Hump day

Not much to report today.

After a rough day in Spanish yesterday we spent today in class reviewing the things that were giving us trouble and while I wouldn’t say we feel *comfortable* we definitely feel more comfortable. Tomorrow should be entertaining we are meeting our teacher in town and we will get our first practical lesson. We are meeting in front of la iglesia ( the church) on the square at 8AM. We expect to have to decipher directions given in Spanish and to have some commerce-related interactions. Speaking for myself, I’m overly nervous about it, but la profesora says it’s no big deal. We will see.

By the time Jill wraps up at 6PM she will have completed three sessions today. The Internet connection dropped on the first session of the day, fortunately it dropped after the 50 minute mark when the session was effectively over. That’s the equivalent of “Injury Time” in futbol so it wasn’t catastrophic. If she makes it through this last session cleanly she will have 11 sessions under her belt with just the one drop. Not exactly five nines, but perfectly acceptable at this stage.

For some reason tonight I’m craving comfort food. We picked up a 3 pack of frozen pepperoni pizzas at PriceSmart last week and I think it’s time to break one of them out. To keep up the pretense of healthy eating, I’ll also make a salad to go with it.

Tomorrow after Spanish we head to Juan SantaMaria airport to pick up Jill’s parents, who get in at 1PM. Jill and I have had 10 days to get settled in and things are feeling surprisingly normal for the two of us. It will be interesting to see how our first guests feel about our setup.