I'm sitting here watching the World Cup with my host mom and roommate. Spain is about to win (there are 2 minutes left). It's been such an exciting game! They've made so so so many goal attempts and there have been lots of close calls (okay, Spain just won. Yay!). After watching the USA struggle, this was a nice affirmation of how exciting and rewarding fútbol really is. It was also nice to sit and share it with my host mom - I don't feel like I "hung out" with her enough this summer. Usually between lunch and dinner I'd be doing work in my room or out in Madrid, and after dinner I hung out in my room, many times with the door shut. With something like soccer, you don't really need words to have an authentic experience with someone - rooting for your team crosses all language barriers.
I also finished up my work today, which was nice. I had one final essay to write (which clocked in at about 6 pages double spaced - not a lot, but it was all in Spanish!) and I submitted my entire notebook this afternoon at 5:30. I knew, then, that I wanted to be outside. I've missed the sun - I haven't spent a large amount of time outside since I went to the beach at Barcelona two and a half weeks ago. Being outside is one of my favorite pastimes.
My time here is running out - we have three more days - and instead of rushing around Madrid to visit all the attractions I never got around to seeing, this evening I knew I wanted to just sit and enjoy the city. I wanted to lie on the ground using my purse as a pillow and feeling the sun on my arms and face and smelling the air and just experience this place, this new home of mine, before I have to give it up for who-knows-how-long. So that's exactly what I did, and it felt great. A perfect evening :)
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