somewhere under the sky

first week of classes

i´m a little bit sick. i feel fine though, just my nose running constantly.
the first week of classes was a bit stressful. people have told me usually when studying abroad, classes are easier and there´s less work. but in greece i think we had a lot of work. and i´m am not finding this perception to be the case here. i think part of it has to do with the whole other language thing-everything takes me twice as long. the history of mesoamerica is also confusing me a lot. i think it will get better.
i set off my family´s alarm again the other day. NOW i know how to work it.
i feel like i´m doing a whole lot of reading and listening and not much talking (in spanish) which is a source of frustration. i think though, that everyday i talk a little bit more, but i feel like in class there´s not much opportunity to talk, and then i have so much homework i can´t really just sit around with my family, although i have been trying to so that as much as i can because i love them. speaking is also painful because i think of things to say in my head and then expect them to come out like normal speaking pace and they come out more like a slow leaky faucet. does this analogy work.
i really have a lot more to say, as always but have to go now. chao

posted by leah v @ 9:24 AM