i think i have decided to avoid hanging out with the other english teachers. i need to work on spanish and this area should have lots going on with festivals all weekend. plus, i like the beach, but i don´t know if i am ready to just go sit in the sun all afternoon. there is so much for me to see and do, i am going to take advantage of this are!
i got a little sick yesterday evening, it was bound to happen, but my roommate came home last night and made me drink this vile children´s mixture (essentially eloctrolytes) and then made me dehydrated milk and heated some pieces of bread. i told him i was fine and he completely ignored me and watched me eat it all. i normally eat only a large lunch and a snack at night (the heat has made me lose my appetite) so i was pretty much choking down the bread in the end. but, i woke up this morning feeling great so it looks like victor (roomie) was right. i think i just got really dehydrated yesterday, combined with the food maybe. i thought i would be sick much more than i have been (i really hope saying this doesn´t backfire again) so i have been lucky so far.
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I am sorry you had such a wretched afternoon. Being ill is never fun, but being ill in the heat when no one speaks English must be pure heck.
What does your roommate teach? Can he speak English?
Is your boss at another University? Will that change? On the other hand, even if you went to the beach with the professors you might gain some answers (in English) to any lingering questions you might have. Plus, I am sure that you would work on your Spanish there as well. But, I can understand wanting to stay out of the heat. Does anyone in the town speak English? Isn't that unusual? I would love to see some pictures of this place. Have the students arrived yet? Surely, they must speak English, right?
Have you kept up with the devastation going on in New Orleans right now?
I think I can get an msn instant messaging account. Let me look into it and get back to you.
C
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