Splling Errers

Today had so many different feelings about it that I can hardly describe it. It was crazy intimidating then super fun then confusing then sleepy then wild again and on and on! It started out normal enough, with me getting up later than I intended and missing this morning's opportunity to go to the gym for the first time. Then I got on the bus/metro and got to school an hour before my class because I had yet again misjudged my schedule. I read a lot today, still working with Lyra and her friends in the Golden Compass series. I'm actually trying to get through this book as fast as I can because I've seen a disadvantage to reading in a familiar language: it takes longer for my brain to rebound into Spanish mode from reading than it does from merely speaking in English. I can Spanglishasize pretty well, but if I'm reading in English then someone speaks to me in Spanish I have like this huge tractor trailer pileup in my brain before I can answer... So I'm gonna finish then start los Cuatros Acuerdos.

I guess I don't really have all that much to say about the day, I had my first photography class which was only the intro class telling all that stuff we already know. The teacher speaks super fast though and it'll definitely be a challenge to keep up once we get out of camera knowledge I already have. (Oh, that reminds me, David (a gigantic Norse viking in our group, looking and acting unusually like my late Uncle Mike) and I have agreed that we want to be speaking completely in Spanish by October... it won't be perfect, or even good probably, but that's out goal.)

After classes I decided not to go out with people in lieu of my book and a snack. After two hours of reading or so I got up, changed clothes and went to the gym. Oh how my body was longing for the gym! I have been intimidated by so much while here that I have completely forgotten to give my body what it asks for! I got there and I felt strong, I was knowledgeable, I was able! It's been almost two weeks since I felt completely in my element, but no matter how far from home I am a dumbbell is always a dumbbell. It felt good to feel strong, I need to be strong. I'll be going back soon.

Out.