So I was in a class the other day, yes Spanish class of course!, and I jumped in to make my comment and oh my gosh! Who was that talking with my mouth? They did NOT say what I had so neatly and precisely accented in my head! It is like this other creature residing in my [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 10, 2008
“It’s so hard!”
This is a now famous quote, coined by one of our students and repeated often as an inside joke between Luis and I whenever we are up against something in the business that is challenging us. Luis and I do not have children together, but when we lament with this phrase, we look at one another with pride as though [...]
July 9, 2008
What goes around comes around…!
Good morning everyone. As is sit here at my desk adjacent to my husband’s desk I notice he is writing too. In his new BLOG! Oh no! I was pretty comfortable on my side pontificating about my experiences learning Spanish, trying to assimilate into the Hispanic culture etc., but now that there is going to be [...]
July 6, 2008
….Trouble in Paradise, Part 2
I said that I would continue my post about the issues that Luis and I find ourselves in, often. And so here I go. I am not a exhibitionist nor do I have ‘relative’ boundaries, quite the contrary actually. I prefer Capri’s to shorts and I am of German heritage. (ooo, interesting, I have written that and [...]
July 4, 2008
Uh-oh, There is Trouble in Paradise!
You all knew it was going to happen sooner or later and I suspect that is why some of you tune in. You are looking for that little crack in the shiny exterior and I can’t blame you. Curiosity is a mighty master. How can two people so different be as happy as they say they [...]
July 3, 2008
No ‘rocks’, no ‘twist’, no ‘olive’, I prefer my Spanish straight up please.
Big news in Colombia yesterday but you can bet the spin will go on. Wow! After 6 years Ingrid Betancourt was rescued along with 3 American ccontractors and 11 other Colombian police who had all been the obligatory guests of the FARC for various lengths of time. I am horrified because there are about 750 accidental guests that remain [...]
