Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ On My Head

Wednesday February 20, 2008

Yet another rainy day, eh. I personally could do without the rain but I guess it is better than other forms of precipitation, such as snow…humm…Today’s class was completely frustrating and that’s to say the least. Let’s just say that by the end of class I was hugging and crying with our teacher. We are learning really difficult grammar right now and all of the students on our trip are on different levels; therefore, it’s really hard to teach a grammar class that everyone is going to understand. Yaye, our teacher, thinks that its her fault and that she’s a bad teacher, which is not at all the case, we just need more time to practice and learn. Today’s “class” was nothing but the equivalent of a circle of misunderstanding and frustration. I felt really bad for her, she was crying, so I went to talk to her about it. I told her that it wasn’t her fault at all and that she is amazing, and I ended up crying with her. After our Culture class I decided that I needed a break and I went down to check my e-mail on our 15-minute break. I had gotten an e-mail from Jessie Cotton and a Facebook message from Jessie Ernst (o.k., Springer); apparently the Jessie’s were out in full force today. I checked them and started crying again. I love getting messages from back home but sometimes is hard to read them, it makes me miss people even more. At least this cry was a happy/I miss something cry, not just a frustrated one, and it made my day better. After lunch I went to call Aaron to finalize the details of his visit (ah!) and he helped to calm me down. I’m glad that I had an excuse to call him today, for the sake of my sanity and the health of everyone around me. He seemed to be able to listen to my rant and then calm me down, as always. After the call I headed to the agency to get my new student I.D. card. The machine was up and running today and after about 20 minutes I had a new I.D. card. On the way home I bought myself a Coke because I needed one and then I got ready for my study group. We have a test for Literature tomorrow and a group of three girls and myself decided to meet up at a bar in the Alameda to study. We got a lot accomplished in our two-hour jam session and now I’m more confident about our test. After dinner I did more homework and now I’m calling it a day, a very long day.

Random update: The number of Spanish bugs that have taken the opportunity to bite me in my sleep has increased. I have 5 bites on my right arm alone and I think that I might possibly itch the entire limb off soon if I don’t find help. I told our “Momma Española” about this today and I tried to explain that I’m just too sweet and that’s why the bugs liked me. Her response: “It’s probably all of the Coke and chocolate in your body.” Ah, yet another tidbit of sunshine from Encarna.