This week is Spring Break so our schedules have been all disrupted.  Anja has brought home an attitude from her Kindergarten class that has been very difficult to deal with, and Isak is having a hard time with the kids in the neighborhood being mean to him.  And when we’re not dealing with one of the two things above, the kids are fighting any time they’re within 500 feet of each other.

Tonight, though, B and I have a date.  We’re going out with our neighbors and some friends from work and have a babysitter and everything.  I have a farewell luncheon this afternoon, and then we are going to a barbeque tomorrow, and then Sunday I fly back to the States to a week. 

I have had a really hard time adjusting to the culture here in Spain, and I will refrain from all the venting I want to do about that and instead think about all the things I get to do when I get back to the States, and B, I think you should stop reading now:  I can shop from the time I land in Philadelphia (there’s a Gap in the airport) until I leave next weekend - including an enormous mall by the airport in Rhode Island; I can go to restaurants I love; I can buy the things I can’t get here (more Bath and Body Works lip gloss!); and I have a growing list of items requested to bring back - shopping with other people’s money! Yay!

I really love going back to the States.  It always feels like home, no matter where I’m going, and I love that.