So I got kicked in the balls today. Great news, I know, but I also am not the first WashU student to endure that sort of pain, and Eric had it worse by far. Regardless, I will attempt to buy a cup before my next forray into sparring.
Aside from that, things have been going well. The weather got much better this weekend then it had been previously, and it looks like it will stay that way for the foreseeable future (ie, this week). This makes me excited both to take more walks/runs in Parque Retiro and to explore for the first time la Casa de Campo, the larger (albeit less exciting, or so I hear) park in Madrid. I have had an unusual amount of free time, at least, for a WashU student, and that has been reflected in a) my time spent outside of the house and b) time spent exercising. Given that my independent research project has started up, I may not have as much as I have had in the last few weeks. We shall see.
Also on the plans for this week is to finally get a fix for my inner geek. The Star Wars Exhibition is in Madrid, closing this weekend, and I should be going tomorrow to check it out. I´m excited. I have made many new friends here, but there has been an upsetting lack of geekiness in my life as of late. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the fact that I was writing a DnD book with some friends when I got the most stereotypical response: They said "really..." and glanced at me with those eyes that say "how could you be doing something that dumb/geeky/waste your time." We proceeded to have a mini-debate about whether or not games or drugs sucked more of people´s lives away. This has been the only two sided discussion I have had with someone about some sort of fantasy topic (other than me sharing my geeky knowledge with people mildly interested when I can´t contain myself), and that is depressing. Hopefully the exhibition will help me out. I must say, I´m excited to receive Jedi Training...
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