This post is a random montage of updates.. enjoy :)
So we continue learning new things everyday here. I absolutely love our apartment but, as all apartments have their issues, we have such quirky ones. For example, our hot water works when it feels like it. In order to shower we first run the kitchen sink, then the bathroom sink, then finally the shower and HOPE that eventually some hot water comes out. Or, sometimes it works right away. Just the fun of moving into a new apartment I suppose.
So updates to the travel agenda... we may be doing a trip to Malta. We've set up an internet contract but have to wait for a man to come make the installation in our apartment. They won't make an appointment and only call to give 1 day's notice, just slightly inconvenient. The flights we found to Malta leave Tuesday and we still haven't heard from the internet man. The contract was completed Monday and it's now Friday. We're thinking of just blowing off the call and taking care of it when we get back.. I mean, how often can I go to Malta?? I'm pretty sick of dealing with setting up utilities anyway, it's scary. I don't know what people are saying to me. Between having to do a verbal internet contract on the phone and signing 40 pages of bank account papers, I could literally have just sold my soul and have no idea.
I also met one of the teachers that I will be working with. I have to admit, though, it's a little scary that I haven't met or even heard from any teacher from the second school I'll be working at yet. Worse, the teachers from the first school still haven't filled me in on what my schedule is going to be, what kind of classes I'll be teaching, how well my students will know English, or how old they are (the range is 12-18 in high school here). I have little idea what my responsibilities will be. I wonder if my other school even knows I'm in Spain. It's a little scary, seeing as I will be starting in 2 weeks. We have an orientation coming up, so I'm hoping some things will be clarified then. Other than that, I just have to go with it..
Aside from meeting a Spanish couple last weekend, we just met our neighbor who is a little younger than us and super nice! He has a terrace that is just above ours so we can sit outside and talk. He's a great guy and very intelligent. Last night he brought us out to a botellón with him and a bunch of his friends. We were a little nervous because some of the kids there were as young as 18, and we definitely did not want to run into future students. We met a few former students of our schools, but I think we managed to not meet current ones. They were a very cool and open group of people. A bunch swarmed around us when we first arrived because they were so eager to learn about us and practice their English. Spaniards know a lot about the US, more than Americans know about other countries. The funniest thing was that they wanted to know why we were HERE of all places. It's a small city, and most of them grew up here so they're really bored with it. They say we'll be bored of it too if we give it another week. I hope they're wrong!!
Those are pretty much all of my current updates. We had a few more small successes today. Our Tarjetas are finally being processed and will be ready to pick up in a few weeks. We've successfully opened a bank account and received a visa card today, AND made our first deposit to the new accounts.. exciting stuff. We also bought some soil/flower seeds and hope to give our terrace a little sprucing up. We also found a new great part of town yesterday. We haven't been there at night yet, but it seems like they have some nice bars and restaurants. We found a pretty cheap chinese restaurant, too. Surprisingly, legit restaurants are hard to come by here, as people mostly prefer to grab a beer and pick at some tapas. I miss going out to eat though! That's about all for now. Missing all of my family and friends back home. I strongly urge you to come visit :)
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