Thoughts at the Halfway Point

For some reason that is still unknown to me, I actually have internet more than 50% of the time.  Mind you this is after a series of frustrating texts in which my landlord has told me that I don't have internet on my computer because there is no double frequency in Spain. Not only do I not know what that means, but my frustration was further aggravated every time I went to any other WiFi location anywhere besides my house without at problem.  Thankfully I am up and running just in time to be moving out of The Casa Loca.

As some of you know, my travels in Ireland led me to some realizations that I am in the process of actualizing.  I remembered that I had some vision about what my life was going to be like when I got to Spain.  Living with Spanish roommates was a big part of that vision.  From my comfortable resting place in The Casa Loca it was hard to imagine being uprooted again and placed into yet another uncomfortable environment.  However, with the changes going on in the house at the moment, and my increasing exposure to English via my job, my boyfriend, and current roommates, I decided to move.  

Tomorrow I will be moving into the center of Malaga with three Spanish folks.  I think they're about 27 or 28 in age.  The two guys work and the girl is a student.  The apartment is small, but clean and relatively new, and my room is about two times the size of the old one. I also will have an oven (home baked cookies!!!) and I won't have to walk outside to get to the shower. Living in Pedregalejo has been charming.  The neighborhood doesn't feel like a big city and the area is relatively pristine.  Thus, I'm thankful for my new nice apartment.  Walking around the neighborhood of my new apartment today made me realize really how unattractive most of Malaga is, but I'm so central to everything in my new place I really can't complain.  I feel like I will really be getting two experiences in one; with the first part of my trip living in a big house in a quaint neighborhood with people from all over the world, and then living with only Spanish in the middle of bustling downtown Malaga. 

Just a quick word on the weather and then I'll run down a list of future events.  There was a tornado in Malaga on Monday.  A tornado, yeah.  Tore the roof off of the bus station and put a dozen people in the hospital.  From where Cillian and I were sitting about a 20 min. walk away we didn't notice a thing.  Although, the thunder and lightning storms from Sunday and today have been pretty dang powerful.

Alright... events ahead.  I am going to Prague, Vienna, and Budapest at the end of this month for a week and a half.  I am going with some west-coasters and an east-coaster from the program, Cody, Liam, and Taylor.  Mom and Dad are coming to Spain for the last two weeks in March.  We are going to be doing a road trip from Barcelona through Andalucia.  I have another week off in April when I would really like to go somewhere.  It is Semana Santa in Spain so I will want to be here to experience some of that, but heading to London, Switzerland, or Morocco with Cillian are also on the table for options.  What do you know... we're at May!  My program ends at the end of May and I'll be heading home the first week in June with a fairly conflicted heart. 

Well folks, that's the midway point.  With functioning internet in my next place I might actually keep a more consistent log of monthly events. Hasta pronto!