We'll set the scene for you: We came home late last night (10:45!) after watching The Pursuit of Happyness with the group from St. Alban's. We promptly headed to bed, as we were up a good hour and 15 minutes after our bedtime. Robin quickly fell asleep. Loren, who has a giant dip in her foam mattress, which makes it a little more difficult to get comfy, was almost asleep when *voosh* ...the electricity went out. All over the neighborhood. Robin stayed comfortably asleep, and Loren managed to catch a few Z's...but soon it became apparent that every ounce of cool air in the world was being sucked out of their room. Mucho calor. 4 hours later, Loren got up to go to the bathroom. When she came back in the room, Robin got up to do the same. Loren informed her that the electricity was off, and it was hot in their room. Robin said "um, yeah, I actually figured that out on my own." Robin checked outside and saw that indeed, the lights were still out throughout the neighborhood, as far as the eye could see (which wasn't very far, considering it was freaking dark out there). Robin then went to the bathroom (you're TOTALLY fascinated by all this, you know you are). At the EXACT moment that Robin flushed the toilet....the electricity came back on. Everywhere. All over the neighborhood.
MAGIC TOILET!!! Loren and Robin then laughed themselves silly and went back to sleep. With cool air. Hooray.
Anyway, class is going really well. We learned adjectives, and how to conjugate one form of the verb "to be" and we learned about possessives. We really feel like we are learning so much, and are feeling quite proud of our accomplishments. Today we held a 20 minute long conversation with a nice woman named Nelly (who works at the Hospitality House, where the other students are staying). She was very surprised when she found out it was only our third day of class. Hablamos espanol!
We were at the Hospitality House for a swim. It is a very nice house, with a very nice pool, with a beautiful view of the mountains. We really enjoyed ourselves, however we are glad that we are staying at Our Little Roses.
We realized this even more when we went to dinner this evening. We were joined by 3 of the girls who are students at the bilingual school. They helped us with our Spanish, and we helped them with their English, and we laughed a lot. Afterwards, the girls took us outside to play hopscotch (play here means to watch them play and to say "bueno!") Loren wanted to join in, but they said no. Sad Loren.
Later though, when Robin and Loren were studying in the courtyard, they changed their minds and one of the girls absconded with Loren in order to play soccer (Robin meanwhile was trying to keep another girl from absconding with all of her vocabulary flashcards). Having lettered in varsity soccer (yeah, Robin laughed too when she heard that) Loren was quite willing to go out and school these girls in the ways of futbol.
Um...well...at least she tried. She had fun!
Today our teacher invited our class to a Fourth of July party at his father's house this Saturday. It is held each year for local ex-pats, and there will be food, music, dancing and general good times. We are excited! However, our Fourth of July celebration is not totally postponed until then. Tonight we saw a nice fireworks show from the balcony of our building. "Ooo. Ahh. Clapclapclapclapclapclapclap."
Thanks for keeping up with us...and putting up with our random entries! :)
A mural in the Holy Family Bilingual School
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