We are finally almost to the end of a very boring week.
Thursday night after class I was sitting in my room doing my homework and minding my own business when the dog walked in playing with one of Martin's gloves. I took it from him and went to put it in Martin's room. The door was wide open and the light was on and he was talking to his mom. As I took a step toward the door, the worst possible thing ever happened. Martin was laying on his bed changing into his pajama pants full moon toward the door.... and I saw EVERYTHING!!! I was mortified and didn't know what to do, so hoping he didn't see me I threw the glove into his room and hurried back to mine (well, ran actually). I didn't come out of my room until I knew he was asleep. I was pretty sure that he hadn't seen me because he hadn't said anything crying or yelling to Isabel. But Friday at supper I realized that he probably had seen me. He wouldn't eat with us, so I'm assuming it was because he was too embarrassed to be in the same room as me. Last night I gave him a Fun Dip, so I'm assuming that means we're friends again.
Yesterday I got a huge box in the mail from my aunt and uncle Heath and Amanda (and Cooper and Charleigh, of course)! I couldn't break into the box fast enough. I was beyond relieved when I found FOUR jars of peanut butter (along with Valentine's candy, wing sauce, and a "dirty" diaper from Coop). It was a matter of seconds before I had a jar of peanut butter open and was eating it by the spoonful. I probably ate peanut butter for 15 minutes straight (happy dancing the whole time) before I decided it would probably be smart to save room for lunch. I definitely over-did it because I had a stomach ache the rest of the afternoon.
I decided to get out yesterday and walk down to Casco Viejo (the old part of Bilbao) and check out the shops. Everyone says the shopping there is great. After wandering around the neighborhood for two hours, I would have to disagree with everyone. The only store I liked was a make up store, which I was so relieved to find since the only make up I've seen so far is at Sephora (expensive) or the Chino stores (too cheap to wear). Hopefully I'll be able to remember how to get there when I run out of make up.
Here's my shout-out to BBHS Cheerleaders competing at State today!!! I showed my host family videos from my senior year at State Cheerleading and they hadn't seen anything like it before. I think Isabel was really impressed. She kept saying something about how difficult it would be to have so many people in sync for that long. Anyway, Go Indian Cheer! Bring home another State Championship!!!
It's days like today that I wish my family didn't feel like they couldn't wake me up when I've slept past 10 am! Today (while I was still sleeping at 12) I kept hearing the doorbell and voices in the kitchen. I ignored it as long as possible, but then decided I should probably get up and get ready if we were having a dinner party or something. Of course, by this point I hadn't realized that all the voices had disappeared. I took my time getting ready and when I was heading back to my room, Isabel stopped me and asked if I wanted to go have pintxos in Plaza Nueva with the rest of the family. (That's where all the voices went-- they had already left) Isabel was going to stay at the house and clean so I had to hurry along by myself to catch up with the rest of the family (Perico, Martin, Tia Cristina, and Tio Jose Augustine). Plaza Nueva is the oldest plaza in Bilbao, which is just open space surrounded by walls and shops. There are lots of restaurants with outdoor seating in the plaza and plenty of benches and free space to play soccer. Luckily, I had half a clue where I was going and was able to find my family right away. We had potato chips and coke, and wine for the "adults", and then came back home for lunch.
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