Monday, August 25, 2008
Mi Familia
My family down here is pretty cool (besides that they don´t talk to me!) My Doña is a great cook and always feeds me and my host sister (who is about 30 or so) is a teacher of 1st grade, so she helps me a little. Her two kids are 5 and 8. The 5 year old girl is named BRITTANY! That makes for a very confusing time for me! The 8 year old, Robero, doesn´t talk to me much. Yesterday we went to see my doña´s father, who is very sick and 98. He is literally wasting away and it was very sad to see. We are experiencing Tropical Storm Gustav right now, that will probably turn into a hurrican soon. It´s pretty sweet. The streets are flooded. I am in the lowest Spanish class (level 2 on an competency scale) and have to get to a 5 by week 10...hopefully I do. I will be a 10 by the time I´m done, which is fluent. Yay! Wish me luck
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GOOD LUCK! I know you are going to do your best but don't give yourself too much pressure.
Pat just screamed. We have a little hamster looking mouse running around in the house. We were going to co-exist with it but Pat didn't want to be startled so I'm getting some sticky boards tomorrow if I have time after staff meeting. I hate killing it but my son comes first, right? :(
Yeah, take your time on the pix taking. You don't want to be mistaken as "soul snatcher." :)
Received your email. Let's just communicate on your blog, to save time and money, unless you can have free access at the training center.
All things are fine with us. I've been teaching more the last few days, it's a challenge to get kids to concentrate even for a short amount of time but very joyful when they did respond and learn.
Won't keep you long online. Talk soon, take care!
Good luck Brittany. Just do your best and try to be patient. I am not sure I could do total immersion, but I knew you were incredible so no surprise. Best wishes!
I know you can do it, Brittany! I took many years of Spanish, but have sadly forgotten most of it due to lack of use. I can read it pretty well, but speaking it...not so much.
Good luck, woman!
Tracy, Maybe you can get a humane trap for the mouse! Tell Patrick to suck it up! :), Just Kidding.
Mouse update: We didn't have the heart to stick it to the board so it's still running around in the house, I think. It hasn't dashed out and scared Pat or me to death but I found some of its droppings in the front dinning room floor today. As long as it leaves my property alone it can live with us.
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