Day 11

Day 11
Thursday July 9th: Today I had a hard time clearing my head of sleep. It took me a very long time before I was alert. It was really annoying. But I got to class were we discussed the homework from yesterday. Then we worked on verb conjugation for a while and learned the difference between este, ese, and aquel. This is essentially this, that, and that which is over there. After school nate and I finished part one of 4 of our homework in Park Retiro. I met up with the group and we talked about why or why not to re-read books. During the discussion I made some comment about it isn’t the destination it is how you get there, and Bundick told me that I spoke like a true runner. I then came home and on my way purchased a 10 trip metro ticket entirely in Spanish and I was quite proud of myself for doing so. We had paella for lunch which was really good along with some chorizo sausage and a cheese that none of us recognized but reminded Paul of mozzarella. This afternoon I took a nap about an hour after lunch. And then worked on my homework for a while in an attempt to finish it before dinner. I almost made it. For dinner we had verduras (vegetables) and fish. After dinner there was supposed to be a get together with the school at a karaoke bar. I decided to tag along with Paul and Reed just to see who was there. Alas, only a drunk Frenchman, and a semi drunk German. The whole drinking scene just doesn’t make any sense at all to me. I don’t understand why one would want to lose all inhibition or act as though one had. It really boggles my mind. I stay just long enough for my eye to start stinging from the cigarette smoke, and my head to hurt from the volume of the music and the terrible singing from the karaoke. I came home by myself and it was nice to be alone for a while. I finished my homework and went to bed.