I know, I’m terrible, and I haven’t written in over two weeks — d’oh!! But I have good reasons! Great reasons, in fact! After that last post, I had a week-long strategy course with my ENTIRE class (Spanish and English sections integrated!), and before it ended Sean and Laura got here to begin their week of Barcelona Awesomeness (and it was, oh man, SO awesome!). So school sort of fizzled and faded away, (honestly, after the pain! the horror! of finals, well, ending the strat class was completely anti-climactic!), and then I switched gears into vacationing-with-my-pals mode (read: frequenting my favorite BCN spots — Bar Quim, the Boqueria, Made in Italy, La Vinya del Senyor, Santa Maria del Mar, my preferred chiringuito, etc). It was an extremely busy end of the school year, what with visitors plus tons of end-of-year festivities (good-bye dinners, good-bye parties, etc). THEN, Kim and Marijn came through on Sean and Laura’s last night (they got engaged here the next day! congrats Kim and Marijn!!!!), and they more or less coincided with the arrival of two other Boston friends, Aaron and Jessie. Whew! It’s been CRAZY! And fun, and I’ve had no problem getting right into vacation mode (do I ever?).
Of course, true to form, I have yet to start packing, which I’m about to do. Really. Any second now… I leave for NYC on Thursday morning, get in around 2:45pm, and then, as far as I know, I don’t start working until around the 30th, sooo… Yet more time off, for hanging out with the family, getting on East Coast time, buying some more suits, and trying desperately not to be too too sad that I’ve just left BCN for the next SIX months!
So the countdown to NY is now two days (eek!) and I should probably get ready to go. Really. Any second now. But man, it’s been an AWESOME couple of weeks, and once again I’m feeling super connected with just how amazing my friends are, both old and new. Good stuff.
