Today has been a very relaxed day. We went out last night about ten and returned just after three this morning, so we all slept in. When I got back from the bank last night, Will was gone, I assumed to watch the basketball game (The Lakers played Barcelona here in Spain and lost 92-88...sorry Spain, but darn! L) so Gunita and I went out to Teodora’s house and met up with her and another friend, Laura. We went to our usually bar, La Comba and stayed there most of the night. Will appeared about two hours later with three guys from his school. He said that he had been drinking since six o’clock! Apparently, on his way to a hostel to use the (faster) internet, he encountered these gentlemen, who invited him out drinking. So he went. And drank. And drank some more. By the time they got to La Comba, those three teachers were SO drunk, they kept telling Will that they LOVED him and the drunkest of the three kept kissing his head. It was weird, yet funny at the same time. Will kept saying “I feel so gay right now!” He never made it to the hostel last night.

We got up and about around 12:30 and went to the open air market, which they have here every Friday. Considering how small Socu is, I thought the market was huge: there were so many clothes and shoes and fruits and vegetables and churros and jewelry and so much more that I can’t remember! We just kind of quickly browsed through, and all I came away with today was a few nectarines, but next Friday, I’m going to go back and take a closer look at everything…I’m sure they have some cool stuff there!

Gunita and I went to the grocery store after the market and picked up a few things. We went back to Movistar to ask about her breaking her contract, so we could get wifi. Her contract isn’t up until November 27 and they said it would cost her a lot to break it. So, she’s going to finish out her contract and in the meantime, I think the plan is for Will and me to get wifi through Orange. It’s 30€ for the first two months (which we’ll split) and then it’ll go up to 47€ after that. By that time, Gunita will be out of her contract with Movistar and we’ll split it three ways. The only bad thing is that we have to sign a year contract, which’ll cost about 100€ to break come May/June. Again, that’ll be split three ways, so I think it’ll be worth it! Now we have to set up an appointment for them to come install a phone line…hopefully soon!

We decided not to go anywhere this weekend after all. We are, however, planning on going to Ciudad Real on Monday, to apply for our NIEs. I’m sure Gunita and Will are planning on going out this evening, but I noticed this morning that my throat is started to get agitated, so I don’t think I’ll go. It’s gotten a little worse since this afternoon, so I hope it’s nothing major. Will said it could be all the smoke from the bars I’ve been breathing in lately and Gunita said it could be because the weather is changing. I think I believe more in the bar theory than the weather one, but who knows!  Being in smoky bars tonight wouldn’t exactly help and the last thing I want to do is make it worse!

Xoxo,

Court