As today is a relatively normal day - apart from the fact that it's Miguel's birthday (!) - I wanted to give you an insight of what I do on such a day.
As the alarm goes at 08.00 am, I hit the shower and get ready to go to town, as I need to get some stuff for my folks (their be-lated momsday gift and early dadsday gift). Miguel drops me off at the postoffice as he goes on to the cityhall to get his unemployment check-up. I do my rounds, find out that; Oh yes, the shops don't open untill 10.00am and end up walking in circles doing nothing. Miguel calls me and ask to meet him at his mom's so we can get some breakfast. I do that, in the meantime meeting Miguel's uncle on the street and go to the house.
I have some coffee, Mig and his mum also have some toast with butter/Jamon and oil and while she is getting ready to go to meet his sister in Cádiz, we head out to town again and I finally get what I need. We also buy some lottery tickets - a weekly ritual that usually earns us back some 10 euro's. I've already won 2000 euro's last spring and another 70 euro's in the fall, plus a whole lot of 10 euro's - Yeay!
When we head back to home, I get ready to work on my translations and Miguel hits the studybooks. He's studying for prisonguard and wants to make the exam this year October.
At around 02.00pm, we get our lunch ready - a healthy lettuce, pepper and cucumber salad with some grilled chicken. Yums!
Back to our work and at 05.00pm we take a little siësta, which is quite normal here, but we only rarely do, unless we really are tired.
Feeling fit after an hours sleep, we continue working and at 07.00, Miguel gets ready for his class, which he goes to twice a week, given by a prisonguard to help others preparing for the big exam.
Which means, I have me-time! I clean the garden a little bit, organise the house and go to my laptop to write my blog.
Since it will take around 3 1/2 hours to see Miguel again, I will probably just relax, watch some tv, maybe call my mom. Miguel's birthday will be celebrated another day, probably with some friends and a BBQ this weekend. Ah...the shear bliss of it all....
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