Blog Slacker

It's true. I'm an official blog slacker, but I have good reason! Here's a quick summary of what I've been up to these last few weeks.

June 19: Moving out of my old apartment and into that of my friend Ana. I had many piles: trash, stuff to stay in Spain, stuff to go to U.S., stuff to bring on trip with students, stuff to bring on trip with Ana.

June 20: Meeting HC kids at airport in Madrid and leaving for 10 days of fun in Spain with 13 adolescents and two other brave teachers. We spent three days in Toledo with families (and doing day trips), two days at the festival of San Juan in Denia (beach, bonfires, and me attacking a child with a squirt gun), a couple days exploring Barcelona, and three more days with families outside of Madrid (heading into the big city for tours, shopping, working at an English camp at my church, and meeting up with some of my Spanish students).

June 30: Going with kids to airport. (We had a great trip and the HC kids amazed me with their great attitudes!) Doing laundry at Ana's house.

July 1: Going to Galicia (NW Spain) with Ana. LOVED IT THERE! Cool weather but three sunny beach days. Staying in a monastery, a police base, and with a friend of Ana's. Seeing incredible cities with Celtic influence. Lots of green, rocks, beaches, ports, gray clouds. Lots of fun with Ana, my Spanish traveling amiga.

July 6: Getting "home" (I feel like a nomad.) at 1 am.

Today: Going for a run, writing in this blog (finally!), later lunch with good friend Sarah (Bye Sarah) :(

Rest of weekend and Monday: church, good-byes, and packing

July 10: to U.S.!!! I'm ready to see family, friends, golf, eat burgers on the grill, and go to Lake Michigan. :) See all of you American folk soon!