This could bite me in the butt later...

...but let's hope not!

So this is my first entry into this blog. Why am I doing this, you ask? (I'm positive that's what you were thinking...) Well, the long and short of it...or just the long...or just the short...(I haven't decided yet)...Basically, I'm trying to get the hell out of Dodge. And by Dodge, I mean America. I've had this crazy desire to live overseas since the first time I realized there was something on the other side of the water. And like many people that have voiced this desire...I have bitched and moaned my want for years without ever lifting a finger to make it happen. I did the cowardly sensible thing and went to college, immediately followed by working the 8-5 as a middle school teacher and quietly hating my life ever since. So now I'm trying to do the insane fun thing and move to Spain to teach English and American culture. On one hand, I could be awesome at this. On the other, I could be setting myself, and possibly an entire region of Spain, up for a dismal failure/disaster.

Points for me:
-I have been teaching English for the past 5 years
-I have an odd fascination with talking to strangers
-I am known to wander off alone
-Names for food and shopping stick to my brain in any language

Points against me:

-I have been teaching English for the past 5 years

-I have an odd fascination with talking to strangers

-I am known to wander off alone 

-Names for food and shopping stick to my brain in any language

In the interest of making this plan feasible, I have applied to two separate language and cultural assistant programs in Spain, and my entire home, plus classroom, is peppered with post-its of Spanish terms. (I will get more into my application processes and how I'm learning Spanish from the ground up in other blog posts). 

Expect this blog to be all over the place. It wouldn't be mine if it wasn't. There will be some useful information accidentally sprinkled in throughout. There may also be the occasional poem that I've written and feel like sharing or a song that is speaking my feelings at the moment (I'm kinda sappy that way). Who knows what you will encounter here. But hopefully, soon, this will be a blog telling you all about my new life in España. 

Anyhow! This is me...and this is my journey! Enjoy!

Hasta pronto!!!