Fall in Spain was disappointing up until this last week. The leaves finally changed yellow and some even red. But I can still count on one hand the number of pumpkins I've seen. Also, no cider. But it's 65 degrees and sunny today, compared to low 40s with rain at home...so I won't complain.
I have never been so bored at school as I was today. And I was teaching! The kids were so boring and the day was draging and I only enjoyed one of the classes all day. I was literally daydreaming. It makes me wonder about the teachers I had when I was younger...they were probably planning their post school day life while writing on the board or listening to us read. I miss my elementary kids who adore me and are almost always excited by new things. They are so much more my speed. Mostly because they adore me. And I love being adored. :)
I taught the kids the words "awesome, super, cool..." today and they loved it. That's all they said the rest of class. I also told them that if I hear them say "I don't mind" one more time, I'm going to go crazy. Tell me you don't care. Or that it makes no difference to you. I HATE the phrase "I don't mind." We should push it out of the English language.
This will be my first weekend in Leon in over a month. I plan to actually go to the grocery store before it closes all day Sunday and to cook something Spanish and maybe even bake! It took 1 1/2 months but I figured out my oven. About two weeks ago, I yelled at my Spanish friend "Spanish people and their ovens...they don't even know how to use them! They don't even know what ovens are for, I don't know why they even bother having them." Apparently I've been harboring some anger towards Spanish ovens...who knew.
Off to tutor and play with little Spanish babies. Every day Diego says "Hi Leigh! How old are you?" ...instead of "How are you?" and Marta asked me how long the plane ride is from my house to her house every day. She thinks I commute from Buffalo/Rochester daily. Love.
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