The 7 Questions You Are Guaranteed To Be Asked As An Auxiliary

13 DAYS!!!! AHHH!!

 

With that said, over the past four months I have been asked a million, billion questions about this trip.  Now I understand that some of the questions are out of pure curiosity which is part of human nature.  And I do appreciate every one's interest in what I am doing.  But when you get asked the same questions over and over and over again, you start to feel like a robot reciting the same answers 2, 3, 4, or more times a day.  Below, I've compiled the list of questions that myself and every teach in Spain participant has repeatedly heard:
 

**Future auxiliaries beware**

1."Do you know Spanish?" 

This question has been asked by every single person I have come into contact with, and I'm sure the same can be said for the others.  My answer has been well rehearsed after answering it so many times I literally feel like I am speaking robot bee boop.  I would also like to make mention that I am going over to Spain to teach in English and only English.  And while knowing Spanish is beneficial and imminent, it is not something you necessarily need to know before going over there.   

2. "Make sure to find a Spanish Boyfriend."

Yes, I am aware the above sentence is not formatted to be a question.  It is rather a statement every single girl will hear when embarking on a trip to Spain.  (I cannot speak for the men on this one.)  I would like to make everyone aware that I did not sign up for this trip with the intentions of finding a boyfriend/husband/soul mate/lover/novio.  If it happens, great.  But the fact is, travelling has become my new priority.  And it's going to take one hell of a guy to tie this coffee addict down.  The chances of me bringing home a third suitcase are higher than the boyfriend thing.  Sorry world.   

3. "Are you all packed yet?"

Now at this point in the game, this is a plausible question.  But when people ask you this 3 or 2 months before leaving, you are left to look at them as if they have two heads.  This is also the type of question that the same people ask over and over again each time you see them.  I don't know about you, but I HATE packing!  I will not be packing until the day before I leave.  This has been a successful strategy for me with past trips and the college years. 

4. "Are you scared?!"

OF COURSE I'M SCARED! What normal human being wouldn't be scared about giving up their current life to move across the ocean over a thousand miles away??  However, most of us like to stuff this fear away into the deepest, darkest part of our beings.  No matter how much you scare us, or how scared we are, we are still going to go.  My excitement is greater than my fear will ever be.  So as a normal human being, I rather you did not ask this question so that I didn't have to recognize that I am a little, teensy, tiny bit terrified. 

5. "When do you leave?"

This is the most popular and expected question.  The answer is August 29.  13 days.  Yes, I have a countdown.

6. "When do you come home?"

Can I just get to the country first please??  Sheesh.

7. "Can you get ____________ there?"

Fill in the blank with whatever random thing people can think of at the moment.  _And we're talking random... "coffee", "bobby pins", "shoes", "towels", "a gym", "TV", etc.)  ATTENTION EVERYONE: Spain is not a third world country!!  I know, I know.  Hard to believe that there is another country in the world aside from England and China that has all of the same things we do.  Like with any country, there are some exceptions. (i.e. peanut butter, reeses peanut butter cups, ranch dressing, bagels, etc)  And with that said, my next rant begins with....
ATTENTION NEW JERSEYANS & NEW YORKERS: Bagels do not exist outside of the tri state area!  Another thing that is hard to believe.  I get it.  You may find a bagel randomly in Georgia or at a gas station. And you can always go to the food store and purchase the Thomas bagels.  But finding good bagels is an impossible feat.  As a bagel connoisseur, I've tried.  I truly thought this was common knowledge but I guess not (maybe it's the traveler in me.)  Congrats, you have just given yourself a reason to get up and travel!



Again, I understand that you're all curious and want to be nice.  But what we wish you would ask...

Why??
Not the condescending, mean why.  But the "why" where you are genuinely happy for us and curious as to why we would embark on this life change.  This type of why is guaranteed to make us stop and think.  I promise you, it will be a breath of fresh air to stray away from the monotonous questions we get asked currently.  And what makes this question even better, the answer can change at any moment!


Any questions that I missed that should go on the list? Are there any other questions you wish people would ask you?