So for dinner, I went out with my host parents for some tapas! And I honestly wasn't too hungry, because at around 4 or 5 I'd gone with Caitlin and Alison and another girl to a cafe to drink coffee (and get free churros!), and to be honest the coffee made me super jittery and UGH. So I wasnt really hungry.
But anyway, I got gambas rebozadas, which were yummy, and a cerveza, which was fine. And the tapas were kinda small, so my host dad was like Do you want anything more? And I SHOULD NOT have gotten anything. But I did. He gave me another cerveza and a little pork fillet thing with some sort of melted cheese.. it would have been delicious but my stomach was already acting up, so I couldn't even finish it, and the beer was just making me burpy and making me feel gross... and like, my nose started getting stuffy, and my throat got like.. hard to swallow or whatever from being so stuffy.. so everything basically sucked..
BUT WAH i still wanted to go out, so when I left them to meet up with Alison, I first went back to my house to drink some water and go to the bathroom and try to make myself feel better.. well, it didn't really work. And like, when I know I'm starting to feel sick and I'm going to do something when I should really just lie down, I get anxious.. and the anxiety makes me SICKER LIKE A VICIOUS DOWNWARD SPIRAL.. but I haven't really gone out much lately because of the rain so I didn't want myself to ruin anything! So I went out with Alison anyway and hoped that the walk to Plaza Nueva to meet Fernando and Nacho would make me feel better..
Btw, while we were crossing the bridge, this one boy came up to us and said 'Venid a Calle Betis?' - Come to Calle Betis with us? .. Calle Betis is the street with all the clubs and bars.. but mind you, 'venid' is a command.. he was like COME ON.. he was a little borracho (but cute) and we smiled No, lo siento and his friend like, pulled on his sleeve and was trying to get him to go, like OKAY GRACIAS THEY SAID NO STOP BEING A FOOL. It was funny xD
Well, we get there, and they're not anywhere to be seen, so we sit down, and are waiting for like 20 minutes, and I'm feeling worse and worse and starting to get tired and cranky.. so we decide to do a lap around the plaza to wait for them... we walk like 20 feet and there they were, sitting on a bench around the corner.. It's Nacho, Fernando, Fernando's brother Tony (who, long story, seemed really nice the first time I met him and I clicked with him and then I went to add him on facebook and saw he had a girlfriend which FINE I seriously didn't care, but I didn't add him, I waited for him to add me, and the next day I could no longer see his profile on facebook, he had blocked me, and added me on a DIFFERENT facebook where it said he didnt have a girlfriend and it was under basically a different name.. and we were like UGHH THAT'S WEIRD and we basically think he was just trying to hide the fact that he has a girlfriend and he probably cheats on her a lot - she's from America by the way so they see each other rarely - with that facebook profile cuz he only seemed to be friends with girls on it.. so the whole thing is kinda sketchy.. which is ANNOYING because he SEEMS like a really nice guy. but WUTEVER.), and ALSO their friend Andres who we had met before and was very nice.
So as soon as we see them, FERNANDO was like 'Hey, Rachel, we're just gonna wait for Michael and then we'll go!' (Michael is the creepy annoying boy in our program who tried to hit on me BIG time) ... And like, when I was sick, everything was sort of in a fog, so I very tiredly was like '...Michael?!' as in Are you kidding me? But then he had this HUGE smile and I like, poked him and was like HEY. CUIDADO. (So he was just joking heh)
Then they're like.. Where should we go? And I was just thinking UGH NO WHERE I HATE MY LIFE. And then Tony suggested Alfalfa or something, so we started walking.. And like.. ugh, everyone was talking but it was so much work to listen because it was all just a fog.. I didn't want to concentrate on anything but breathe in breathe out don't throw up .. so I just tried to laugh at all the appropriate times heh..
And Tony started asking me about Morocco, but I couldn't really answer and just sorta blew him off.. well not really, but I didn't go into detail about anything.. And then everyone sort of kept walking in front of me and I hung back to like GAG UGH SO EMBARRASSING and then I just like ran to Alison and was like I'm sorry I can't do this! And Andres, Nacho, and Tony were more ahead, but Fernando was like You don't feel well? And called them back.. and my eyes were starting to tear up from the coughing/gagging/being gross .. but that actually probably only helped my case and made them feel bad for me in like a sympathetic way heheh. I didn't really talk, I just like Alison and Fernando sort of explain.. I was just like LO SIENTO LO SIENTO... And they were like No no, please, just get better!
And then FERNANDO was like Do you want us to walk you home? and I HAD NO DESIRE FOR THEM TO SEE ME ALL GAGGY AND DISGUSTING.. So I was like uhhhh no esta bien.. and I think he just thought I was being modest, so he kept insisting.. and I was like uhh if you want... and then ANDRES COMES TO THE RESCUE and he's like 'Yo, I don't think she wants us to go with her..' And I sort of smiled at him, and Fernando was like 'No?' and Andres was just like 'Girls don't like people to see them sick, we should just leave her alone.' And he smiled at me and I was like Tú comprendes! And then they were like oooohkay well feel better! We can hang out another time!
And Fernando went in to give 2 besos and I was kinda reluctant cuz I felt icky, but then I just gave everyone dos besos.. And Andres EMBRACED me a little (I'm exaggerating but he's cute so hush and let me believe what i WANT) but he was sweet and saved me from embarrassment heh and was just like FEEL BETTER, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT <3
And then we escaped from them and WONDERFUL ALISON gave me her water bottle and I found a quiet spot to GAG (FMLFMLFMLFML) .. i didn't throw up, that's good? And then I honestly felt better but had no desire to see the boys again heh so we walked home, and had a nice little heart-to-heart about my damn ANXIETY and boys and everything.
And when I got home, Nacho had sent me this message on facebook:
Oye, hoy nos hemos quedado muy preocupados por ti rachel, pero que no hace falta que os disculpeis ni nada. De parte de todos nosotros, recuperate pronto!
Which says - Hey, today we were really worried about you Rachel, so it's not necessary for you to try to excuse yourself anymore (I was saying sorry a lot). From all of us, get well soon!
WHICH IS JUST THE SWEETEST THING SO NOW I WANNA NOT BE ALL SNUFFLY AND GROSS AND I WANNA HANG OUT WITH THEM. I suggested Cien Montaditos tomorrow night as a 'do-over' ... 1€ tinto!
YAY UNDERSTANDING FRIENDS.
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