Networking!

The biggest stumbling block for Jamie in the cooking stakes is the multitasking element.  When you are cooking a roast for example, timing is everything and with so many different things to do, it can be a bit complicated to get everything done, in the right order. 

Jamie got a bit flustered, so he accidentally nearly set fire to Casa Caprice, leaving the wooden chopping board on an electric ring , smoking out the whole of the house!

Still teaching Jamie life skills and he has at least managed to cook a roast for himself now.  He still hates touching raw meat and doing the more ´clinical´side of cooking, but in time he´ll be fine.  He is also eating stuff he has never eaten before. It even includes such things like stuffing and as I found out today, Baked Beans!

The local Irish girl who Works at the printers said we could email her our CV´s and she would print them out for us.  So we emailed her early yesterday morning and we walked up to the shop to collect them.  €5.00 for fifty copies, bargain!

She spent  time to chat with us about Jobs.  Shannon had been in Spain for five years, having given up her life in Ireland, rather like we had done in The UK recently.  She had come to Spain and like us, couldn´t speak a Word of Spanish, but found it relatively easy to get by.  This was a Lady with a 14 year old son and she has managed very well here in Spain.  She gave us all the encouragement we needed to carry on carrying on. The Jobs are here in Spain, you just need to be in the know and be prepared to do a lot of leg work!

Tuesday is Bingo afternoon down Bar Zest!  After getting our CV´s done, we popped into Zest on the way home for a couple of beers, but as we know now, it never stops with just a couple.

I have never played bingo in my life, although Jamie has, and used to play regularly up until a couple of years ago.

By the time we left bingo at Zest, Darrell was steaming drunk in Dick Turpin.  I´m not sure any of us are used to the drinking or the measures over here.  By having one drink, you are really having four or five in one hit.  Personally I drink beer, so don´t really have that problema,

Many of those at Zest came over to Dick Turprins.  It really does feel like being part of a local community here and I am thoroughly enjoying it.  Getting to know people is important when moving to a new place, so for me, I am loving the challenge of meeting new Friends, at my age, that is a task in itself.

If everyone had not have been so welcoming, our task here in Spain, of creating a new life for ourselves and our gay daughter Jamie, would have been really hard.  As I have said before and want to stress again, please, please, come to Spain, it is everything you expect and more.

Jamie has made me up to look like a clown this evening.  Apparently he used to wear a lot of make up in the past and encouraged me to do the same!  I don´t take a lot of encouragement, it has to be said!

Peace and love always!

Zest was packed with expats, who go to bingo there each week, so we decided to join them for playing what seemed like a bingo maraton.  They provided free chips and with the weather being hot, copious amounts of drinks were being consumed, mainly by Jamie and myself!

Darrell walked down to the square and met us half way through our bingo playing session, spending his time, getting drunk at Dick Turpins.

I was quite proud of myself, for winning three games although as Jamie reminded me, it is purely the luck of the books.  I just reckon he was jealous at my so called beginners luck. 

I thoroughly enjoyed it anyway, so will be there next week and every Tuesday thereafter!

A nice brisk walk this morning to Mollies for breakfast.  We handed out plenty of CV´s around the local area , to various pubs and eateries.