Today was magically much, much better than yesterday. I had a great day at work and started to figure things out more in terms of logistics. One of my new friends taught me how to load my bus card with tickets - I chose the monthly ticket since you only have to ride the bus 44 times to pay for it - and if I go to work and back every day for a month, I will ride it 40 times, so I think it's definitely going to be worth it.
I'm also planning to go to the bank tomorrow to pick up my replacement ATM card and hopefully get "unlocked" from my online bank account. I have been practicing the things to say, though I'm pretty nervous about the whole ordeal. I know I'll survive either way, and if I need to I can always drag a Spanish speaker with me on Monday. It will be really good for me to at least try, I think.
Tomorrow's going to be a short work day: a late morning due to the bank (they're only open 9-1:30), and an early afternoon since another postdoc is leaving and we're all going out for pintxos/drinks at around 6 downtown (and I want to go home and drop my things off before we run around town for who knows how many hours).
I don't have plans for this weekend after tomorrow night, but hopefully, I can make some! Otherwise, I might just try to get lots of work done. I'm submitting to two conferences, and would like to have some new data to present! I do need to go to the big grocery store as well as go to the "home" store to try to buy some sheets and something not beige for my place.
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