This post will be fairly short because its just a small one about some of the difficulties that I have faced here in Spain (It's a list much shorter than that of Taylor Swift's ex-lovers).
When you head to a new place you expect a little bit of turbulence, a lack of easy, and a period needed for adjustment but you never know when these things are going to come. I have been so lucky to have had such a smooth sailing time in Spain so far. Finding my flat, easy, making friends, super easy. Its been a month of joy, fun, and excitement.
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| This about sums up my experience with Los Correos |
Its funny how frustration can hit you out of no where. Over a month ago, my aunt sent me a package and I still have not received it, because the Spanish postal service thinks that its imported goods for resale (of course this would happen to me!). I have been diligent in trying to work this situation out and today, I am frustrated. The directions have been so unclear, I have been told different things by every person I have talked to and finally today the woman on the phone was so rude that when I hung up with her I cried. Those of you who know me well will not be shocked by this, let's be honest, I cry all the time haha. But this was different. These tears were tears of anger.
The thing is, in situations like these, you can be upset, you can mope around, or you can just keep going and do your best to make it all work out. That's what I decided to do. And yes, maybe the bureaucratic system is different here, and maybe I will be frustrated sometimes, but its all part of the experience and I know that I will be better for it. Besides, moments like this give me the opportunity to practice Spanish in a new way, to say new things that I may not know how to say, but to express what I need to because really, there isn't another choice.
Anyway, moral of the story is that I had my first real turbulence, but I'm making it through, and hopefully within the next two weeks I'll have my care package and a little more piece of mind!