Oh man. Sometimes 7:45 am can come pretty quickly. For some reason I continue to wake up before my alarm goes off thinking I missed my alarm and that I will be late to school, or worse, breakfast! However, I was not late at all. In fact, I woke up a good hour before I needed to, and then another time 15 minutes before my alarm. I am starting to think...do I really need to set it anymore? But then there will be that one time that I don't set it and then I do end up sleeping too long and end up being late. So I guess I will continue to set it...for now :)
I decided, today, that a shower before school sounded like a good idea. Who would want to sit next to some guy who smells bad? Well it turns out that I need to flip the switch and wait a lot longer than I did for the heater to heat up enough water. About 15 seconds into the shower, it turned ice cold. Naturally, I went ahead and showered all the while shivering to an extreme degree. Next time, I hope to learn from this and give myself enough time after turning on the water heater before I shower next time.
School was good. In both of my classes we went over the verbs "ser" and "estar" which translate to the same meaning "to be", but they are actually two completely different ideas. "Ser" is a verb to describe something more permanent, like a persons' characteristics and physical qualities. So you might say, "Soy un estudiante." (I am a student). On the other hand, "estar" is for things that are more temporary, such as emotions, your current location, or what you might be doing at that exact moment. The more I dive into Spanish, the more I discover specialized words that we only have one word for in English. Spanish seems to convey very specific ideas with verbs that can literally change the imagery of the sentence depending on which one you choose or even in which verb tense you use it. Incredible.
After classes were over, our professor and the people that work at ProWorld (the company we work through in Peru) thought it would be a great idea to walk to the ProWorld office and get to know where it is. Sounds good, right? Well, our guide there, Sarah, kind of got a little lost and backwards. We ended up close to the office as it started to get dark, but the office is not in the best part of town. Most of the group was getting anxious and a little frustrated, but with a little persistence and question asking, we made it there safely. It probably wouldn't have been a good idea to be out there too much longer as a large group. Unfortunately, as we all wanted to leave, the lock on the door wouldn't unlock. So, after a good 15 minutes of turning and turning, it finally unlocked and we all headed home as quickly as possible.
The dinner conversation tonight was pretty interesting. We ended up on the conversation of old television shows. With that in mind, I threw it back to the good ol' "Walker Texas Ranger" and "Looney Tunes". My host parents actually remembered "Dallas" and older American shows that I had no idea they knew about, but they did. Subsequently, the conversation turned to cocaine and the black market that exists for it. Peru, being a very large producer of cocoa leaves, is home to a lot of cocaine production. We discussed how they sneak it out and how much money a person would be able to sell it for. It all basically blew my mind. I had no idea that Peru was home to such orchestration and corruption. I guess you learn something new everyday.
Time for bed.
Hasta mañana amigos!
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