This week I had a "welcome back to reality" moment when I thought about my three midterms, 2 papers, and presentation within the next week. I guess I AM here to go to school.
Sunday, when I got back from Switzerland, I had a great day with the family. Alejandra, Marlene, and I had lunch together, and then went on a walk with Killer to a gigantic park just down the street from our house. I didn't even know it was there. The weather has been in the 50's this week, so it was a great day for a stroll in the park. When we got back, I did some studying, then Marlene, Roberto, and I went on the roof to look at the sky through their gigantic and fancy telescope! I didn't know this, but Marlene is an avid star gazer and taught me all that I need to know about astronomy. Roberto is also somewhat of an astronomy buff. It was very cool to hear them talk about the constellations. We were able to find Jupiter, too!
Roberto made burgers for dinner and it was sad/weird to eat dinner without my fabulous roommates. They were in Lisbon, Portugal until Monday.
This week was a lot more studying than in the past, but lots of fun, too, because the weather was beautiful! I didn't even need a jacket. On Monday, I met Maria, the mom of Luis, Juan, and Anna, for coffee. They are moving to Baltimore for the summer and she needed help signing the kids up for YMCA camp. Props to the moms out there who deal with forms like this all the time. I had a hard enough time figuring it out, and I speak English. I am glad to have this family in my life. They are so friendly and they brighten up my week! I love visiting their house twice a week and talking with the kids. This week, they were so excited to show me their Green Bay Packers shirts that their dad brought back from his trip to the US. I didn't have the heart to tell them that I wasn't a Packers fan. I hope that I can prepare them for their summer of English speaking before May comes around.
For my linguistics class, I am doing a project on loanwords from the Spanish language. This is very applicable in my daily life because there are so many words that we use in English that come from the Spanish language, but we pronounce them very differently. I have to transcribe the words phonetically and compare the way that English speakers and Spanish speakers say them. Wish me luck!
This weekend, Anna, Liz, and I are going to Paris! I can hardly wait. I will be sure to update the blog when I return with all the details from my weekend. Unfortunately, Anna has strep throat, and I have a self-diagnosed bone spur. I'm sure we can overcome our weird ailments and have a great time exploring the city. We have a bike tour scheduled for Saturday, so we need to be in tip-top shape. I hope my high school French knowledge can help us communicate with the Parisians. Parlez-vous fracais? Oui, c'est vrai!
Beaucoup d'amore de Madrid.
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