One month

It's official I've been in Spain for one month now and in honor of this milestone I've made a list: 31 things I've done in 31 days...

1. Spoken a lot of Spanish

2. Been told I speak Spanish well

3. Been told I speak Spanish like a cave-woman

4. Resolved not to speak Spanish anymore

5. Realized that was stupid, if not impossible, so decided to just practice, practice, practice

6. Asked for the bus wall instead of the bus stop. Why do the words parada and pared have to be so similar?

7. Got lost the first time I took the bus and ended up in Salteras

8. Finally figured out how to take the bus to and from my pueblo, Castilleja de Guzman

9. Taught PE, science and English classes

10. Got lost walking around Sevilla more times than I can count

11. Spent 11 euros on taxis one night when I was lost

12. Developed several gnarly blisters from walking so much

13. Haven’t learned that I should just carry a map

14. Eaten no less than three dozen Principe cookies and four dozen baguettes

15. Ate sangre encebollada (look it up)

16. Surprisingly liked sangre encebollada

17. Swapped my daily americano for a daily café con leche

18. Drank lots of sangria

19. Drank countless Cruz Campos

20. Drank a few gigantic mojitos from Rebotica

21. Waited for three hours at the foreign office to get my numero identidad de extranjero

22. Got to watch the sunrise over Plaza de Espana while waiting outside the foreign office

23. Found a cockroach in our bathroom

24. Trapped the cockroach and threw it out the window

25. Found another cockroach in our bathroom

26. Started jogging by the river at least three times a week

27. Amassed several dozen bug bites from jogging by the river

28. Celebrated my 25^th birthday

29. Watched a flamenco show

30. Visited Ronda

31. Purchased a ticket to visit Valencia this weekend...