PAELLA UPDATE!

Wow! I never thought a new update would come this soon, but yesterday my host mom just made me my sixth round of paella for lunch, this time with shellfish! I believe this type is my favorite kind since the rice mixed with the seasoning kind of resembles beach sand and really creates a scenery with the seafood mixed in. Thank God the rice doesn´t taste like the sand, though. I remember going to the beach for a day trip back when I was about four years old. My mom packed me some cheetoes in my lunch (back when I actually LOVED those cheese-covered, rod-shaped nuggets of lard) and I accidently dropped a few in the sand. I didn´t think the sand would make any difference to the taste, but boy was I wrong. If I even described the new taste to you, I probably wouldn´t get this whole entry posted since I would be rushing to the bathroom. After this, I always complained about having to eat on the beach since sand will inevitably turn up in the food (especially if you are a little kid with sand-covered hands). I believe this was the trip with Aunt Mari, a friend of hers (maybe Beverly Johnson), a little girl named Noelle, a younger boy named Ryan, and a baby boy whose name has long been washed from my memory. Noelle and Ryan are the two kids I can definately remember, especially since Ryan was messing with the beads on my pigtails! Tonight I may be going to see a free play in the Patio de las Armas, inside the archaeological museum where we saw the original statue of the Dama de Elche. Tomorrow I will be going to the La Luz de las Imagenes exhibit in Alicante, which is required for my Spanish culture class. More about that on Monday when I have the chance to post another entry.