Yesterday was a big day in my books as I finally have internet throughout the apartment. Before this the only place I could talk and watch shows was in the very corner right near our door. On top of the internet coming through yesterday was pay day as well!
We head to Madrid tomorrow for a game and I am a little bummed because I will be missing the big football game. # 5 Utah versus # 3 TCU. ESPN gameday is going to be in SLC, they are allowing people to camp out on campus. I miss Utah, hoping for a big win tomorrow!
Settling into a routine around here now that we are down to one game a week. Practices are getting lighter (thank goodness). Next week I am going to start Spanish lessons, twice a week for an hour and a half. Hopefully I pick it up quickly! I am excited to go to class and actually use my brain a little.
I am headed off for driving lesson number two, hoping it goes a lot better than the first.

Goodbye Michelle:(

A few pics of Michelle and I watching the sunset at cafe del mar.

We dropped Michelle off at the airport this evening. It was so great to have her visit. She was like a little breath of fresh air, exploring the island, eating out. It was wonderful. The last few days she was in town we went to another side of the island Sant Antonio. We grabbed a cocktail at Cafe Del Mar. It is a famous cafe where all the rich and famous go. During the summer time you can't get in without a reservation. Lucky for us the tourists have all fled the island and we were able to take in a gorgeous sunset at a local hot spot.
Saturday we played our game and won by quite a lot. I was exhausted after the game... I think the practices may be a little too much. I am having a achilles tendonitis flare up. I guess this is some good practice for next summers qualifiers because I feel as though I have played 4 games in a row come game day.
The weather is changing.... I think days of lounging in a bikini on the beach may be done. Although all of my teammates laugh when I say this, I think I am a little more tanned than when I first arrived.

Pics of Michelle and I at the beach. The view from our lunch today!


Michelle is in town! It has been great having her in town and getting the chance to hang out a bit. We lost our game last Saturday and I wanted to meet up with her in Barcelona but the flights were a little too pricey so I spent my day off lounging on the beach all day. Michelle came in Monday afternoon, we walked into town but it was Siesta so there was not too much to see. Monday evening I had a beach workout. A beach workout means you run for 20 minutes bare foot on the beach and then we did all sorts of jumps, butt kicks, high knees for a certain amount of time. While Michelle was invited to both the beach workouts and practices she has declined thus far! She did her own run around the beach and town.
In between practices we have been walking into town or heading to the beach. Sadly the weather has taken a turn while I know I shouldn't complain as it is still around 20C or 70F. We are not warm enough to swim in the sea, there are still quite a few people swimming, they must not be as cold blooded as we are!
We are headed into Ibiza city tonight to go out to eat and check out the city at night.

A picture of me at the beach today. You can kind of see where I am living if you look on the hill and the apartment buildings further right are mine. If you blow it up a little they are the redish/ brownish ones.

We won our game last night! I didn't shoot very well but c'est la vie sometimes the shots don't fall. It is a little discouraging since I am shooting very well in practices, it can only get better.

Last night I went out for drinks with my old teammate Morgan (Utah) and Crystal (Sacramento) it was great to catch up although it was short lived since they had curfew! Sometimes I am shocked at how we are treated.... curfews for grown women is a little too much. It was great to hang out and catch up quickly!

This morning we had off and I decided it was time for me to spend some time laying on the beach. I have been having a lot of problems sleeping both falling asleep and staying in a deep sleep. I was hoping some rays of sun would do me some good. I woke up around 11 and headed downtown Santa Eularia (ten minute walk). I stopped at my new favorite place in town; a little french bakery. I have been practicing my French with the cute old man that owns the store. I bought a pain au raisin and pain au chocolate and headed for the warm waters. The water was amazing, still nice enough to dive right in. Most of the tourists are leaving so the beaches were pretty quiet minus a few topless women, a family of four stripping naked and then changing into their bathing suits. This is not a North American beach!

Driving lesson

The island of Ibiza is quite small, you can drive from one end to the other in 30 minutes. I can easily walk into downtown Santa Euralia from my apartment. It is a cute downtown with shops, beaches and anything I would need. I still want to be able to take the car every once in a while to explore some other places on the island. The problem is the car is stick and I have never driven one before.
My teammate tried to give me my first lesson yesterday. There are no big open areas or parking lots where I could practice so she decided I should try and go around the block. I got in the car and everything was going well until I had to come up to a stop I did not know that you had to put your foot all the way down on the clutch when you brake. The car stalled and there were cars coming up behind me so we switched seats and I got back in the car on the hill down to our apt. Sho told me to go from first to second, easy except I didn't actually know where any of the gears were in the car so I jumped from first to third. The car didn't like that either and we wound up just coasting into our parking spot. Shona was crying laughing at this point. This is why I wanted to learn now so it doesn't have to be my car one day!
I sat in the parking spot and practiced changing gears... I have the order down now but I am not sure when lesson 2 will happen.

We have a game tonight against my old university teammate Morgan, will be fun to catch up with her after the game. After this weekend we will only have one game a week which will be a welcome change! Hopefully we can settle into some sort of schedule.

Last one!

tour continues