BRRRR

Hace frio in Madrid! They turned the heater on in my building today. It's officially cold. Time is flying...
Between classes, I have a lot of time to wonder around. Madrid is a great place for shopping. Zara, Mango, H&M...shoe stores, too. Madrid has the best shoes. Only window shopping right now, because I only worked one day of September and therefore have only been paid one time! I found an English 2nd hand bookstore/coffeeshop. Very cool, they also have a big selection of books for teaching English.
I was walking around near my old neighborhood, arguelles, because one of my classes is over there. To me, that is Madrid. That is what I knew. The parque del oeste, the Templeo del bod, casa de campo (which, by the way is a 455 acre park that edges up to the city and is otherwise completely nature--theres even a lake, apparently!-, making Madrid, an otherwise not very green city, one of the greenest capitals in Europe) the avenue of high end shopping. I still know my way around so well over there, its all so familiar, even though its closing in on almost 3 years ago that I was here before.
And I am moving AGAIN, next weekend, its coming up so fast!To a spot near the central park of Madrid--Retiro. very excited about it. A friend of mine from my TEFL course is moving in there as well. Next weekend is also HALLOWEEN, so i think i will do some halloween-themed lessons for my kids classes. I just found out for some of my business classes I have to give them an exam once a month, so i will also be working on that. the job is interesting for me though, it gives a very unique opportunity to learn about spanish people, much different than studying abroad, because i have more interaction, and often my classes are in the homes of my students. I am teaching English, yes, but i am learning a lot as well, and really enjoy most of the people i have dealt with.
wednesdays are nice days for me becaues i am done by 6:30, when all the other days i am not done til 8, and often not home til 9. considering all my travel time, i have the opportunity to read a lot and have burned through several books already! i force myself to not read at home, so i can save the stories for the metro when i need them most. i've been taking advantage of the free time tonight by doing absolutely nothing (too cold to go outside!) and eating principes (really cheap cookies that come in packages of 3 rolls, each roll with about 12 cookies--we live off those things)
hopefully for the weekend i can find something more exciting to do.