Moving, Mexican Food and Movies

Dear everyone, I'm moving! I found a house in the upper Albaycín with a big kitchen, an awesome basement, a huge terrace with a beautiful view of the entire city, with a cat and a dog and housemates that seem super chill. I didn't wanna write about it until I knew for sure what was going on but it looks like next week I'll be signing my new contract and I've already spoken to my current landlord so it looks like things are working out! Gypsy King and I will have an adorable new house and he'll be able to go outside again and things!

My soon-to-be neighborhood!

In other news, here is a list of weekend wonders:

Thursday night: Mexican sleepover! Leah made Spanish rice and grilled veggies, Hannah made salsa, Mauna made guacamole, Courtney brought tortillas and cheese and I brought chipotle refried beans and we smoked a few spliffs and ate until we were dying and watched American Psycho.

Friday morning we woke up late but went to Monachil and hiked and ate sandwiches, then I came home, did some knitting and was generally lazy and cozy. I talked to Casey and he got:

There's not really a reason behind this... Mostly, it was just the correct size and we have sweet teeth.

Saturday morning I did more knitting and lazing and then met up with Christina, who lives in the lower Albaycín and we decided to take a walk and see if I could find my new neighborhood by foot (since I'd only bussed there before.) We ended up getting turned around but it was all kinds of adventurous fun. We ended up hiking up this big hill where tons of ghetto cave houses and lean-to type homes were set up, and we eventually came to this old city wall and realized we were on the wrong side of it and decided to climb it, since it was crumbling in such a way that created all kinds of foot and hand holds. Sitting on top of the wall was so exhilarating and it had an amazing view. We found my neighborhood, too!

Saturday night I met up with Courtney and we went and hung out with Christina at Laurel's and then went to Felipe's and watched a Spanish movie called Noviembre, which was a bit difficult to understand but really interesting.

Today is the epitome of a lazy Sunday. I was going to go see the theater again, but Valentina isn't in tonight's show, so the cold won and I stayed home and drank tea, instead. This weather may mean significantly less interesting things to talk about, because I really can't be bothered to leave the house when I'm cold...