I overslept church yesterday and, consequently, had time to spend the morning reading and drinking tea on the terraza, yet again. It was wonderful. I'm reading Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and now that I've started it, it's hard to put down.
After siesta yesterday I had a meeting with Maria Angeles, whose mother lives in Residencia C.A.R.E., the nursing home I'll be doing my internship at. Maria Angeles is acting as my guide, and treated me to coffee yesterday to answer any questions I may have had. I still know very little about what I'll be doing, but she was able to tell me that I'll be working under the geriatric psychologist at the facility. I got the impression that I'll be doing lots of one-on-one time with the residents, which I really look forward to. I have a formal interview at the facility tomorrow and should hopefully start my internship next week. Honestly, the sooner I get started the better, or else I'll never get all of my hours in before I leave.
After coffee with Maria Angeles, I went and sat in the park to wait for some friends. I was early and had about 20 minutes to wait, so I decided to pull out my book and read a bit. I kept my eyes glued on my book and purposely ignored any man that walked by alone. But wouldn't ya know, it happened again. A man in his 60s walked by very slowly, eying me, and then turned around and came down to sit by me. At least this guy was sober. He was interesting, in a kind of strange way, and went on to talk to me about Semana Santa for the next 20 minutes. And, coincidentally, Jess walked by again and saw me sitting alone with a strange man. And yet again, he thought it was hilarious and left me there. Uff da. But eventually Cassidy showed up with Jess in tow, and we met Clara, Marta, Ima, and eventually Tiffani and Angélica for churros at the famous churrería (the name of which I still do not know). Needless to say, it was a delicious experience. We sat there enjoying our churros for quite awhile, and I taught Tiffani, Cassidy, and Angélica how to play Garbage, one of my favorite card games.
Today, nothing new. I had an hour of class from 9-10 and have the rest of the day to do as I wish... I'm thinking a nice balance of napping and reading is in order.