Landing on my feet

A friend of mine said that the other day to describe her transition to Madrid, and I can't possibly think of a better way to put it. As far as transitioning goes, everything has been smooth and i completely was able to hit the ground running--i've already met many people and learned so much. I spent a wonderful weekend OUTSIDE after a long week in a small classroom. I found an outdoor track to run on, spent Saturday afternoon in Retiro park with a group of friends and discussed worldly things and travel. Today we went to the Rastro, an open air market downtown, and now it's time to get back to lesson planning. I teach tomorrow afternoon for the first time! My lesson is on the past simple tense and how to use "ago".