Going into the First Days of Summer

I'll be the first one to admit that it's been a long time since my last post and long expanses of time between my posts in general. Most of this is due a few important reasons:

-I get busy!

-I journal privately (yes, on paper with pen, woah!).

-I didn't think anyone still looked at this.

After being home now for a couple weeks and having had a few people comment on how I never post anymore I decided that maybe you people are still interested in this and it perhaps is a good form of keeping people informed.

What's happened since April:

-I finished working in Lannion, France as an English teaching assistant.

-I got offered a job in Gijon, Spain as an assistant for the coming school year.

-I found a family to au pair with from mid-July to early September in Ourense, Spain.

-I spent a week travelling in southern France with an American friend.

-I spent two weeks in Spain, travelling a little bit, but mostly staying in Madrid and even spending a night in the massive demonstration that had taken over Sol.

-A friend/old acquaintance died.

-I asked for my visa (and am waiting on that now as my departure date approaches).

-I returned to the US, spending two weeks in Texas before heading to Wisconsin where I am now.

Tonight I will be headed back to Texas for my last three weeks or so on the continent...or at least I hope. That all depends on if my visa comes in in time, which depends on my FBI back ground check coming in time. To summarize the last few months I've basically been making plans for something happen to mess them up, then making new plans, potentially having those messed up, too....lather, rinse, repeat. Things all work out in the end, so I'm trying to keep any stress down to a minimum and go with the flow, accept things as they come.

Things to look forward to in the next month or so (because, let's face it, my track record in keeping this updated hasn't been too hot):

-Myra's wedding

-hanging with Kristen and her partner, Gareth

-the fourth of July? (I feel obligated to look forward to this considering I'm not always in a place that celebrates it, but as of yet I have no plans :\ )

-receiving my FBI report > receiving my visa > going back to Spain

-joining the family in Ourense and starting the au pair experience with them

-Spanish Spanish Spanish (I've started reading Don Quixote in Spanish and coupling that with several Spanish pen pals)

Till next time