Sipping Shots at School

-I decided I really like my class with the parents. They’re a lot of fun, they listen, they ask good questions, I’m allowed to speak Spanish with them and good conversation always happens in and after class.
-On Tuesday I got my library card. I’m really excited about that because now I can read whatever Spanish lit I can find. I’m starting with some Julio Cortázar.
-I bought myself a new Fútbolista magazine. I love it. Now I’ll have more pictures to hang on my walls :)
-I ran into 2 of my students at the park and they were hilarious because they were trying to tell me stories in Spanish and they got really creative in explaining things to me by acting things out. It even involved climbing a lamp post. Haha
-I found an abandoned dog. I want to adopt it. It’s cute in a mutt way. Eddie said I can adopt it as long as it doesn’t live in the apartment. So next time I go back to that area of town, I’m putting chorizo in my bag and luring him home :)
-My classes with the kids have been better this week, not great, but better. I did Halloween activities with them. Hopefully today’s class goes well too.
-Yesterday was the one teacher’s 60th birthday so we had some cake and churros to celebrate during the recess break. I love other people’s birthdays :) But they had this drink thing and the birthday guy poured me some and said I had to try it because it’s very typical of this area. I don’t know what it was, but I could have sworn he said it was made from grapes before they fermented, which may have been true but something was definitely fermented and strongly so. So there I am, sipping a shot of something with all these teachers during the 30 minute break. And when I finished, he poured me another. Maybe that’s why my afternoon classes went so well :)
-I had fun with Alejandra and Estefania and our conversations in English. They both decided to talk to me about boys. Always a good topic with 13 and 15 year old girls. But Alejandra is hilarious. We came up with this plan to meet Pique and Casillas (Murrison, don’t worry I’ll send Casillas your way and just use him to lure in the Ramos).
-I love my conversations with Manuel too. They always start out so light and full of jokes but then end up pretty deep and thoughtful. Last night we ended up talking about immigration in the US and Spain.
- And… I found an Evangelical church. Apparently Felipe’s mom is Protestant so I asked him where she goes to church and then he walked me there so I knew how to get there. I’m pretty excited. He said he’s going to show her a picture of me so she can introduce me to the whole church. Haha. So I’m going to try to be around this Sunday so I can go.