2 jobs, now 0

So maybe the 2nd week of classes I heard about a job babysitting a 5yr old girl in English. The mother had come to my school looking for a female American student to babysit/teach English. I immediately took this opportunity and got a hold of her and ended up meeting her a few days later. The couple was a nice couple who lived on the outside of the city. She was a doctor and worked in Toledo. They had 2 kids, Julia, 5 and Jorge, 1. They wanted me to spend 2hrs twice a week babysitting Julia only in English. Julia was learning English in school, but at this age she really didn't know much. I really enjoyed going there because sometimes I'd go to the market with her mother and go shopping with them. It was a way to experience Spanish family other than mine. The mother also spoke pretty good English, so she'd often use me to practice her English. Julia on the other hand did not know much English at all, she was only taught by learning American songs, so trying to babysit in English was difficult and I ended up using a lot of Spanish. After 2 weeks, her parents thought it really wasn't worth it because she really didn't know enough and let me go. So there went job #1.

Job #2 was with another family way way south of the city. Their daughter, Sandra, was 12 and she was basically fluent in English, French, and Spanish (the US seriously needs to work on their language educations, so many kids here know 2 languages). They hired me to come over and talk with her once a week to practice conversation and help her with any homework. The family was really great and neither parent spoke English so I got to practice my Spanish as well. But after a week they told me that she was in something else (I really have no idea because they told me in Spanish and I had no idea what they said really). Anyways they didn't need me. So there goes job #2. So now I'm still looking for work, so who knows.

Last night, my friend and I went to Future Islands concert here in Madrid. It was awesome. Its entertaining to watch and listen to Spanish people at a concert where they sing in English. They really have no idea what they are listening too.

Speaking of music, the past couple nights I've been hanging out with my host brothers and just playing music and trading music. We all pretty much have the same taste in music and its fun to share with them bands that are popular in the US that I know and bands they know in Spain. Basically they are "Paul in Spain." They pretty much convinced me to try to make it to Primavera Sound in Barcelona the day before I leave. 

Nothing planned for this weekend, except trying to drag my butt out of bed to make it to el Rastro, the giant flea market, on Sunday. I've been here for a month and still haven't been there :(

But I did just book a trip to Andalucia for next weekend!! Sevilla, Cordoba, and Granada!!! Bring on the sun finally!!