1) Took an hour long nap on the bus this morning on the way to the Universidad. Yes, it took that long when it usually takes only 30 minutes.
2) Was late to class and didn't really know what we were doing. I found out from a friend that we had to draw a tree on a piece of paper. Odd instructions for a Spanish class? Sí. I draw a palm tree. We exchange papers and we basically have to follow this code to see how the tree we drew compares to the type of personality we have. Well "ego" was one of the categories and since Maddie's tree was broad at the top that meant her ego was developed. Not entirely sure what that means in English. So I write it down and it's my turn to read Maddie's personality out loud. I say, "Ella tiene un ego muy desarrolado." (She has a very developed ego), and J.J. (Oh yes, we have shortened José Joaquin's name to this...pronounced "Hota Hota" in Spanish) starts laughing, well actually trying to hide the fact that he is laughing. I pause and he says, "Repite por favor?" I repeat the sentence and he says I am saying "ego" wrong. Apparently the way I was saying it means a "developed fruit" aka when a woman reaches sexual maturity. The whole class, which is all girls, died laughing. And Maddie's face turned red. I kept saying, "Lo siento!" But everyone, included JJ, was curled over their desks in laughter. Spanish mistake #1938387572020474.
3) Tonight, mis amigas y yo went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. We were going to do it Thursday but we have a test and being the diligent and serious students we are, we decided to stay in and study that night. Anyway, we get to this restaurant, Cañtina, at 8:00. OMG I FORGET TO SAY THIS: Before we went to dinner, we went to the mall (aka Corte Ingles) and bought the 1st season of "Fisicia o Quimica" on DVD!! We all pitched in and we are going to watch it this weekend. Ok we get to this restaurant and they are not open for dinner. Remember, Spaniards don't eat until 9 or later here. So we had mango margaritas for an hour before ordering our food. Our waiter's (camerero's) name was Antonio...I called him Antonio Banderas. After we are done he asks us if we want "chupitos gratis." I/We girls have learned that this is common in Spain. Give people a few free shots and they will stay and buy drinks all night. So of course we say sure and he brings us out an entire bottle of tequila! Jodi was like sweet a whole bottle! I was like ewww because I hate tequila and michelle, the worry wart of the group, was freaking out because she didn't want to have to pay for it. After taking the "free shot" we asked Antonio for our check. He then proceed to tell us we had to finish the bottle of tequila before we could leave. Everyone knew he was kidding but Michelle. She freaked out on him and was like, "No, no we can't do that. We have to go to class tomorrow. We'll come back this weekend just please let us go!" It was absolutely hysterical. This girl talks faster than me no joke and she was saying all of this is Spanish! I think he was scared so he cracked a half-a-grin and handed us our check. I'm sure we will be back another time in the next 5 months.
4) When I got home, L and A were watching TV so I joined them. Somehow A and I got on the topic of Justin Bieber, who she loves, and so I brought my computer out so she could watch some music videos of his. Before I knew it I was going through pictures on my computer, showing them my family, friends, (Katie Cross and Kendle Cook- I totally bragged about you knowing Spanish...And Sarah G, I said you were pretty good at Spanish and Italian :) They thought you were all gorgeous! Duh, I only have pretty friends ;) )) and everything in between. It was really fun sitting and talking with them about my life in the states and they seemed to enjoy hearing all my stories. They were amazed that Hannah is younger than me (go figure) and that Tillie is so huge! I'm positive I showed them more pictures of Tillie than anyone else.
5) Finally, some words to live by:
If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, LET IT. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just promised it would be WORTH IT.
Takes chances. Dream big. And never, never, never give up.
-Hilary
Love the stories! Hope you have a great rest of the week. Just cold here and not much going on.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can skype on Friday??
Love you Hilary!