Conclusion: fountains, bulls (saw hundreds), coca cola lite, tapas, really really old but beautiful buildings, pig legs hanging from restaurant ceilings (they like their meat fresh), clara con limon, Madrid, Segovia, La Coruna, Santiago ... if you need elaboration on any, feel free to ask.
Part 2. I turned 21!
Conclusion: Max Amore's, Lucky's, Ultra, drinks, drinks, drinks, and I absolutely love my friends: thank you to allison, jess, jill, erin, alisa, carrie, jason, dave, joe, steph, emily, brian, & tim for coming out on my bday night! And thanks to everyone else for all the bday wishes!
Part 3. The Here and Now
So now it's back to the norm - working and such. But Hallelujah! It's ice cream season (Michael's, DQ, the barn, hallmark's, friendly's, old lyme ice cream shoppe, take your freakin pick)!! AND Fred's Shanty is open and that can make any one's day absolutely amazing.
Last week I was able to spend a couple days up at the hospital with my dad as he went through his 2nd cycle of chemo. He's doing great so far - just more tired than usual and a little bit less hair. He keeps calling himself a penis head but the nurses like to call him daddy warbucks and I think I prefer the latter myself.
I'm still getting beat up in physical therapy 3x a week for my knee trying to avoid more surgery.
Tomorrow's my return to boys & girls club from nearly a month of not seeing those cute monsters. And that means my return to telling kids to sit down, be quiet, raise their hands, line up, sit still, sit normally, walk normally, don't run, keep their hands/feet/whole body to themselves... and, yet, I love my job.
