Category: Random

>first of all, to July and Bardo…muchas gracias forsending me an actual piece of paper mail. I got ittoday. what a lovely surprise. and so much appreciated. it is hot water boiling hot here today. i was taking a siesta after lunch, but Selene had a screaming fit about something ridiculous. luckily, her brother washere…

>Today at school we had to learn to use various Spanish phrases to express incredulity or surprise. The teacher, Gabriela, made us all write a ‘title’ of an embarrassing event in our lives and everyone in the class had to guess whose embarrassing event it was. Then the person whose moment it was had to…

>Today at school we had to learn to use various Spanish phrases to express incredulity or surprise. The teacher, Gabriela, made us all write a ‘title’ of an embarrassing event in our lives and everyone in the class had to guess whose embarrassing event it was. Then the person whose moment it was had to…

>welllllllllllll. today was fun. in class, we had a dance lesson. yes, a dance lesson. to begin learning the ‘sevillanas’. it is a simpler form of flamenco that they do here in Sevilla, just whenever they feel like it. like they will just be standing around and someone will start singing a song, and boom!…

>oh my goodness. just got back from nearly five hours at the Feria de Abril. lordy. these people truly shut down their lives for a week and just go out to this big gigantic party. i think i wrote about the Casetas yesterday. got to go into one with my host family. muy fun. Had…

> well hello again. here i am in an internet cafe in Sevilla, España. let me just say that for however confusing the Euro keyboard is, it´s nice to have this –Ñ– at my disposal at all times without doing anything extrain the word processor. i arrive here last night (Saturday) and took thetaxi with…

>oh heavens. sorry if you just got a blank email from me. am trying to make new address list here on the run. think i erased my fun email i already typed soplease be satisfied with following: am in madrid, waiting to fly to sevilla. where I move in with my host family. have cell…

>hard to believe that it’s been six months since i left nashville. i’ve completed my work at the warehouse, which turnedout to be more purposeful than anticipated. there hadbeen no one doing my job before me, and by the time ileft, a whole department had been created, which i> was called upon to make staff…

>This morning, I awoke to the sensation of my cat licking my underarm. Does that make me a salt lick? Last week, I was not sure that it could get any worse. Or that I should stick around to find out. But I did. And it did. Actually, only in terms of bizarrity, not with…

>I absolutely hate being rained on when I have someplace to go. Not that I’ve been rained on since I arrived back in my hometown, but I just wanted to vent that sentiment. I only accepted one teaching assignment last week, and when I accepted it, this is the confirmation that I heard on the…