First days and observations (Au Pair Experience, Día 6)

First day at school: I was a bit worried about going to school and wasn't really planning to do a language course before I got here. The place I'm going is a school for adults so there's a mix of people and the facilities are a bit shit. It's like a temporary building and I've seen one computer in the whole place, but they have these hooks to hang your bag on under the table. 

Anyway the class was too basic for me so I'm going to a higher level. Everyone says I speak Spanish well but I've actually done two years studying at uni I'm most probably the worst in my Advanced class so I just smile and say I need to improve. So today I've got another class at 6 and hopefully it'll be better. 

Hopefully I'll make some friends. I'm not lonely I just don't have any friends here! The last class was okay but I had to leave early so there was no time to get to know anyone. 

I'm grateful for the opportunity to study here anyway, even though I'll be doing it next year, every little helps :)

First Day Sweating: Basically played basketball with the semi-pro (!) mums last night and omg. I hadn't broke a sweat here until then so it all came pouring out to say "hey don't forget the real you Sweaty Betty". Everyone noticed and that I was so unfit but it wasn't really anything bad. I kept up for most of it and only declined the 10 min match on the full pitch. The mums were nice, obviously a little competitive and we had a few jokes. The coach is lovely as well and now I'm in the basketball a WhatsApp group! Progress!

Here's my apparently dry elbow and a basketball to celebrate playing a sport

Stuff I've noticed;

Language barriers: It's hard for people to speak Castellano (Castilian Spanish) instead of Català (Catalan, language of Cataluynia, Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Valencia (they call it valenciano)) especially when there are two or more Català speakers. I guess it'll help me to learn definitely but it's hard catching bits of the conversation. Now we're a trilingual family which is an achievement in itself after 6 days :)

Phone: I usually have my phone on me (cos I'm looking after someone's children) but I'm not obsessed with charging it. (Okay so if my non existent boyfriend isn't texting me then I normally chuck it on my bed but that's not the point!) I speak to my family and friends during the evening (when they actually have some time for me) and don't worry about replying immediately to every lol and wuu2 (my friends aren't actually that lame, just an example)

Something nice: I feel so lucky to have found this family, they're so genuinely lovely and always make sure I feel comfortable. I have free reign in the fridge (mwahaha) and they're just as happy with me as I am with them. I really hope things keep going smoothly because they're just lovely people

A game of "does it float?"