Madrid

A quick update. I was in Madrid this weekend to go to the Mutua Madrileña tennis tournament and I was lucky enough to see Rafa Nadal! Unfotunately he lost (badly). In two sets, he won a total of 3 games. I was disappointed but happy that I had the chance to finally see him play live. The rest of the time in Madrid was good too...I was extremely tired because we took an over night bus there on Thursday and arrived at 7am on Friday. Our hostal was kind of sketchy too so we made an effort to only be there to sleep and shower. We met up with some friends of the boys who I traveled there with, went to some bars, an art museum and just enjoyed the city. It was def a change of pace from the small-town life in Arcos.

Today marks one month that I have been in Spain. I finally feel adjusted however, my roommates are both leaving so as far as housing goes, I am back at square one. Job security is not a guarantee here. Because they are both firemen they have month to month contracts depending on the needs of the towns and cities where they are working. Neither of their contracts got extended beyond this month so now I either need to move or find a new roommate. It is a bad situation but I am going to try to live by the motto "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger" A tough week is on the horizon though. It was hard enough for me to find a place to live, now I need to start from the beginning.

Hope all is well with everyone.