Paella with a side of Chanel por favor

Mes Paella si us plau!

Today was a great day. Joan sent me some work around 11 when I woke up, I finished in less than thirty minutes and was out the door by 12:00. I met Joan's mom at the meatshop and visited with her a bit, I had planned on laying out on the beach all day but the clouds decided to ruin that idea. It turned out to be a good thing though because Joan's mom asked me around 1, "Do you have any plans for the day?"
"No...the beach is out, so I'm free."
"ok, I make a plan then"

After a phone call and me anxiously waiting to see what we would do, she finally told me we were going to have paella. I love paella. It is something we have on certain occasions. The first, was when Pepi and Benhar took me out when I first moved into the flat. The second time was a couple weeks ago when Joan took me to this wonderful restaurant by the beach when he had taken a day off work and then today. I really do love spending time with Joan's mom and it isn't because I haven't any other friends, haha she really is so fun and we get along really well. We always do something fun whether it be shopping in a city nearby,going for a coffee at a quaint shop, walking along the beach and having paella for lunch.

After eating SO much, we went for a walk and had a café con leche by the sea, and layed out in the sun for about twenty minutes.

When she went back to open the shop again, I went to the beach and read. There is nothing more relaxing to me than sitting in the sand,in the warm sun, listening to the waves and contemplating life. I never mean to think about life so much when I'm at the beach but my mind wanders and muchas preguntas appear in my mind. Està be, I enjoy being a philosopher when it comes to my life.

When Joan came to the meatshop to pick me up, we decided to take a walk around town.
I picked up some sweet postcards to send to my friends and Joan bargained with a Moroccan guy to get me a Chanel bag, I love it. The guy told Joan he was "hard to negotiate with" He was annoying though, he kept telling me to look in the mirror at myself with the bag, I half-heartedly did it once and upon persistence I said, "thank you but I know it looks good", that shut him up.

Eventually we got the bag for 20 €uros instead of the 40 he was asking for. When he handed me the bag, he said, "Hope you're happy, enjoy."



Si Mr.Moroccan salesman, I am happy.

:D


Joan and I are home now, we are probably going to watch Lord Of War and then I will clean nuestra casa. Tomorrow I have spanish class, Joan and I will have a coffee, he has to go to London and I will go to Blanes with his mom and we will go to the hair salon! I am so excited to see Judith! I cannot wait for a fresh haircut and when she gives me a head massage after washing my hair..pure heaven .


Ciao Bellas.

C.M.

Dinner and Drinks For Two

After yesterday's fiasco the rest of the day went very well. I wanted to get the flat in order for when Joan got home. I ran around like a mad woman and when 6:00 hit I knew I only had thirty minutes to go and I was a bit behind so I called him and so kindly asked him to pick up a few things for me-just to delay his arrival! He ended up getting here around 6:45 and I was anxiously waiting by the window for our usual greeting; he honks, I open the window and say "Hey Honey!" he waves and says the same and I tell him to hurry hurry hurry and give me besos! A routine I will miss when we start working together.

When he finally reached the 5th floor I was so excited to show him everything I had done today. The walls in the room had their second coat, so he didn't have to do it, which he LOVED. The best part was the living room. The white table accented by the bamboo rug underneath which is complemented by the cream couch covers. The dining room table is silver and frosted glass with two white and silver chairs on either side. It looks great during the day when I'm sitting on the couch and the bright blue of the Mediterranean blends seamlessly with the top of the table.
Our new lamp was up, it looks like a tulip, it's white of course and hangs right above our table. I lit candles and the show was on.

Joan couldn't believe it, it did look very different from when he left this morning. To top it off, I made dinner. No Alfredo sauce has been found in Lloret as of yet so I made my own. Thanks to a few websites I got the site to restaurant recipes and made Olive Garden's Fettuccine Alfredo and their House Salad with the exact dressing. It tasted just like the original! I also made Salmon coated with a glaze of barbecue sauce and for dessert-chocolate gelat with bananas and peanuts.
We drank champagne and enjoyed the night.

Now, I'm wondering what I could do to top that. I need to add the second coat of paint and get the room set up correctly. I could go to the store again and attempt to make The Cheesecake Factory's Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp-my absolute favorite! I need to do laundry but I have to wait for the landlord and his uncle to come and change a wire or something to the washing machine.

Oh I almost forgot, Joan came home last night with some good news of his own.
The boss, Moises Oliver is leaving Cavok. He finished his pilots licence and we're pretty sure he will be a pilot for ryanair. He told Joan he wants us to take over the Recruitment Department. This means possibly going to Bratislava next week. I REALLY want this job and I REALLY want to start working now. If I know that that job is in the bag, I'll be more than ready to start.

All for now, must work on dinner plans.

Talk to you soon!

C.M.