Oh, wow. Where to start? First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who sent me positive thoughts and vibes during this, the first official day of my 24th year of existence. I had an AMAZING birthday. When I got to school this morning, Erica had made me a brilliantly creative birthday card that literally kept me (and the English Department) laughing for hours…think modified book report (filled with inside jokes) on the past three months living here in Madrid. My friend Pablo gave me a wonderfully macabre “Bunny Suicide” calendar that I had been eyeing for quite some time—which for every month unabashedly portrays creative ways in which the rabbit might end his miserable little existence— and a copy of Gabriel García Marquez’s “El coronel no tiene quien le escriba.” I think he gave me the book because, you know, we’re adults! One cannot live on morose humor alone.
After tutoring English for an hour, I headed off to choral rehearsal, where I spent two hours singing Rutter’s Requim (I love this piece) and pronouncing the English lyrics for my fellow singers. During our five-minute break, a friend of mine pulled me into the bathroom, and when we came back, everyone started singing happy birthday to me in English. It was so, SO sweet! My friend Lucia ended up coming back to our apartment with me, where Bea and Laura surprised me with a delicious chocolate ice cream cake and beautiful presents. They gave me a stylish bracelet, cool wooden earrings, and a wide-neck sweater from H & M that I am now in love with. I just couldn’t feel any luckier, which is a great way to feel the day before Thanksgiving. I love it here : D
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=) Yay! So happy you had a good day!!!! I wish I was there!
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