I apologize for some of the strange typing that you are seeing. That is because the keyboards here are different and I haven{t yet found the apostrophe. It is confusing. I don{t want to spend a lot of time looking for it right now, but I will find it later. It is because ther are no apostrophes in the Spanish language, and therefore, none on the keyboards.
I went through a slight period of depression today. Nothing serious, I swear. I never get seriously depressed. The worst thing is the Spanish. Now, I knew that I didn{t understand everything, but I thought I at least understood more than I do! Sometimes, I go around not knowing what anybody is talking about! It has gotten better, though, in just a few days, since Ihave been here. I understand my host family much better, and I am learning to listen harder to other people when they speak. Today, I met a random guy at a convenience-type store and he came over to the table to talk to me. I felt like an idiot! Surely he thought I was crazy! I mean, it was so hard saying what Iwanted to say. I ate my food and left as soon as I could because I was so embarrased. That is when I felt depressed. Anyhow, I got over it and feel better now because I think that the classes will help.
I took the bus for the first time today. I live with my family towards the bottom of a mountain. I have to walk to the top of the hill to catch the bus. I am kind of scared because there are random dogs walking around. I have noticed a lot of that. Anyhow, the bus comes, no schedule, it just comes when it does (my host mother told me) and it costs aproximately 35 cents in US dollars to take. Well, I took the wrong way. I used the correct bus number, but I took it in the wrong direction and ended up way, way, on the other side of town. This would not have been so bad if it would not have made me an hour and fifteen minutes late to our oreintation session! Fortunatley, the driver finally, after I had been on the bus for an HOUR, asked me where I was going and I told him to TEC de Monterrey (the college). He told me to switch buses and another driver let me on free of charge. It took almost 30 minutes to get back, but I did, finally. Fortunatley, I didn{t miss anything important.
So, even with all of the events of today, I still love it here. It is beautiful and the people have been really nice so far. It is much different from America, but in all honesty, sometimes it seems better. Things seem more straight-forward. For example, it doesn{t bother me that the buses don{t run at a specific time, because they provide several buses for you to take and they come all of the time. Much better than in Greensboro where if you miss it, that{s it for the next 30 minutes. Also, there are pharmacies everywhere here, and you don{t really need a prescription- you just go ask for what you need to take. I have to get some Claritin.
Okay. I have talked for a very long time. Just some random thoughts. I need to go because I still have to take the bus home and it is already dark. Scary. I think I will be okay, though. Now that I have found the computer lab, I should be able to write more frequently. Hasta ma�ana! (see you tomorrow!)
.By the way, I never told everyone that Charles really liked my glasses! Just thought I{d throw that in. I was thinking about it because I talked to him today and he said that he would call tonight. I just now thought about that. Okay. Bye!
Sorry!!!
