Okay. All I have to say about this is that I have a lot of progress to make.!
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| I jumped a major hurdle today. Well, I considered it to be a hurdle. I called my family in Mexico! I figured that I should at least call and say hello before I arrive. It's so funny, but it was such a long, drawn-out process, so much longer than simply making a phone call to someone in English. I was scared! I wasn't so much scared, but I just didn't want to look stupid! See, I can understand a lot of Spanish, but speaking or writing it is a lot harder. So, first, I decided to send them a letter, and I got it all written out. I used an online translator to check it, which completely made me question myself because it said that some things that were right were wrong and vice versa. However, I know that those things aren't always accurate, because they often give the wrong meanings for words that mean several things and all kinds of stuff. So, I called a Mexican friend of my mother's from her school that she teaches at and read the letter to her over the phone. She said it sounded really good and corrected some mistakes, but then told me that I was going to have to call them because the letter wouldn't get there by Friday. So, I got nervous! I was like, "Alex, I can't talk to them!" Now, this is ridiculous because if I'm acting like this, what on earth am I going to do in Mexico!!!??!! So, I got over it and wrote out some things that I would say, and called. I called and the operator said something to me in Spanish. I had no clue what she said, and then she said, "disconnecting" and the phone cut off. I was just sitting there! My brother was laughing at me! Come to find out, the operator was actually speaking to me in English- I just didn't understand her! The next operator was easier to understand and told me that the rate for calling was 1.19 a minute, and asked if I still wanted to be connected. Of course, I said yes. Anyhow, I called back, the phone rang four times, and I got the answering machine. All that planning for nothing. I hung up, and there went a dollar and 19 cents. So, I sat and figured out what I was going to say again for about 20 minutes, and called back and left a nice little message. Okay. All I have to say about this is that I have a lot of progress to make.! |
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