I had a great birthday weekend- even with all the rain! Friday Mike made a homemade pizza, and Virginia came over and we had a delicious dinner with all the roommates, it was relaxing and super fun! Virginia is a psychology major so we played a game that started with us thinking about a cube in the desert, then went on as we created a story of our own - then she analyzed it and translated what everything meant...I don't remember it all, but it was amusing for everyone. Saturday, before I got out of bed, I thought about what my birthday at home would have been like. My dad would have made homemade blueberry pancakes and scrambled eggs (farm fresh eggs of course), and bacon, along with coffee. In my mind it was super delicious. I got out of bed and made some sauteed veggies mixed with a scrambled egg and instant coffee with orange juice, still a pretty good breakfast - even if it wasn't Dad's blueberry pancakes.
It was a slow moving morning. Bea made cous-cous (spelling?) along with my suicidal eggs that jumped out of the fridge and broke. Karlyn and I went to the grocery store to get some stuff for bocadillos (she picked up more veggies while I went for more sandwich meat). I saw some of my students in the store and they said "Happy Birthday" to me. It was one of the warmest feelings ever. They remembered and even took time to say that to me. I can't really put in to words the emotion I felt and how overcome with joy they stopped to say that. We got back and made sandwiches and got ready to head to Ruidera. It is about an hour away. Bea's father has a house there, so we took a scenic drive and got out to take a lot of pictures:
It was a really relaxing day. We had a fire and ate lunch together, and then even took a nap! We all went on a mini hike too. Rosemary grows everywhere there, so it smelled really pretty and we picked some to take back with us. We all had churros con chocolate in place of a birthday cake. (I missed having my Mom's red velvet cake for my birthday though, so this was a great substitute!)
Sunday was filled with doing laundry, cleaning, and watching movies and the Big Bang Theory. I was able to talk to my parents on Skype (the internet is out thanks to ChocolateMonster, my dog, for chewing the cable), so it was nice to hear from them and fill them in on life here.
I am happy here. Everything is going so well and I am enjoying every day. I am working on a lesson for Thursday and Friday creating somesort of debate. I need to find some articles to present, the topics can be: animal rights; the environment; war & terrorism; developing world; fashion; television & cinema; etc. So I need to get some research done and see what I can use. I have a holiday tomorrow, so hopefully I can find a place and get it done.
Until Next Time,
Tori
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