Day 4

It'd be great if this "speaking Spanish like a pro" thing that I'm told will happen eventually could hurry up and happen.

We met a girl who was here last semester with CIEE. She said she had taken Spanish all through high school and a little bit in college, but that even after a semester she didn't feel like she really spoke the language.

Greeeaaat.

I've been able to get by. It's just a little bit awkward at times sitting around a table with people who aren't my family but who I'm supposed to pretend are my family and having nothing to talk about. I don't know what kinds of things to ask them. We got most of the introductory stuff out of the way yesterday.

I'm in the middle of "Angela's Ashes," and I decided to read it in the living room so I could pretend I was being social. I didn't know the word for "ashes," but when I explained them to Ana, her face lit up and she said, "Ah, ¿Las cenizas de Angela?" She had seen the movie, but couldn't remember who played the title character. I bet my mom knows (she knows everything). I was just thinking today, "If they ever make this into a movie, it will be absolutely heartbreaking." Guess They beat me to the punch.

The internet has been kind of sketchy today. I'm typing this on a Word document, trying to get the wireless to work. I could just plug in the ethernet cable, but then I'd have to sit on the floor. I restarted the router and it's booting up now... We'll see if it takes. Urgh.

Adrián told me a joke over dinner. I'm pretty sure I've heard it before in English. It's about these three guys who go to a hotel one at a time, and each time the only room left is supposedly inhabited by a monster. When they get to the room, they hear, "¡Te quito el piel y te como!" (I'll peel off your skin and eat you!) The first two guys get scared and jump out the window, but the third guy opens the closet where the voice is coming from, and inside is a monkey with a banana saying, "¡Te quito el piel y te como!" as he peels the banana.

Ja ja ja.

I'll write more later. My wireless isn't working very well right now. :(