Lazy Afternoon

Not much to update with today.

Had a much better evening last night - I took my little linen bag that I use for laundry and put it in the crack of the door to keep it from shifting overnight and worked like a charm - it was lovely being able to sleep through most of the night.

Yesterday had a lot of Skype talking, and I ended the day by talking to Nikky for a good 35mins before heading to bed - it makes being alone a lot easier when you realize there are still people out there - you just have to find the means to speak to them.

And at sundown yesterday, the call to evening prayer was ringing out from the minarets again, but just to compound the beauty of it, seagulls were crying every once in a while, giving you that eerie feeling of 'Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas any more...' - it really was a beautiful sound though. A coastal town beginning to sing in the night. Gorgeous.

Dr.Solis came by and gave me the rundown of the situation that I'll be working in, and I have a much clearer idea of what to expect, and am excited about the prospect now, hehe.

I also met the pastor of the church today (the one above which I'm staying) and *drumroll* it's one of the students from EBS in Germany, where we lived for several years. Lovely to see him again, although we didn't recognize each other at first (that's what happens to a 13 year-old after 8 years - she becomes unrecognizable!). I'll probably be going over to his house to meet his wife and kids and to have dinner sometime this weekend, which will be lovely.

I ventured uphill for the first time today, and went to an ATM and got some money out of the back and then went to a bakery for lunch - DELicious, even though I was surprised that the little bits hiding inbetween the mushrooms on my slice of pizza bread were actually mussels and seafood... a bit of a shock, but lovely nonetheless.

After that I came back to the foundation where I've been loafing and catching up on news on CNN and in the NYTimes (good lord is the world economy out of whack these days!), and I got to speak with my parents via Skype again! ^_^ Ah, I love my family - miss them terribly and love them endlessly.

But the rest of the day is probably going to be spent loafing, with a possible excursion to get some food this evening (yes, I am a daring soul). Tomorrow is the day of stuff, with people coming by to get my paperwork, to give me more info, just to see the strange foreign blonde girl, etc. I think it'll be fun!

Today: Ceuta, Spain

Monday: Chefchaouen, Morocco