6.Febrero.2009.
Well, I must say the last two days have been trying. Anna left which upset me a bit because I really do like her and missed having a roommate. The room is lonely without her. But as for the roommate drama...
There are two girls who I had heard wanted to change senoras because they were not happy. I talked to Carolyn, one of my friends who lives nearby, because she also lives by herself right now. We were talking in the computer lab about our situations. The option of us moving in together if the two other girls did not want to separate came up. The other girls, April and Kathryn, had been talking to the program director, Angeles about their problem. Well, on the night that Anna left, Angeles pulled me aside and said she had heard from Kathryn I wanted to move with Carolyn. I told her it was not that I had a problem with Cristina but rather I did not want to end up without a roommate for the semester. She gave me the option of moving in with Carolyn because the other girls did not want to split up. I told her I needed a day to think about it and she told me to let her know Thursday afternoon.
By the time I woke up on Thursday, Angeles had already called Cristina and talked to her. I was sitting in the kitchen eating breakfast and Cristina came in, asking if I wanted to leave. I could tell she was upset because she already felt horrible about what has happened with Anna and I did not want her to think I did not like being here. So I tried to explain, but then she started talking about how she felt bad about Anna and was crying. I told her I was very happy here and I did not want to move (I had already decided I don't want to move. It would be an unnecessary hassle on my part because I am fine living here.). She went to call Angeles and tell her. I got really upset thinking about it then because I didn't want Cristina to think I wanted to leave. I cannot believe Angeles would call and tell her that after I had not even talked to her about my decision yet. I got very angry and frustrated and went to my room. Cristina came back when she got off the phone and noticed I was crying. Then, I got even more worked up because I could not figure out how to explain myself in Spanish at the moment. Cristina was very comforting though and calmed me down.
I was still fuming about Angeles (really, I cannot stand the woman!) and went to do my hair. Anna took her straightner with her and I had used my converter on my American straightner the day before. Well, apparently, it fried my straightner so it would not heat up. There's something else I need to buy. I went to EUSA and talked to Kathryn in the computer lab. Apparently Angeles did not give them any choice about their living arrangements and she agreed with me that the woman is the devil. When I saw her later and she asked me about what I was doing, I just said I was going to stay with Cristina and ended the discussion.
Then when I got home, my computer would not start. It kept trying to boot up but saying there was no functioning device. Grr! So last night, I just read and went to sleep early because I was so angry. This morning was a little better. Cristina was trying to cheer me up because she could tell I was down and put out just about everything she had in the kitchen for breakfast. It was sweet.
So, I guess Kathryn is moving in with me. She's actually supposed to be here any minute. Still no word from Anna. If she does come back, I think she will stay in the other empty room Cristina has. Zach was able to fix my computer at EUSA, thankfully. It slid off my bed a week or so ago and knocked off a plastic piece that is fastened on with a screw. Who knows where the tiny screw went. Anyway, that piece was holding my hard drive in place and without it, it was displaced so my computer was not recognizing I had one. We put it back where it should be and I guess I will duck-tape it on or something.
I bought a giant chocolate bar on the way home.
There is a 60% chance of rain on Saturday so the trip to Ronda will have to wait until Sunday. Cristina tells me it is beautiful though and to definitely wait for the nice weather. She says the girls who come and stay with her always go and they love it. It will be nice to get out of the city for a day. Hopefully the weather is nice tomorrow and we can go stroll by the river. There are always people walking, lounging, and bicycling down there on the weekend afternoons.
We are definitely heading out tonight to blow off steam! Today we had our final exams for the introductory course (I am very happily DONE with Angeles as a teacher) and University classes will start on Monday. Having one class a day was nice but it was every day and it was at night. I am glad it is over.
I will put up some pictures from the Museum. Sadly, it was more boring than I thought. We did get locked in the park though. Sometimes when it is storming they lock the Parque de Maria Louisa because they claim trees could fall and hurt people. Anyway, our whole class was stuck inside for about 20 minutes before someone finally came to open the padlock and let us out. It was entertaining.
Love and miss you all
Elle
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