Friday was a very nice and busy day for me. The highlight was that I got to go to school with my friend Charla, who is a junior high Spanish teacher. I got permission to go into the classroom and help out for the entire day. The day was especially fun because it was Mexican Independence Day, so of course, we had to teach everyone the "grito," or chant. Charla had a recording that would go on every few minutes or so that would say "Viva la independencia," then everyone would yell, "Viva!" Then the voice would say, "Viva Mexico," and the class would yell, "Viva!" This was repeated a few times to make a complete cheer. That was of course fun and exciting...so exciting that I'm afraid we might have been a little bit of distraction for the class next to us.
One of my favorite things to observe was all of the students that were already native Spanish speakers, and how they interacted with the teacher and the class. I loved all of the funny things that they would say, knowing that the class couldn't understand them. Three boys were goofing off, and one of them, a native Spanish speaker, said in Spanish, "Van a pelear! Castiga a los dos!" Basically that means, "they are going to fight! Punish them both!" I know that doesn't seem too funny to anybody reading this, but I found it really funny especially because it just caught me by surprise. Overall, that was a good day, and I am looking forward to going in again.
After getting home from teaching with Charla, I got all ready for my first intramural basketball game of the season. I had so much fun playing! There were only three girls that showed, which meant that we didn't have any subs, so I got to play the entire time! We played a really good game, but unfortunately it kind of fell apart in the last quarter and we ended up losing by one point!!! I still had a blast though, so it didn't matter too much. Something that did bother me though was two giant blisters on the bottom of my feet the size of quarters. I guess I just shouldn't have played ball in my running shoes! The game was on Friday, and here it is, Monday, and I am still walking like a goof! Hopefully that resolves itself soon.
Another happening of the weekend...some of my roommates got sick. Two were throwing up, and one had a nasty cold. This of course freaks me out because in a six person apartment, we are all living in tight quarters... this means lots of exposure. I have been running around like a maniac sanitizing everything with clorox wipes. Hopefully this plague will pass over me and my sanitized offerings...we shall see!
One more thing...BYU lost...bad. I live right next to the football stadium which makes it even harder. Okay, that is all I am going to write about that....shame.
I know Charla! Please tell her I said hello.
ReplyDeleteMy husband just sent me an email with this "suggestion" for avoiding disease--put onions, sliced in half or with the ends sliced off, around the house in bowls. Supposedly onions are really good at absorbing diseases and bacteria so people don't get sick as much because the onions take in all the germs. Now, I don't know about the smell, and I'm a little suspect about the overall idea, because it's a joke in our house that my husband is a little susceptible to old-time home remedies (pennies in a baggie over a door to keep flies out, for instance). He reads about these on the internet and really gets into thinking they will work. Most of the time I can keep him from carrying out any of his ideas, but if I can't keep him from this one, I will let you know how it turns out, okay? In the meantime, I am making him get a flu shot this week, just in case! :) Stay healthy!