Novembrrrr

Ok so it is now November, and it is officially cold a f! Well apparently it´s not as cold as it´s going to get here as I have heard from my few friends that reside in the town. Anyway...so things are going ok. I am still having a hard time adjusting, but it´s just because I still don´t know how to speak the language. I mean everyone here has been super nice and has tried to help me in so many ways. I am just trying my best to learn as much as I can fast, because it´s hard sitting in a room with 5 people who are telling jokes and laughing etc., while you are sitting there thinking about the next nail color you are going to use because you just don´t get it.

This weekend I had a good time though. I hung out with my co-workers son and some of their friends. They were a pretty interesting group. On Friday I met up with them at a hotel across the street from my house and we had a drink there. I spoke a little bit with them, and then we moved on to another bar in the center of the city. We had a few beers there as well. It was a heavy rock bar, and I don´t have a problem with heavy rock, but I think I have to be in the mood for something like that. So we moved on to another bar where they were playing American jams and music that literally takes control of you and MAKES you dance. So I started dancing, and at this point I was about 3 beers in! I had a really good time. They walked me back to my apartment, where we decided that we´d throw something similar to a potluck at my house.

The weather was shit so I didn´t leave the house all day, but they came to get me so that we could go to the grocery store and buy the groceries that we needed for dinner. I made fried chicken and Isaac made tortilla de patata, which is a really delicious Spanish dish. You basically fry potatoes, cut onions, whip some eggs and put it all together and your done! Magnifico! I love it more and more everytime. So the dinner was a success and we played a game afterwards in which we had trivia, charades etc., I had a good time, but it is indeed difficult to play a game when you don´t know how to speak the language and you can´t really understand the questions.

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There is nothing juicy going on in my life so this blog is quite boring. I tell you one thing though. I bought some chocolate just now at the store, and it is about to get serious!!!

Ok I think I am going to go for now...until next time.

1 week remains!!!

I wish I had the capacity to explain the way I feel at the moment. In about 6 days exactly, I will be boarding a plane to make my trip across the North Atlantic Ocean and over to Europe,Spain,Castilla La Mancha, Almansa! haha! I am excited, but at the same time I am a little freaked out.

This summer has been hectic with the surgeries and I'm just hoping that I don't deal with any complications while abroad. I am really excited to be a part of this program and to be so fortunate to experience something like this.

I will be arriving in Madrid on the 27th of September and I am going to stay with a friend of mine that I met last year. Then comes my task of finding an apartment. I am hoping that I can live alone this time. I spent 14 months in Madrid before, I had roommates, but this time I think I am ready to live alone and try to be more independent. I'll also have to focus on budgeting which really sucks!

question---Why can't I just be ballin??

So this weekend I am supposed to do something with all of my friends so that I can get the chance to say goodbye to everyone, but I am completely convinced that it is just going to be a crying session for me and I really don't want to do it!! I find that it is easier to just leave than to have to face people and say goodbye.

This has been an interesting summer I must say. I am 24 years old..which is like the weirdest age for me. I am stuck wanting my wild, crazy, young, fun-filled life while being pushed into adulthood and the complexity of finding out who I am.

The thing is..if I've learned one thing about life so far, it's that we know absolutely nothing about life. The only way to get through it is by remaining positive and hopeful. Believing in yourself and making the best out of the relationships you have with people.

I am super sad about saying goodbye to my bestiess and all the new people I've met this summer, but one thing that this experience has allowed me to realize is, who is always there and who always will be!

I'm going to miss you guys you mean the most to me and have made this summer awesome! Until next time!

T-28 days before Spain

Sooooooooooooo..It's now August 31st! Tomorrow is September, and that means it's time for me to really start preparing for getting back to Spain.

Everyday I am changing my mind, not know what I should do, but I think I am going to go ahead and go. I don't know what's ahead of me if I make that decision, but maybe that's the best part about it. I like to be spontaneous on one end, and then on the other I am a lil scardy cat.

So this weekend I am going to Panama City beach with 7 other people. We are going to have a blast. I am so excited to be breaking free and having a good time. This has been a hectic summer, and with all the surgeries I didn't think everything would work out the way I had planned.


Soooooo I'm all over the place..wtvr. That's just me. I went to the doctor yesterday, and I was told by that my eye was healing phenomenally and that there will be no need for surgery in the future!! I was soooo happy to hear that. Even though I've spent possibly 25 hours + in and out of hospitals/doctors offices in the past month, I really liked the staff and I am glad they took good care of me and I am OVERJOYED that this whole process is over. While I was at my appointment yesterday, one of the employees asked me out on a date. I don't mind hanging out with any guys right now, but there really is no point in trying to get into anything serious when I am getting the hell out of dodge in 29 days. Not only out of state, but country too. I am not trying to be abroad holding on to something that's barely there.

Soo. when I get to Spain the true test of strength begins. New city, very small city at that. New everything. I will have no friends, so I'll have to start from scratch. This is kinda scary. I am hoping the people at the school like me and I like them. I am also hoping that I do a great job. I should probably start brushing up on my Spanish and English..haha! I know how it goes!

August 11th

So when I went to the follow-up for my first surgery, I was told I had to return for another one whack. This last surgery has left me with a gross black eye and I'm supposed to go out and have a good time this weekend. It's okay though, I am going to just put on some sunglasses and pretend it doesn't exist!

Day after corneal transplant

So yesterday I had eye surgery...:/ When I was born I had a cataract in my eye, and now 24 years later I had to get surgery to have the lens removed that was implanted in my eye at only 3 days old. Yesterday was the worst because I had to spend the entire day lying flat on my back so that my corneal transplant didn't move around. By the time nighttime came around my back was aching like never before. I think I've had enough lying down for a while! Jesus. Let me shut-up. As soon as I'm done working I'll be right back under the sheets.

Anyway so in total all my eyedrops were 107 dollars! That's really expensive, but I found out not too long after that it was very worth it. I put the eyedrops in and my eye cleared right up. Also the pressure I was feeling went away! :) I'm all smiles now.