Monday, July 04, 2011

The First Couple Days...

Oh my, I am overwhelmed.  I got here Friday night and soon realized I really should have came on Saturday because there was nothing to do and the first two days were looooonnnnng.  I am also quickly realizing that two semesters of Spanish at ICC really does not amount to much in the grand scheme of things.  I know squat.  Diddly squat.
My host family is nice and the two kids still living at home know English which is nice for me but bad because it´s way to easy to just have them translate when I´m confused.
I´ve already had a taxi and a bus experience.  So far I think I prefer just walking.
I´m going to have a stomach of steel by the time this is all said and done.  Good thing I brought tums and Pepto is all I have to say about that.
Classes started today and they are intense but I like them.  As of today there are two other people in my class but that will probably change from my understanding.
Gotta go now.  I´m going to try out this conversation club that they have here.  Something tells me I´ll be doing a lot more listening than conversing.

4 comments:

Erin said...

Good Job You! I so know the thought upon arrival thinking "what have I gotten myself into:)" Your doing great. Thanks for the update. Storming. Love and Blessings from JA!

Anonymous said...

Missing you very much. Praying for a most blessed experience. We love you and God bless you.

Buenos noches?

Dad and Mom

Anonymous said...

great to hear from you! i've been dying to know how it's going. hang in there. things will feel different in a week or two. praying for you! -rebekah

Angie said...

Well you can always resort to my favorite spanish word, pollo. Maybe that would help your tums problem too...