Unforgivable Neglect

I won´t even call the past 2 months an oversight, it has been nothing but pure unforgivable neglect. I have no reasons or excuses, except laziness. Wouldn´t you rather me be living my life than writing about it though? That´s what I thought, so all is forgiven. To add insult to injury, I´m not even going to attempt to summarize my life the past two months because I know I would leave out so much its not even worth it at this point...just know that I´ve had some ups-and-downs but i´m overall more than happy. I have made some great friends, I have an amazing life here, and I have an amazing boyfriend that would do anything in the world for me. Not bad at all if I can say so myself....

For anyone that feels overly neglected ( I can´t really think of a single sole) here are the two most important things to know:
- Madrid has become my home in more ways than any other ¨temporary¨place has before. It has gotten to the point that nothing about it even seems temporary. When i´ve gone to Sydney or D.C. I will find myself doing certain things or not doing certain things because i know its home for only a short time, but I feel like I have truly embraced madrid in one big hug and call it home.
- I miss home often, and when I say miss its more like nostalgia. I miss driving, going to drive throughs, listening to the radio during my commute, being able to go shopping and find exactly what i want, laying on the couch with Maggie and asking rick to get my things from the kitchen, going into a pharmacy and know that I am being understood and that I am understanding. However, finding Taco Bell in Madrid has made the nostalagia a little bit better :)
- I am completely head over heals with Mr. Gonzalo. I will spare my readers the details but absolutely head over heals, thats for sure.

Adelante.....

When writing blogs I had previously attempted to chronicle my day-to-day activities and I think that is why I stopped writing. It was very little reflection and just summarizing what I had already done. Its just not an overall enjoyable writig experience, so I´m going to try to change things up a bit. Not exactly sure how, but you will see.

Current Events: This past weekend me, gonzalo, and Fran woke up at 6 a.m. (actually Fran didn´t even go to bed) to go skiing/snowboarding. We got all the way up there and the station ended up being closed dur to wind. Me and Gonzalo are going back in 2 weeks but I wouldn´t consider it a full loss because A: I got to see snow, which is something I have missed ( I would have never thought I would say I miss seeing snow) B: I actually going to play in the snow C: Gonzalo took me to Taco Bell on our way home!!! This weekend me and gonzalo are going to Leon! I haven´t been to the north of Spain yet so that will be something new, plus I love taking road trips out of madrid. I feel landlocked/trapped sometimes since I just can´t get in a car and drive drive drive.....so its nice to feel that feeling of escape!

Dinnercambios! So in addition to making a great group of friends, every thursday we do these¨"dinnercambios" where all of us (last week it was around 20 people) go and have dinner at a different restraunt once a week. Its pure genius and makes the week seem to go by soo much faster!

I´m also planning an epic adventure this july with Megan and Julie! I decided instead of making a bunch of small weekend trips to save my money and travel the entire month of july. (oh the glory of being young!) So the itenerary currently includeds (Florence, Venice, Rome, Athens, Delphi, Meteora, Santorini, Berlin, and Prague!) Epic at its finest!

In other news, March is the month of vistors! Sarah is coming March 9th, Sarah Arntz and Katie are stopping by on their way back from Thailand, and then my parents are coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(i´m sensing my posts from now on are just going to be completely unfocused and slightly schizophrenic because i´m just writing what i´m thinking about ...but thats the purpose of a blog right?)