Don't wish away the process.

First thing's first. How does my computer know I'm in Spain?!!! There are some things I just don't understand. Fax machines being another. But I have been blocked from Pandora.com because due to copyright laws, they aren't "in my country" yet. And when I open my blog, the options and all are in Spanish. Oofa! I don't get it.

However, one thing I would like to share with you that has TOTALLY ROCKED MY WORLD is the feature on Word to change already capitalized words to lower case and vice versa. Oh my gosh! I was working on my résumé to send out to agencies and schools and such and changing the format and all. And made mention to my cousin "Of all the things they've invented, they need to make a feature to change to UPPER/lower CaSe!!" And 5 minutes after googling, my world was soooo transformed. Wow. How many times have you re-written things so that they could be in CAPS or not. Anyways, google it because I don't feel like explaining it.

OK OK, so I know you want to know what's happening here in Spain. I am in process. The process of acclimating. And finding a job. And eventually an apt in the city to live. For now, I'm crashing with my amazingly gracious cousins. (And I don't think they read this blog so I'm not trying to suck up!) I am so blessed to have my awesome family here. They feed me. I have my own room. And they do things like proof read my résumé . And we laugh a lot together.

But last night I did have a slight "oh crap!" moment thinking, I'm going to be here for a while. Life outside of this apt will exist. And that seems like such a big to-do. So I verbally unloaded to my prima (Spanish for cousin... female!) and she reminded me that I'm still acclimating. That I made this decision to come here because I wanted to do it. And I can go home whenever I want. But everything has the period of getting used to it... a new job, new place, etc. And you question wondering "What the heck? Is this what I want?" And then you get used to it. And things become familiar. And smells become comfortable. And the good thing about this period is that after a month, a month is over. And I will be that much more acclimated. Yippee!

Though I think of a card I got before I left that said: Don't worry. Don't wish away the process. So I don't. And I think of a piece of wisdom from Psalm 130:5 "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits. And in his word I put my trust." And I know his word says He is faithful.

And so I delved into the "emergency home comfort" stash of memories for a dose of, well, home. :) And it was like I had to talk myself through it. You don't need to prove anything to yourself. Why would you make yourself wait another day?! I'm a freak. I know. But I'm in process. K.Thanks. Oh I am thankful for my family and friends. End of story.

I would include a picture of me in my room or the view out the window, but my comp. camera isn't working. GRRRR Free**** (don't wanna bash them publicly!) Apple store for telling me there was no problem with my camera. Oh well. Es la vida.

Hasta luego... for now.