I´m sure my family have all heard by now, but my friends don´t know yet... Whit´s on the team in Norway for sure! I mean really, was there any doubt? I´m planning a trip to Ireland and Norway for the first week of December, which I´m sure I´ve mentioned, but if you have tips please send them. I don´t have a way from ireland to Norway yet, but I´m thinking by boat. I really have no idea how much it would be or anything, so if you know, tell me, but I´ll do research too.
In other news, I understood a lot of what went on in Spanish class today! I also had a language share with my amigo Gus who I met through the university language share system. He can´t even thoroughly explain the different past tense verbs to me, so I feel better about them now. It´s just tough, especially when I´m talking. All good things.
Sadly, I had to say goodbye to a friend today. My little German gal Annika who is 20 and had a very bad experience as an au pair, is leaving after 2 months. I hear many girls are treated more like a housekeeper and babysitter than part of the family as au pairs in Spain, so I am quite fortunate. Annika is going back home to Germany Friday and back to school. I am happy for her but sad to lose such a wonderful shopping accomplice. She gave me the best compliment... she said she is always so stressed out and worried and I always seem so chill and go with the flow. She said when she gets panicked, she will just tell herself, "ok, be like Darby." Ha ha! I loved it! Especially since I feel like I´m the one freaking out all the time and other people have it under control. Anyway, I have a new place to visit in Germany any time I like, which is great! And she in Portland!
Happily, I think I made a new friend yesterday, a real friend. Not like hi, how are you, see ya later crap. I talked with Inaki, my coach, not the old guy, after practice yesterday and we actually had a conversation on movies, American ones! So, of course, this drew me right in. He didn´t know some of the real names of movies in english because the names are all jacked up over here, so he´d describe the plot and I´d get the name. It´s my new favorite game. Plus, he speaks pretty good english, so it was like hanging out with my good buddy Ky Jo and just shooting the breeze on cinematic everything. I´m going to a concert with his sister and he next week, which is soooooo awesome. Live spanish music, how fun! I can´t wait to see what concerts are like here, a whole new part of the culture to explore.
Long story short, I´m jacked! Whit´s gone Euro, I have a new friend who knows the city and speaks english, I´m understanding slowly but surely, and Pamplona is a sweet place to be. It lets me stay down just long enough to appreciate my situation and then it builds me back up, 2 fold. I probably shouldn´t have said that, because I´m a big believer in people eating their words, but I don´t care. It´s cloudy out, but warm, I´m gonna go bounce around the trails in Tajonar for a while and get a sweat up. Love to ya.
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