I should probably post something
So I have not posted in a long time, and I figured I probably should.
I am working at a barn that teaches riding to troubled youth. This has resulted in me falling in love with a Clydesdale named Alice. She is huge and gorgeous and I REALLY want to ride her. I'm learning horse behavior and falling more in love with them. I think it's easier to like an animal when you can listen and watch it and understand what it's saying sometimes. My favorite sound is whickering, which means they are pleased or excited about something. It's a pleasure sound.
My other job is an on call waitress at a Nepali restaurant, which is fabulous for hearing Nepali often. I can't understand sentences yet, but I can say some, and I can pick out words from sentences. Thapa, the host, has been giving me some words of vocab, a little at a time. The glass goes on the left- dubri, and the napkin goes on the right, dhanni. There's some funny interactions, when I am confused, but they are a really nice family and I don't think they're making fun of me too much. (Although I hear vidyarthi, foreigner, often. I don't know if they're talking about me or about the customers, but since I also hear Nepali, often, I think they're not using it to refer to themselves. I also get dinner, which is uniformly fabulous. The shrimp chili being cooked, and that's being cooked like 10 ft away from the door, makes my eyes water when I come in. I also can now make raita, lassi, and some alcoholic drinks.
My last note of interest is after having a fabulous sushi dinner with AJ and Jason, I drove home, and like 3 min from my house fell asleep and drove the car into a tree. It was an experience. I was totally unscathed. The car was not. In the end, I think we're getting more for it from insurance than we would have if we tried to sell ti working, but now our insurance will go up and I now have a driving record and we have to get another car. Sigh.
I am working at a barn that teaches riding to troubled youth. This has resulted in me falling in love with a Clydesdale named Alice. She is huge and gorgeous and I REALLY want to ride her. I'm learning horse behavior and falling more in love with them. I think it's easier to like an animal when you can listen and watch it and understand what it's saying sometimes. My favorite sound is whickering, which means they are pleased or excited about something. It's a pleasure sound.
My other job is an on call waitress at a Nepali restaurant, which is fabulous for hearing Nepali often. I can't understand sentences yet, but I can say some, and I can pick out words from sentences. Thapa, the host, has been giving me some words of vocab, a little at a time. The glass goes on the left- dubri, and the napkin goes on the right, dhanni. There's some funny interactions, when I am confused, but they are a really nice family and I don't think they're making fun of me too much. (Although I hear vidyarthi, foreigner, often. I don't know if they're talking about me or about the customers, but since I also hear Nepali, often, I think they're not using it to refer to themselves. I also get dinner, which is uniformly fabulous. The shrimp chili being cooked, and that's being cooked like 10 ft away from the door, makes my eyes water when I come in. I also can now make raita, lassi, and some alcoholic drinks.
My last note of interest is after having a fabulous sushi dinner with AJ and Jason, I drove home, and like 3 min from my house fell asleep and drove the car into a tree. It was an experience. I was totally unscathed. The car was not. In the end, I think we're getting more for it from insurance than we would have if we tried to sell ti working, but now our insurance will go up and I now have a driving record and we have to get another car. Sigh.