 of my piercings broke the day before I left and I couldn't fix it myself. I knew how to say everything I needed, but the dude broke into English immediately. I guess they want to practice their English on me! But everyday I spend here is already improving my Spanish.
Ok so hopefully I will be able to keep posting up here and stay in touch. We don't have internet yet (I'm being an internet pirate off a neighbor right now). Just wanted to put up the first update the I am safe in my new home. We are busy making it homey! I hope you keep following my trials and triumphs in my new life. Hopefully my English doesn't deteriorate as my Spanish improves and I will still be able to write semi-literate blogs!
Oh, and if you're wondering about the title: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5puAN1PGQw
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