1st July 2004
My alarm surprised me again this morning, I was in the middle of a dream. All my hair, which I had cut off about 6 weeks ago, had grown back. I do really miss it! For a minute I thought it was real. Anyway, downstairs again. David surprised me on the way down by already being awake. Apparently the smell of his mum´s coffee had woken him. So we all had breakfast together, Becky - poor thing - ate hers standing as the pizza she had had in the oven was a little too well cooked so she had to make the boys sandwiches in a rush. Amazing that none of us smelled it burning.
Becky took the boys to school today while I sat and did my weblog. At 11am I popped nextdoor to number 24 to have my 3rd spanish lesson, I learned about all different foods, body parts, house hold tasks and a few verbs (past and present tense!) Juan-Miguel is going to test me extensively tomorrow so if this blog is short it´s because I´m doing my homework!
At about 12.30 Julia and I went for a drive to take Danny´s bike to be fixed and to collect Becky´s. The bike is going to be my independent form of transport for getting to and from Ramon´s house, which is just a couple of km from where I am staying in "Tuna Street", along the beach.
I had lunch with Becky and Andreas today and as we sat we chatted about the weblog. Apparently it´s being read quite frequently - so hello to everyone out there! Becky and Andreas were saying that I need to be really critical of everything, when I find things difficult, things that I think England does better, how I feel about being in the family, whether I feel like I´m intruding on their space - or them on mine! And I´ll try to, but at the moment it´s fair to say that I feel hugely welcome, not in the way or cramped/suffocated. I don´t understand the spanish that is spoken in front of me but words stand out individually now rather than being a complete blur and there are a few words I understand. My biggest break through was last night when David pointed out "están rojo" (meaning the tomatoes) and I understood!!! (they were red)
Becky took the boys to school today while I sat and did my weblog. At 11am I popped nextdoor to number 24 to have my 3rd spanish lesson, I learned about all different foods, body parts, house hold tasks and a few verbs (past and present tense!) Juan-Miguel is going to test me extensively tomorrow so if this blog is short it´s because I´m doing my homework!
At about 12.30 Julia and I went for a drive to take Danny´s bike to be fixed and to collect Becky´s. The bike is going to be my independent form of transport for getting to and from Ramon´s house, which is just a couple of km from where I am staying in "Tuna Street", along the beach.
I had lunch with Becky and Andreas today and as we sat we chatted about the weblog. Apparently it´s being read quite frequently - so hello to everyone out there! Becky and Andreas were saying that I need to be really critical of everything, when I find things difficult, things that I think England does better, how I feel about being in the family, whether I feel like I´m intruding on their space - or them on mine! And I´ll try to, but at the moment it´s fair to say that I feel hugely welcome, not in the way or cramped/suffocated. I don´t understand the spanish that is spoken in front of me but words stand out individually now rather than being a complete blur and there are a few words I understand. My biggest break through was last night when David pointed out "están rojo" (meaning the tomatoes) and I understood!!! (they were red)
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