FAMILY AND
HOME
Before I was born, my parents decided to buy a new house. They, with my siblings, used to live in a flat, in Lleida. Nevertheless, whenever they tell me stories about it, they always say that it was so worn out and the other people living there or around, were not usually very nice, and more than once stole the hubcaps of our car. Then, as they already thought, they bought a new house, my house nowadays, in a town called Alpicat.
As I was born the last, the smallest room was for me, so I have always had the same; the only thing that has changed has been the distribution and decoration depending on my age. For example, when I was five or six years old, I used to have a smaller bed and fewer furniture. I did not used to like my bedroom, because I thought that it was so tiny and I was jealous of my sister’s one, but nowadays I am in love with my bedroom. Over the years, I have learned to value small things and to think before complaining.
The distribution of the whole house has been changing throughout the years too, because times change and my mother wants to be always modern.
FAMILY & HOME
AN SPECIAL MEMORY
Michael Jackson, Earth Wind and Fire, Guns n’ Roses, AC DC… I brought up listening to many different groups and singers with my dad, and dancing it alone. I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my dad and siblings. I spent very significate moments and deep conversations with my mother.
I remember the journeys with the family. As I was the only one who celebrate the birthday in summer, my parents used to reserve the week of my birthday. We used to wake up very early, I mean, four or five a.m.! Nevertheless, the thought about spending a whole week on another country, used to make me feel very excited. I used to get very nervous and sick of the idea of travelling by plane, but not scared. I used to make many friends at the airports, as I was so gossip, when I hear someone talking Catalan or Spanish, I was like, “come on Alba, don’t be shy, you can cope with this, go and introduce yourself to that kid.” Moreover, I used to do it almost all the years. However, I only remember the name of one girl, Isabel. She was Catalan and bushy-hairstyle!
Maybe the only problem or like annoying thing, was that when my birthday had arrived, nobody could contact me as I was far from them. Anyway, those were the best summers.
