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It's my last week here... it feels weird.
We've been spending all day, every day by the pool. The boys mostly entertain themselves, so I can read my book. Plus I get to meet the neighbors. There are tons of kids, and we play tag and hide-and-go-seek and pickup sticks. There's a guy named Uriel (a name I love) who does nothing but tan. Doesn't he have a job to do? He's a really strange golden brown color. A family from Galicia whose accent I've finally picked up on. I feel so accomplished. Yesterday they interviewed some people from Galicia on TV and I heard their accents, too!
And I've finally learned to make Spanish noises. I'm going to come home and say "Oy-yoi-yoi-yoi-yoi" and "Ay, no" all the time, it makes me feel so fluent.
Sadly, I think the placement exams for Spanish at Smith are computerized, so I'll have no one to impress with my accent.
We've been spending all day, every day by the pool. The boys mostly entertain themselves, so I can read my book. Plus I get to meet the neighbors. There are tons of kids, and we play tag and hide-and-go-seek and pickup sticks. There's a guy named Uriel (a name I love) who does nothing but tan. Doesn't he have a job to do? He's a really strange golden brown color. A family from Galicia whose accent I've finally picked up on. I feel so accomplished. Yesterday they interviewed some people from Galicia on TV and I heard their accents, too!
And I've finally learned to make Spanish noises. I'm going to come home and say "Oy-yoi-yoi-yoi-yoi" and "Ay, no" all the time, it makes me feel so fluent.
Sadly, I think the placement exams for Spanish at Smith are computerized, so I'll have no one to impress with my accent.