Back in Spain...which needs a TJ Maxx

I have been here for 2 weeks now and am settling in. The truth is is it a whole new experience, living in a new apartment, a new neighborhood (right downtown) not going to laSede Prim (Middlebury) everyday, not seeing all the same people who had become familiar faces. Lucky is transitioning too. Not that it is a bad, thing, in fact it is a good thing, it is just different. I still have a week until I start work, so I am also feeling a bit lost with that. I think that once I have a schedule and a routine I will feel much more settled and confidant.
My new apartment is tiny tiny, but let's call it cozy for now. I think I am competing with Corinne for the smallest apartment on the planet. It is in an older building, and definitely isn't new on the inside either, but it is in a GREAT neighborhood. Within a 3 block radius I can get anything I need...from scotch tape to sushi to shoes to diamonds. Last weekend I went out to 3 different bars without crossing the street and managed to stay out until 4:30am. (I live in an interior apartment, so my windows look out onto a patio so I get light but not all the street noise, which is another plus.) We have the Retiro park in a 5 minute walk, 4 different metro stops in walking distance and I can walk to work. I love having everything so accessible. The inside is coming along. Although it was rented furnished, most things we so ugly that we decided to buy our own and make it a little more homey. After countless hours and several trips to Ikea, (in which I realized that Spain needs some TJ Maxx and Marshalls desperately) we are pretty much there. We still need a few things, some pictures for the walls, ect, but once it is done I will post some photos.
My roomate from Middlebury arrives today and she is staying with me until she finds an apartment. I am expecting her any minute, so I should go.
'Till something worth writing home about comes up!