Good morning and happy FRIDAY!

To say that I am happy that today is Friday would be a complete understatement.  I am over-the-moon 2x happy that today is Friday.  To be honest, I was in some kind a weird funk this whole week, which left me feeling off…not happy.  I spent the week in a bit of a daze, but I feel like I’m pulling out of it and yesterday (Thursday) definitely helped tremendously.  Anyway, despite feeling strange, there were (obviously) still good parts of the week (great parts, even- like when my students asked me to play a part in the movie they are filming for English class and I had to pretend to be super angry and it was the most embarrassing thing, ever.  Or when I played Never Have I Ever with my 16/17 year old students and it got…out of hand.  Or when the mom of one of my private students told me she got a 6 on her test (not great, but better than she normally does)).  So there were good parts to this week!  In the spirit of choosing to be positive, I am going to show/ tell you 5 things that are making me happy right now!  Yay for stupid posts on Friday 😉

Wherever you are in the world, and whatever you do, I hope you have a wonderful weekend

Trader Joe’s Products!My parents brought me two jars of peanut butter and one jar of almond butter (and a few bags of snacks and chocolate).  I can’t stop eating the peanut butter/ almond butter straight from the jar.

Just look how it melts!

Getting a Haircut

This quite literally be my first haircut in a salon in….years?  Story time- when I was little (not that little, maybe 5th or 6th grade?), my mom took me to get my haircut and convinced me that getting it cut short would be “just so cute and so much more manageable!!!” than the bees nest that I usually chose to rock.  Long story short, I left in TEARS because I had a little, curly, poofy, FRO.  No more haircuts for me EVER..  But anyway, my mother, once again, reminded me that my ends are dead and my hair looks ratty, so I went and had my first big girl haircut today.  I didn’t let them cut all that much off, but I told the guy (who was wearing a dress, covered in tattoos and piercings- dad, you guys would have gotten along nicely) to do his thing. He didn’t say much, just grunted and nodded, but I left with healthier hair and I’m happy (so far).

Arroz a la Cubana

Also known as: Food That Tastes Good and Can Be Made in Less Than 2 Minutes.  I come home starving… always so my big batch of rice that I keep in the fridge gets thrown in a bowl with some tomato sauce and put in the microwave while I quickly fry an egg.  By the time the egg is done, the rice is hot and ready.  I covered this bowl in hot pepper and ate the entire thing in less than a minute.  Like a lady.  But really, this is super tasty.  Try it!

A Freezer Full of Food!Thank you, thank you, thank you Mama Bear.  Of course not everything you see is mine, but there are layers under what you do see.  I have enough food in there for..ever.  And I have 12 bagels to get through!  Parents are the best.

Good Roommates, Friends, and Everyone in Between

This picture was taken last weekend before we went out (and quickly posted to IG).  But really, despite being in a funk all week, having people to come home to at the end of the day is invaluable and made my funk a little better each day.  Also the teachers at my school are great and made the days better than they would be otherwise.  And lastly, the other people that have become part of my life here in Madrid- you all, are wonderful.

What has made you happy?