Megan..."La de la Terraza"!

You may have noticed I'm not blogging as much anymore. I'm happy to say it's due to the wonderful weather we've been having in Segovia. (Except for today-ha) I don't remember the last time I had to wear my winter coat! I have been walking around during the siestas and visiting new places. It's been great!
This past Tuesday, I had a few presentations to work on so I didn't have time to go outside. However, I decided to eat my merienda (snack) on our balcony. I grabbed a kiwi, which makes me think of summer, shut the sliding door and sat down on the balcony to enjoy the sunshine. When I finished and decided to get back to work, I tried to open the sliding door, but it wouldn't budge. I was LOCKED OUT!
At first, all I could do was laugh at my predicament. I was stuck on a small apartment sized balcony with nothing but a kiwi and spoon. I thought, what in the world will Julia think!? haha
I decided to use my time to exercise, count red cars, count bald headed people, and sing songs! (There were actually quite a few bald people within 5 min., 42) However, after awhile I began to worry. It was about 6pm and Julia wouldn't get home till around 7:30. Then I remembered it was Tuesday and she always goes out with her friends till around 9:30. That’s when I really started to freak out. It was getting cold as the sun set and I thought I might just be stuck forever. I was not only stuck, but also missing my intercambio with a few people. I told them just a few min. before I got stuck on the balcony that I would be meeting them at 7. However, that wasn't going to happen and I had no way of letting them know. I thought a few times about calling down to the people on the street, but I knew they couldn't do anything. Even if they did get up to Julia's apartment the front door was locked so they wouldn't be able to help. Like my nephew later suggested, I thought about climbing down. However, I was on the 3rd story, which really means 4th in Spain. (The first floor is 0) I was officially trapped. I felt like I was in an "I love Lucy" episode. Except my mom said it would be "I Love Megan"... Oh my!
I spent the rest of the time hoping and praying that Julia would for some reason still come home at 7:30. As the time was approaching for her to come home I kept a look out for her, but I never saw her. I started knocking on the door just in case she was home. (I couldn't see because of the curtain on the other side) But nobody came to my rescue. I decided to sing again and as soon as I did, the curtains started moving! It was Julia to the rescue!! She gave me the funniest look I've ever seen. Oh man it still makes me laugh. ha She motioned for me to come in, but obviously, I couldn't. She let me in and then I told her the whole thing. She said, "Como habla la gente". (she thought people were just talking really loudly, but really it was me singing on her balcony!! ha) I think at first she was trying not to laugh, but I was laughing when I told her. After she asked if I was okay, she started cracking up. She had to leave to meet her friends, but that wasn't the last I heard from her. After she got back from the bar, she called me in to eat dinner. She has a new name for me though, Megan.."la de la terraza". (The girl from the balcony) hah She told me that she told all her friends. hah Of course she did! She said they felt sorry for me, but I'm sure they were cracking up. haha I would be!
The next day at school, one of my professors asked me why I didn't show up to my intercambio. I guess Jesus (One of the guys I meet with for the intercambio) called my professor to ask if she knew where I was. So I proceeded to tell the story to her. Most of the professors were in the office so pretty soon almost everyone knew. hah My Grammar prof. pulled out some jokes today, but I think that's the last I'll hear of it…at least, for a little while. However, I'm pretty sure Julia will never forget...la de la terraza! :)