Windy days

Gale force winds all over spain. Outside, the leaves are swirling around madly. The window shutters rattled all through the night, keeping me in a state of restless sleep once again. My dreams have been as wild as the weather lately. Sure, part of it can be chalked up to the noisy nights I try to sleep through, but my mind has been ill at ease for a while now anyway.
A lot has changed since before christmas. And yet, a lot has stayed the same. I am still jobless. And now I am also penniless. The little money I had in the bank has been devoured by basic living costs like rent and food. Because of this, I have been forced to move back in with my mom. Yeah, I'm now a 25 year old guy living with his mother. Fortunately, it is the traditional spanish thing to do, so I am not as lame as I feel.
And besides, this is all temporary.
I feel a bit like one of those leaves I see outside the window, tossed back and forth, dizzy and disoriented. But I must admit that being caught up in a whirlwind can also give you perspective you didn't have when you were languishing on the ground. The past year has definitely been one of languishing. Mediocre work, very little motivation, even less direction. Not to mention a whole array of external factors that have kept me down. But then, in the past 6 months, I have become restless and the external factors have become wilder. Suddenly I have been able to reevaluate my life and what is important. Like Bob said, "times are a changin'"
The unstable nature of my life has kept me from writing in this blog, with nothing defined, nothing set in stone. But I suppose I can say that at this point, I am pretty set on leaving spain sometime this summer. I am currently looking into various options and opportunities. Nothing definite yet, but options are tentatively there. For those of you who pray, I would appreciate it if you could ask that I would have favor in my endeavors. But yes, there is no work here. And the work that there is isn't the kind that you can build a life on. Work opportunities maybe, career opportunities none. Where to? I am looking at Boston at this point. I loved the city, my time there, my friends there... we will see, we will see...