The first weekend.

Oh my goodness.  This has been such a hectic weekend, I have only now had a chance to write, and it is almost midnight.  This weekend Carmen's cousin Aricelli and her two kids, Ana and Miguel, came over and spent Saturday and Sunday at our house.  To say the least, we had a full house.  It was a lot of fun though.  On Friday, David, Carmen and I had lunch around 3 (which is their normal lunchtime) and then went and picked up the children.  From there, we went to a park where the children played, and we sort of sat in the shade for a while, and then we went and played with them.  Later on, we went to a bar that is owned by one of their friends, and had tapas and beer there.  I am legal in Spain, so don't worry.  That was around 7 or 8.  We sat and talked for a while, and left for home about 9 or 9:30.  Lucia and Eddie probably didn't get to bed until around 10:30, because when we got home, we still had to eat dinner.  I think more than anything that will be the most difficult thing to get used to: the different eating schedule.  So the rest of hte weekend progressed with playing with kids, and familiarizing myself with a few different parks.  I hope I will be able to find them when Carmen or David isn't leading the way.  Also this weekend was Eddie's birthday party.  So we went to a park, and celebrated it with a few children, and it was a lot of fun.  There were children running around and playing soccer, on the swings, EVERYWHERE.  I find it hard to play with them though, because they do not understand me.  I feel bad, because I would love to play with them, but they are a bit scared because they don't understand much of what I am saying.  Many of the adults also do not speak English, so I am usually talking only to Carmen or David.  I feel antisocial, but their Spanish is so fast, and complicated that I cannot keep up.  I am trying to pick some up, and I do recognize some words, but by the time I remember what it means, they are already onto the next sentence!  Oh well.  I might pick up some by August.  Well I should be getting to bed.  It is quite late, and I should be getting up early so that I can help Stella, the woman who takes care of the children in the morning.  And yes, I know, that is my job.  But Stella is getting married on the 4th of June, and will be gone, so it will be my job soon enough :)  Buenos Noches!