The Blazing Winds

Alrighty, it´s Wednesday and I´m hoping with fingers crossed that early today was the last of the insane winds we´ve had since late Sunday night. I know, I know...growing up in southern Idaho, I should be used to this, but that´s nothing compared to here! The whole house has been a lot colder and the winds are so strong outside that you can´t even go out in them. Monday I barely went out on my patio to put the plant back before being whooshed away myself!

Yesterday, I went with Alberto take the boys to a birthday party at a miniature and much cleaner version of Chucky Cheese called Happy Planet. :) This is the second birthday party the boys have been to since I´ve been here. Let´s just say that Spanish children are probably some of the prettiest little people I have ever seen. And feisty! Alberto stayed with some of the other parents while I walked around El Escorial. [Okay, here´s how I explain the town: El Escorial and San Lorenzo are right next to each other. Where I live is literally right in the MIDDLE! Up the hill is San Lorenzo, down the hill is El Escorial. However, if you saw my address it´s both.] Anyways - I´m walking about El Escorial and it´s very quiet (and cold and blustery because of the insane winds) and I think I´m good, but then I must´ve lost concentration for a bit as I marveled at something and proceeded to fall flat on my butt on a downward sloping cobblestone street! I think I scared the crap out of two Spanish teens walking by. They rushed over to help me and all I knew to say was ¨gracias¨ hahaha. Oh well. I escaped with only a bloody knuckle and probably looking like a spaz. I went back into the birthday party where the parents are all drinking beers and sat with my La Casera (bubbly water) and visited with Alberto.

This week "on the job" has been amazingly easy. The boys are so smart and love to learn about anything I am saying. Silvia says they have to listen extra hard because of my accent! haha, I LOVE the fact that I really do have an accent!!

Alright, time for some more BrainQuest with Julio. Mario is at his Chess class, then he has tennis, then music lesson. Ah, to be a kid again :) These kids are set for success...