Finally getting round to writing another of these, working is not conducive to writing. My journey to Ecuador was really eventful but of the way back I don't remember much happening. The girl sitting next to me on the flight back to Europe was going insane with her prayers at the start of the journey, never seen somebody so scared of flying. Proud of myself, perhaps undeservedly, for sequestering my desire to turn to her with a crazy look on my face and say "Tonight, we dine in hell"....I guess probably she didn't speak English anyway. As I say I remember little else from that journey, this is about all - thoroughly searched for drugs in Guayaquil airport until they realised I wasn't traveling to Amsterdam, nearly missed my flight in Quito and lost 50 Euros in Madrid airport right after getting off the plane, slept an hour in two days and sorted out all the shit here like that, was a bleak time really.
That weekend I went to the At.Mad game vs Valladolid, which was pretty special. Once my financial situation is more steady I'm gonna go all the home games and finally realise my dream of becoming best friends with Falcao.
I started work the Monday after that so consequently I haven't seen much of Madrid yet, it seems pretty cool from what I have but I haven't really capitalised so far, so whatever opinions I give on the place in here are based mainly on my first impressions of my bedroom and the school. Work is pretty cool, it's maybe a little more difficult than I anticipated and I think it helps if you give more a shit than I do about things to teach primary, but still I think I am doing okay. Highlight so far was probably shitting all over one of them (metaphorically) in an Elvis Presley style dance-off the other day. Had a class voted over who won and he didn't get a vote, I killed it, never has there been a teacher with such hips.
Next week there is a staff party which is casino themed, so my gambling addiction will be revealed to all less than a month into work. I picture myself sitting at a table crying with my last 50 cents on black 17 after all the rest of the teachers have left to party in Madrid, pretty excited at the prospect.
I swear that from next week, I will start noting down when something funny or notable happens because right now I am writing this without any recollection of the last few weeks, which is a shame because it's been pretty funny I think.
Everybody at the school is cool and I'm, if not happy, at least getting by without too many grumblings. Except today I am far too hungover and a family in my apartment block have sang Cumpleanos Feliz about a million times, least in a couple of minutes the birthday is over and I have avoided shouting "I wish you had never been born!" out of the window. Gonna leave it here but I will keep on top of writing and maybe write another in a couple of days. Hopefully some exciting shit happens over the weekend for me to report. Hope all my Alaskan followers are doing great.
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