Tuesday February 5, 2008
The weather was nice on the way to school this morning or at least to me it felt that way. One the way to school we got our three free newspapers (that we get shoved at us every morning) and the first thing that I read was the sports section to find out who had won the Super Bowl. In the states, I would have known even if I didn’t want to know, but here its different…not one had a clue until the morning after. I continuously look for articles on the elections and on random cultural events, such as the Super Bowl, from home. After class (which was confusing today) we headed home for lunch. Today felt like Christmas when we arrive home because Allison got a package, Sam got a package, and I got two cards in the mail. How exciting! My two cards were from Aaron Jones and Tish Lavrenz. It is always a good day when I get mail. It is crazy the difference a card makes in a day here. You can really be having a bad day, or missing something from home and then when you have a Valentines Day card or funny dog card waiting for you at home, the world seems to be OK again. After lunch Allison and I decided that we needed to find another place besides our room to study, so we headed out to find the nearest library. The library that we found was really small but it did have a room with for tables for studying. Allison and I worked on homework for a while after failing to figure out the WiFi password for the library. After we left the library we decided to explore a little more and then headed home. I stopped at an “Estanco” (kind of like a really mini-convenience store) where I bought stamps so I can start writing to people. We arrived home and we dropped off our books and computers and then headed out again. We decided that we wanted to check out the gardens across the river, maybe for a potential study spot or study (sanity) break. We ended up figuring out that the huge gardens were either closed or under some kind of work after talking to a pleasant security guard who was blocking our entrance. We ended up walking to the second bridge and back and then we ended up somewhere that I knew (yes!) and I found our way home. Being able to find our way home made the garden trip a little more successful/productive. I wrote a few letters when I got back home and Allison headed out to the café for a while. After she had been gone for a while (I was doing homework at the time) I heard someone trying to open the front door. I immediately assumed that it was Allison and I picked up the phone to the downstairs intercom and creepishly whispered, “Alllliissoonnn.” The voice on the other end of the line was not Allison, and the conversation proceeded as follows: (keeping in mind that this is all actually in Spanish)
Emily: Alllisssoonnn (sounding like a creeper)
Bearded Man: Hello?
(I hang up the phone in dire panic)
(Two seconds later the phone starts ringing, so I pick up the phone timidly)
Emily: Hello…
Bearded Man: Hello? Angela? Is Angela there?
Emily: Umm…no. (insert panic here)
Bearded Man: Is she with her mom?
Emily: Si, si, si.
Bearded Man: Gracias.
Emily: Gracias. I mean…si…I mean…de nada.
And thus ended the most successful conversation with a Spaniard ever. Later I realized that the bearded man was one of Encarna’s sons, and Angela is his daughter. I’m glad that I’m really good at creating awkward situations. Needless to say, my wanting to creep on Allison via intercom ended up not being the best idea, but it was comical none-the-less.
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