Staff Day = Fun Day

Today was hands down one of the best days/nights I have had since being here in Spain :) I headed into Almeria in the morning to get my "tarjeta de extranjero" which is my temporary identification card to let me come back to Spain in January. So the day started off well - nothing ever works out so easily at that office in Almeria! Then I headed to school and showed up to semi-chaos... the mothers had come in earlier and dressed up as Santa to give all the kids presents. Then they made tons of hot chocolate so the kids were wired. No classes were happening so it was a fun time just getting to see the kids having fun.
After school, we had our staff lunch. At 3:30 we all got together at a restaurant called "Bodega de Jamón" and began a 4 hour meal! It was TONS of fun :) We ate some good Spanish food like chipirones (small little fried squid), anchoas (anchovies - first time trying them, last time consciously eating them), and then bacalao (an awesome white fish). It was delicious! Then after eating presents from amigo invisible (aka Secret Santa) got handed out. Stephen and I got surprise presents and then had to make speeches haha It was really cool. And everyone loved their gifts and was so happy - ah the joys of Christmastime!
At 8:00 we ended the meal and headed out to a dance club! This is about 4 hours earlier than most Spaniards go to dance clubs haha We got there and it was packed with other teachers from around the area! It was so much fun. And it didn't last until 3 in the morning so I was actually still feeling some energy when we left haha They played some English diddies for a little bit including Bon Jovi (yes!) and I learned some Spanish dances. One teacher, his name is Amador, can dance the fool out of his shoes! It was tons of fun getting to dance correctly to Spanish songs haha Then we ended up leaving around 11:15 and headed back to Roquetas! Tomorrow is the Christmas play at the school and then I'll be heading to Almeria waiting for my flights on Saturday to THE UNITED STATES :) Random - one of the teachers will be on my first flight to Madrid haha
¡Buenas noches!