Monday, June 22, 2015

Today was my last day at the school. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  1 more month!!

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Yesterday we went to see Nuria's cousin playy futbol (soccer) against a team from Murcia. It was a tie, but they win because they beat them last week. Alex is the goalkeeper wearing all grey.
















Monday, June 08, 2015

No school for us today and tomorrow because it's a local holiday here. So while Nuria went to the library to study, I headed to the courts. Change of court and net though because I went to shoot around. It felt so good to put on my bball shoes again that I'm gonna go shoot tomorrow as well.

Sunday, June 07, 2015

Liga 14-15 - P.Off - B. Athletic 1 UCAM Murcia 0



The goalkeeper in all grey is Nuria's cousin. We are going to see him play next week when his team, Athletic Bilbao, comes to Murcia. This video has the highlights from the game they played against Murcia yesterday.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

I had my last tennis class today and it's a shame because I am finally showing some progress. There are three more weeks of class but my schedule at the school changes for June and I have to work every morning there because we don't have anymore classes in the evening, which is a great thing. I'm gonna try and have class on Saturdays with the main teacher and play occasionally with my friend as well. In July there will be tennis classes in the evening so hopefully I will be able to play then also.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

8 o'clock in the evening and still above 100 degrees

Two o'clock and my phone says it's 102 degrees outside

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Today is pretty warm. My phone says it's 92 and the thermometer outside says it's 102.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Happy Mother's Day

One of my students wrote this for his mom last week for mother's day so I thought I would share it today.  Happy Mother's day to all the moms and mom figures out there!!

Saturday, May 09, 2015

My allergies have been kicking my butt for the past two weeks. The medicine I have been taking is one of the strongest ones here and it has done absolutely nothing for me. I hope my new medicine will have a different outcome.

Saturday, May 02, 2015

It's a nice, warm Saturday today. 85 in our apartment and 91 outside!

Thursday, April 30, 2015

1:15 in the morning and in watching tennis videos on YouTube and a tennis match on TV. I hope this eventually shows on the court because this week wasn't so great. I'm only up right now  because tomorrow is Labor Day here and we don't work.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Our wolf getting his ball out of the pool after he realized I wasn't going to get it out for him. I don't know how, but this was the third time the ball ended up in the pool.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Had to share my birthday with Lara. Every time she would say or sing happy birthday,  she would say happy birthday Brandon and Lara. And she blew out my candles.

Saturday, April 04, 2015

I took Nuria with me today to buy some new shrimp and of course she chose the most expensive ones in the store. I hope they don't end up as a snack for my big fish because Nuria will kill me since she liked the shrimp so much that she bought them.

Monday, March 30, 2015

Friday, March 27, 2015

Last week we had two days off, Thursday and Friday, for Father's Day so we went on a small excursion to a beach town that's located inside a massive natural park. So here are some pics from our trip to San Jose on Friday and Saturday.
Looking more like England than Spain

When storms come from Africa they bring rain with dirt and this is the aftermath

San Jose, Almeria

Nuria and one of her fellow teachers




View from the terrace of our hotel room



Monsul beach




HEading back to San Jose from Monsul beach wiht Genoveses beach in the background

I heard about a classmate, a year younger, from Webb passing away last Saturday.

R.I.P. Pat McCoy

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

After almost four years of absolutely nothing athletic, I will be making my return to the tennis courts. I signed up for lessons today and I start in three weeks. I'm looking forward to the challenge but the first two or three weeks will be rough because I am far from being in shape.

Thursday, March 05, 2015

I noticed yesterday that my tallest student at the school is finally taller than me. He just happens to have a twin sister that will probably be taller than me here in the next few weeks. So yes, I'm going to have 9 and 10 year old students that are taller than me.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Just heard the news of the passing of a former co-worker from my time in Cookeville. Her boyfriend called the police this morning to inform them that he had shot and killed his girlfriend.

Pretty shocking news to receive. Domestic violence is no joke.

R.I.P. Tara

Sunday, February 08, 2015

R.I.P. Dean Smith. The best coach of the best collegiate basketball school, North Carolina.

Friday, February 06, 2015

After almost five months, we finally picked up Nuria's wedding dress and my suit from the dry cleaners this evening.

Here is the link to Obama's tweet of the video.

https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/563434701117874179

Too Young to Fail?

Another video that Cal made but this one was tweeted out by President Obama.



Sunday, February 01, 2015

One of my best friend's father passed away last Saturday. Mr. Pannell was a great man and will be missed. Thoughts and prayers for the Pannell family.

R.I.P. Mr. Pannell

Friday, January 09, 2015

Pellissippi State made the news in Spain gracias to Obama

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

You'll shoot your eye out!

It's Christmas Eve so that means 24 hours of A Christmas Story. Here, the whole 24 hours is quite difficult but I always watch my movie at least once. Even with the niece opening and playing with her gifts!

Monday, December 22, 2014

All daily alarms are cut off for the next two weeks!!! Happy holidays to me!!!

Monday, December 15, 2014

I just read that Coach Pennington from Webb passed away. He was a great teacher and a great example of the type of person we should strive to be. He will be thoroughly missed by all. Thoughts and prayers for the Pennington family, especially Mrs. P.

R.I.P. Coach P.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

This is the life. This happens to be the view from Nuria's bedroom balcony.

Friday, November 21, 2014

My old school here had some of the best scores in the region of Murcia on a English exam. I'd like to think that I had something to do with that.

Probably not though...

Sunday, November 16, 2014

How bout them dawgs and good ol' Rocky Top this weekend?!? It's been a long time since both teams had one on tje.same Saturday.

Both teams have to keep it up though. Georgia needs UT to beat Missouri on Saturday!

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Monday, November 10, 2014

This weekend there was a bad bus wreck about 45 mins from here and 14 people died and about 30 are in the hospital. Prayers for the families and friends that lost someone and those still fighting for their lives in the hospital.

Sunday, November 09, 2014

Thursday, November 06, 2014

Nuria saw her surgeon and her doctor today and everything is good. They took off her bandages and now she can put pressure on her right leg. She still has to use the crutches but she can atleast walk better now.

Sunday, November 02, 2014

My first few days as a nurse have gone well. Nuria hasn't fired me yet, so that's always a good thing. Nuria is doing well. Resting up until her doctors appointment on Thursday. Back to work for me in the a.m.

Saturday, October 25, 2014