Tuesday, October 24, 2006

*sigh*

another day of walking all over the place. i'm tired. school was ... well, somewhere in the middle. Lesbia taught me the first verb ... "ser" = to be. Yo soy, Tu eres, El es, Nosotros somos. basically, "i am, you are, he/she is, we are, they are." and then we played a little game to go over the words i'm learning. you might know it as Twenty Questions. but with this game, instead of just thinking of the word, you write it on a piece of take and stick to the other person's forhead. therefore, she becomes the object. then she asks, "am i a person?" and we continue like this. when the word is finally guessed, you get another word. we basically got one word each and then it was time to leave. we weren't very good at it. :-)

at noon Marlene and i walked down to the other school to sign up for their tour of Volcan de Pacaya on thursday. it cost $15. no food included, so i'll have to buy myself a roll at the panaderia and make me a peanut butter sandwich to take with. lucky i have peanut butter. :-)

then i walked home for lunch. we had a fillet of chicken and some scalloped potatoes that had been baked. it was yummy. Anna can cook very well.

then i layed on my bed for a while, thinking about walking to the post office. it's a hike, so i had to psych myself up for it. finally i got all my stuff together and started walking. i ended up walking two blocks past where i needed to go, but thankfully i have a map to refer to at all times.

now i'm at Cafe 2000, the place i've passed several times. it's dark and loud with music. rather cozy little cafe with a movie screen. they play movies, for free, and have free wireless internet. i thought i'd try connecting to my work PC again, but it didn't work. i've ordered a brownie with ice cream, though i don't know why. i guess i feel guilty for using their internet and not ordering anything, which i know is their intent. so, i shall fatten myself up again with dessert, and before dinner no less!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

SER.... Great stuff. Once you think you have that under control then they tell you about Estar and the real confusion starts! Not to worry. Ser is something you are forever - a girl, estar is something you are temporary - here or there. It is a little more complicated than that but you will get it. You are doing really well so far, from the sound of it. Keep at it. Talk to as many people as you can. Learn a little - use a lot.

Jeff

Anonymous said...

BROWNIES!