another day, another euro...

So lots been happening since I last wrote in el-blogo.

I've been riding a rollercoaster of emotions. From 1 minute I'll be somewhat depressed or sad, and the next I'll be very excited and hyphy...Ive talked to a lot of other friends that have lived abroad and it seems that the first month or two are the hardest, and that your emotions do change drastically. So i'll keep monitoring them and hopefully the blog can also be an outlet for any frustrations as well as joys that I may have.

On the polo front, we won our second game. I scored my first goal and also got 3 ejections with 5 min left in the 4th. The Refs call the game from a 2 meter defense angle a bit different here, so I'm trying to get used to that.
ALSO they changed my number to 2, wtf...right after I created this blog...but I like the irony, sarcasm, humor of keeping my blog Jugador Numero Cinco and not changing it (that and I dont know how...)

Practice has been a bit frustrating for a few reasons. 1, I'm seconds faster than anyone on the team (or they dont try), and swim sets are ANNOYINGLY slow for me, not to mention I need to go faster to get in better shape...I also got reprimanded yesterday for actually swimming TOO FAST, never had that happen before.
I feel like my teammates have no fire in practice, and dont put 100% effort into it...this is partly their fault and I think my coach could do a better job of motivating us to work harder

In other news, for those of you wondering, JB and Grace, my shoulders are so far ok, I actually have not taken any meds for them yet which is great (knock on wood...)

I just moved into my apartment, pretty sweet spot in an area called Born. I'm in the soho/west villageish spot with the Barcelona equivalent of "central park" 10 meters away from me....Where can be found some awesome hippie hang outs complete with tight rope walking, juggling, shirtless dudes and hacky sack...yea I love it. Also I was informed that people call the hippies here "kumbayas" as in like the song...I live with 2 other Spaniards and have a lofted double bed, which is sweet, accept I get almost no direct sunlight as my window faces an internal corridor shaft...

Mclean has been here for the past two days and we've been hitting all the clubs...found a few hip hop spots which are great, cause no local here knows how to dance to hip hop so I love just owning the dance floor...He leaves today and i'm going to transition right into Abby comming !!!!!!! Very excited about that.

Ok dats it for now..

J