Todays episode would begin with a thunderstorm outside (it's been raining and icky outside all week, but today and last night we had thunder and lightening for the first time!) and sheets of pouring rain accompanied by shrieks of "JESUS!" from the cleaning lady whenever there were claps of thunder. And then the episode would go into a flashback of what has been happening in the past weeks. Basically, our "host parents" (I put that in quotes because it's more like renting a room with food made for us occasionally) are getting a divorce and Silvia (the lady renting a room recovering from being sick) is like the child playing the good girl on both sides. Rafael also told us that Gloria would be moving out in December, and he would be moving in. However, she may be moving out earlier (as in sometime next week) but we heard that from Silvia (and we've realized that she has a tendency to exaggerate/stir up drama). Anyway, although Gloria hasn't been home that much, we still like her a lot and will miss her presence.
Silvia also told us the other day that she has Addison's disease (as well as Diabetes), so that explains a lot, including the massive amount of salt that she puts on everything. That doesn't explain the morphine lolly pops, so there must be something else also. Although she has a very extreme personality (that can be good or bad at times), it's really sad to see her still so sick and especially when she is drugged up because she becomes very out of it. For visual representation of her healthy and famous newscasting days, here is a video clip of what she used to do for work (also, she has interviewed Shakira, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, and several other big names): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcZTWaZ9VK4
So although we have a very atypical host family living situation, we also have the absolute best location and hey, at least we are allowed to go in the kitchen and fridge (even if there isn't much there). Speaking of which, last weekend was a decently quiet one for me but I did make myself a giant cookie-cake sized cookie which I proceeded to eat pretty much all of. Then monday made a pumpkin pie that didn't really look, taste, or have the texture of a pumpkin pie, but was still good!
Last week was also Halloween which was fun (because who doesn't like dressing up??) and then I hiked up to the graveyard (quite a hike, I should emphasize) because on All Saints Day everyone visits the graveyard and adorn the graves of their family members with flowers. It was quite a sight to see and a nice walk up there past the Alhambra too! This week was midterms week, somehow I only had a history of flamenco midterm, but had a paper for my spanish class and then also have my art history midterm next week. I'm also very much under the impression that midterms are not a big deal here in Spain, not really surprising but definitely another "no pasa nada." Of course, I'm sure this depends on the class, but still.
I would say my favorite classes are definitely still German and my Spanish class because both are more interactive and fun. I also really like being with spanish people in my German class and without that class, I probably wouldn't have any spanish friends. It's also fun/funny because I probably learn about as much Spanish as I do German in this class. My internship has also been going well but now it looks like I will be helping in english and social studies classes and not the science and math classes.
For a final update, Liz and I were going to go to Córdoba for the day today and take the 8:30 am bus (which would have required leaving our house at 7:30 to catch the bust to the bus station and then buy our tickets) but somehow, not really surprisingly, both of us slept through our alarms. Neither Liz nor I are part of the small group of morning people that exist in the world. Anyway, as luck would have it, today has rained all day (here and in Córdoba) but it's supposed to be nicer tomorrow so we will turn our alarms up full volume and go tomorrow.
The tortuga has been MIA for several days now and Liza and I are the only ones who seem to care at all, no pasa nada. And Luna is also warming up to me.... or most likely, my bed. As you may have seen on facebook: Luna's way of saying, "no I don't like you, but yes I do like your bed....and I guess your company is better than no company"
