I´m thinking about moving. I really don´t like my neighborhood, and I would prefer to move to the old part of town- if I can find anything. My roommates are nice, but they NEVER, I mean NEVER, except for classes, leave the apartment. Not even on the weekends. It´s depressing to me. While they are nice, I think I need to find a more positive and engaging place to live.
I think I´m facing some phychological effects of being robbed. I haven´t been doing well lately, and honestly if it keeps up like this I don´t think I will come back to Spain in January. This last week has been horrible- I think everything just piled up: going out into the real world, leaving college, moving to a foreign country, leaving everyone behind, being sick, getting robbed, and then having food poisoning. I was already pretty sensitive to begin with.
I´m taking a free spanish class at the university. The good of that is that I placed into the second highest level on the European Union scale of languages (or something like that). I like having classes, it gives me something to do, challenges me, and I feel like I always come away with better spanish. I think I need to find something else to do with my time though. An hour and a half class three times a week is not enough to keep me occupied. I´m trying to find some kind of class, but I haven´t been able to find anything other than English schools. Maybe I´ll join a gym.
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how is this different from when you lived in Spain during study abroad?
ReplyDeletetake an art class! like jewelry!!!!!!! remember how you would get in a groove and stay there for hours- that could be a great way to occupy yourself and make some great art. or dance class! or join a gym. or start volunteering somewhere? or get a second job- are you allowed to do that?
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that your spain experience is turning out to be sour. Do you have anyone to talk to abou how you are feeling from your "experiences" so far?
ReplyDeleteThats awesome that you placed so high in spanish, expecially in the EU, since I would imagine that their standards are extremely high due to the multilingual abilities of Europeans.
I don't know what I would do with so much time on my hands. While I was jobless in CA, I spent a lot of time just riding my bike, going to the beach, and reading novels. But what really made me keep my sanity was having a project to work on (hence my video on tidepools). Perhaps you can apply your advertising-producing skills to help out the school you work at? Teach an afterschool program? ?
ah the tidepool video
ReplyDeletealso i just had to copy down the text box thing for that last comment and the word i had to write was "mating"
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