HAPPY NEW YEAR! 1/17/2011

Okayokay, I am a little late on the new year wishes.... but oh well!  A lot has changed since my last blog over a month ago (sorry).   First off I finished playing with Benidorm on Dec 18th, after we played Menorca, which is the number 1 team in the league. We lost in 4  but played well. I left the next day straight from Menorca to go home. Looooong freakin trip. I think I spent 15 hours total on planes and another 8 stuck in airports, which consisted of RUNNING my booty from my different gates and through customs or sitting bored for 3 hours.  Either way I got home that Sunday night and it felt so good to be in my own bed and using my phone again!

I got home Sunday and Nate came to visit me Tuesday. Felt great to finally see him and have him meet the paretnal units. He said he was nervous to meet them and of course was on his best behavior but my parents liked him and saw how happy he makes me.  He went home right before xmas to spend it with his family but I got to see him a few days later when I flew to SF to see him and his family and spend NYE with him in Tahoe, which was AH-mazing. It was good weather and I met a lot of nice people. I didnt snowboard (not allowed too) but I got to spend a day relaxing and reading so it was a great trip over all.

I got a Kindle for xmas and I am pretty obsessed with it.  I don't think I could have received a better gift. It uploads any books I buy on amazon (I also got a 50$ gift certificate to amazon from Nate along with a scarf I really like!) straight to my kindle so its a 5 minute process for unlimited amounts of reading! This makes me very happy.

Anyways, to make a long process shorter,  I wanted to play again for another team and after a few weeks of waiting I got an offer from Menorca! (The team I had last played against with Benidorm) To get a little more on info on Menorca, you can go here to learn about the culture and location of the island.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minorca

or for the volleyball aspect here is the teams website. On the top right are two flags. Click on the first one (which is the Spanish Flag) and then you can translate it if you go to google translate. The other flag is the Menorcan language so when you translate it, it wont make sense....it is similar to Spanish but not the same.

 http://www.voleiciutadella.com/

My next blog will be about getting to Spain, the game we had on Saturday, and my new house!  Gotta head to practice now!

Ky