life in bullet points

-hi i´m writting this in bullet points because I promised Nick Schaffran that I would write something by Tuesday but I dont have a lot of time
-i have been babysitting a lot lately
-the youngest one, Gimena, has learned how to spit, and she does it frequently in my face.
-the older one, Andrea, wants to dance constantly and make messes of all sorts of things
-the threat of "i´m going to tell your parents" works in spanish too
-mercedes and i consciously avoid the topic of my leaving
-last weekend was labor day here and there were tons of people out and about and all the stores were closed, even the grocery store.
-KATIE and DAVE DOUCETTE celebrated their birthday and I missed it, so I was pretty sad on Friday/Satruday night
-Kirsten took her MCAT on Saturday but is ignoring me and not telling me how it went.
-Kirsten, Lindsey and Sara come to visit in about 20 some days!
-I´m home in less than a month
-I am going to live in Milwaukee this summer, however I dont have a job yet so if you know of anything you should let me know!
-Krista and I went on an adventure Saturday it included the following
-A cable ride out of Madrid to the park Casa de Campo. It was sweet!
-A walk through the desert outside of Madrid
-A glimpse of the theme park in Madrid
-The realization that neither of us can read maps
-A latino food fest!!!! in which we ate kebobs, fried bananas, and a fruit salad..soooo good
-A lake where we chatted with these spaniards for a bit about a bug... not very interesting at all
-The weather was absolutely beautiful for awhile...now its cold again
-I´m almost done with my final papers!!!
-I love love love my spanish family and I´ve already started to tear up when I think about leaving
-I got rid of the crappy cell phone company Marquette set us up with and now have a little phone that weighs less than a feather, i´m scared i´m going to break it by just holding it
-I went shopping the other day and now have a closet that is one step closer to being spanish than my old wardrobe.
-I bought a ton of souvenirs but you shouldn´t expect anything because I like everything I bought and might keep it for myself hahahaha
-I have no fear of speaking in spanish
-I will not be able to go to soccer match... i´m pretty bummed about it
-apparently Christiano Ronaldo (real madrid player) is dating Kim Kardashinan (big boobed american millionare)
-I heard about the oil spill and the new law in Arizona. I hope they fix both of those problems soon.
-I saw an old lady get hit by a car and then the car backed into reverse and sped away... it was really scary.
-Luis taught me how to salsa dance...i´m still working on it
-I finally got my debit card...a month late.
-The baby I teach english to can now saw pig and cow and Gimena knows my name.
-We have a new TV in our piso and watch movies quite frequently, its awesome!
-The sun doesn´t set until at least 9:30 its crazy
-I´m going to a bull fight next Monday, I´ll write a special blog on that one.
-I need a haircut so bad that I have nightmares about it
-On that topic, I think my dad and brother should cut their hair as well!
-I am running out things to comment on.....
-Life is normal to say the least, i´m just in spain...
-Andrea is currently in the bathroom talking to herself in the mirror, its pretty funny...
-I bought a blazer...with shoulder pads... judge as you will
-The disney channel in spanish is not nearly as great as it is in english
-Matter of fact, all tv is better in english, the humor is understandable
-We had tapas at our directors apt the other day, it was really great!


K I´m fresh out of things to say. Miss you ! see you soon!

I hope that was enough to distract you for a little bit of your law class Nick!

GOOD LUCK WITH FINALS!