Ryan C

I´m going to try to add some pictures to this entry at a later time. I've been strapped for time lately, as I'm teaching four classes this week and there are strikes on the metro again. It's frustrating. But anyway, I apologize for the delays. In case anyone cares, I'm going to Portugal this weekend, so I may not be able to finish all this. I'm still 3 weeks behind and starting to forget some stuff. This is bad. It will be remedied soon. I promise. Anyway, here's what I actually wrote for this entry: Good lord, I’m three weeks behind. This is almost sinful. Recognizing the problem is the first step to recovery…so let’s do that. This journal reaches way back to April 7, in case anyone was wondering. On Friday morning, the flood gates ... read more

Hello world. To tell you the truth, I wish I could have written or updated in the last 10 days. It really wasn´t possible. I had the flu, went to Morocco where computers are nearly non-existent, and now I´m in the Canary Islands. I fly all the way to some secluded island and all I can do is use the internet. It´s sad. Anyway, I´ve had diarrhea for about 8 out of 10 days recently. It´s not conducive to writing. With that in mind, I just wanted to let everyone know that I´m going to write about 10-20 pages this week. So look out for it. I´ll be busy, but in a good way. Sorry about the delays. I hope I don´t forget anything good.... read more

Somehow, I managed to make an otherwise uneventful week eventful. As I sit here and write this, I think this could have been my most fun week in Madrid. With that in mind…let’s get this blog rollin’. I woke up Tuesday at 8:30. This is not late by most standards. It is, however, late when you have class at 9 and getting to school takes 45 minutes, minimum. Needless to say, I had an interesting morning. I put on last night’s clothes and bolted for the door. Luckily, my family leaves around 8:30, so they were making noise and woke me. Crazy how things work out; I couldn’t hear anything for my ear plugs, but it worked out, somehow. So I jogged to the metro (my running days have long since passed) and I hit that ... read more

I'm testing my title for this post. Every one of my posts with a city name or something seems to get a lot of hits. It's an experiment. Alright, for those of you who aren’t my mom, you probably aren’t aware of what I’ve been up to this week. Luckily, today is Saturday and I fell asleep at 11:15 last night. Talk about being an old man; my first free night in Madrid in nearly a month and I decided to go to bed earlier than I would on a school night. In all reality, I fell asleep waiting for a phone call, and by the time I got it, I figured I’d rather get a good night’s sleep. Monday was a mildly strange day. Typically, I get up at 7:30, leave for class between 8 ... read more

I really want to apologize for taking all week to put everything together. Life has been quite hectic in recent times; my roommate moved out on Tuesday, and I had no clue that was going to happen. Like I said, hectic. I’ll finish writing about last week either today or tomorrow, so everyone can be up to date. OK? I started the post on Thursday and I decided I had to scrap almost the entire thing. A lot happened this weekend, and a lot happened this week. Really. This post is going to be crazy-long. Sorry. Here’s a dash of last week: Wednesday after class we met up at the ISA office to dawdle in the boats at el Retiro. That was actually pretty fun. Madrid is usually sunny during the afternoon, so spending about an ... read more