Guess I wasn't done. Ok I couldn't take a nap cause I had a cup of coffee while writing the first post this afternoon, and couldn't read cause I'm too tired. Ha. But been thinking (uh oh) more about the whole cheaper medicine thing, and no politics this time, but I realized I said well I could always live in Yuma and cross for my meds. DUH WHAT? The only reason we'd move back to the states would be, to be closer to our kids, so Yuma?? I think not! Mexico or San Francisco- that's it. I think I'd be happy to stay here, but again my girls, and now his girl, too. Maybe the kids would move here....
So tomorrow nite I'm going to this dinner for a group called "Uncommon Women on Common Ground". All I kow about them is what I saw on their FB page, something about women in this community getting together to talk about what they are doing and/or ideas about things that could get started in this community...something like that..They meet once a month with a dinner, and it's hosted by someone or some group. It's only 2 hours long, which seems kinda short to me, especially if at least one hour is dinner since you will be just talking to table mates...hmmm I don't know ha ha maybe 2 hours is a good thing. I'm interested to see what people around here are into, and I like that it's a women only thing...well ok what I like is the name- and I hope it lives up to the name. If I like it, there will be one more thing to be a part of around here, and I'm kinda liking it around here.
I am really looking forward to taking Spanish classes! I feel like I'm on the edge of understanding so much! So I guess I know alot of words, but that's so different from conversations. Today I read this highway sign that said "Mantenga limpiar la carratera" (Keep the highway clean), so I wanted to know if the word keep was used the same for...keep your hands to yourself, keep your money, keep your eyes peeled, keep the book in the desk....well your husband can't be your teacher. At first when I tried to say all that in Spanish he said yes, you can use it all those ways. Then said...well- it's a different word for keep your money, oh and a different word for keep your hands....- so is it all those things or only good for a messy highway? Arrgghh Spanish is hard...yeah I know I need an open mind, like sometimes keep is about maintenance, sometimes it's about holding something, or about ...hell I don't know. It's kinda like I tried to teach this thing to this teenager Jessica; that sometimes Spanish has 2 words where we have 1 (like "la" and "el" English has "the) and sometimes Spanish has 1 word and English has 2 words (like "porque" in Spanish is both "why" and "because" in English). And then there is slang- "que onda"? is what's happening? like "que pasa", but it's slang.
You know living here makes me really consider so much around me. I think the biggest lesson has been patience, and I think I'm actually developing some. Not rushing is a nice concept, and of course acceptance ties right in with patience. Then acceptance around the poverty I see, and I know it's not just Mexico of course, but it's where I am right now. And how different people deal with their lives; accepting their lot, trying to improve, angry and taking whatever they can get- actually I think it's the way people act in all walks of life, all the time, just for some reason - I guess because so much is new to me, including the language, I'm seeing it. I almost said- seeing it so clearly, but I don't mean clearly like I understand, just seeing symptoms clearly. The 3 boys I had last Thursday for English, I was trying to do sentences; they are about 8 or 9, and I asked where they wanted to go on a trip. One said New York, one said Las Vegas, and one said United States, but when I asked why they all wanted to go to the US, one changed his answer to Chiappas. I asked if he'd been there before and he said no. So The kid from NY said he wanted to go there because it is so beautiful, and big. Las Vegas was because of family and casinos. If I have then tomorrow I'm going to try asking them what they want to take on their vacations...but I probly won't have them, maybe on of them and then other kids ha ha. Oh by the way the fruit worked pretty good, for about 20 min (which is good). They said "I have one banana" and "I have one banana and one red apple" They ate the strawberries pretty fast, and it sort of started to dissolve, so that's when I changed it to taking a trip. And I am learning more Spanish from them every time I go. But this reminds me that I wanted to make a list of verbs for Jessica (hope I see her tomorrow), so that's it for now.
So tomorrow nite I'm going to this dinner for a group called "Uncommon Women on Common Ground". All I kow about them is what I saw on their FB page, something about women in this community getting together to talk about what they are doing and/or ideas about things that could get started in this community...something like that..They meet once a month with a dinner, and it's hosted by someone or some group. It's only 2 hours long, which seems kinda short to me, especially if at least one hour is dinner since you will be just talking to table mates...hmmm I don't know ha ha maybe 2 hours is a good thing. I'm interested to see what people around here are into, and I like that it's a women only thing...well ok what I like is the name- and I hope it lives up to the name. If I like it, there will be one more thing to be a part of around here, and I'm kinda liking it around here.
I am really looking forward to taking Spanish classes! I feel like I'm on the edge of understanding so much! So I guess I know alot of words, but that's so different from conversations. Today I read this highway sign that said "Mantenga limpiar la carratera" (Keep the highway clean), so I wanted to know if the word keep was used the same for...keep your hands to yourself, keep your money, keep your eyes peeled, keep the book in the desk....well your husband can't be your teacher. At first when I tried to say all that in Spanish he said yes, you can use it all those ways. Then said...well- it's a different word for keep your money, oh and a different word for keep your hands....- so is it all those things or only good for a messy highway? Arrgghh Spanish is hard...yeah I know I need an open mind, like sometimes keep is about maintenance, sometimes it's about holding something, or about ...hell I don't know. It's kinda like I tried to teach this thing to this teenager Jessica; that sometimes Spanish has 2 words where we have 1 (like "la" and "el" English has "the) and sometimes Spanish has 1 word and English has 2 words (like "porque" in Spanish is both "why" and "because" in English). And then there is slang- "que onda"? is what's happening? like "que pasa", but it's slang.
You know living here makes me really consider so much around me. I think the biggest lesson has been patience, and I think I'm actually developing some. Not rushing is a nice concept, and of course acceptance ties right in with patience. Then acceptance around the poverty I see, and I know it's not just Mexico of course, but it's where I am right now. And how different people deal with their lives; accepting their lot, trying to improve, angry and taking whatever they can get- actually I think it's the way people act in all walks of life, all the time, just for some reason - I guess because so much is new to me, including the language, I'm seeing it. I almost said- seeing it so clearly, but I don't mean clearly like I understand, just seeing symptoms clearly. The 3 boys I had last Thursday for English, I was trying to do sentences; they are about 8 or 9, and I asked where they wanted to go on a trip. One said New York, one said Las Vegas, and one said United States, but when I asked why they all wanted to go to the US, one changed his answer to Chiappas. I asked if he'd been there before and he said no. So The kid from NY said he wanted to go there because it is so beautiful, and big. Las Vegas was because of family and casinos. If I have then tomorrow I'm going to try asking them what they want to take on their vacations...but I probly won't have them, maybe on of them and then other kids ha ha. Oh by the way the fruit worked pretty good, for about 20 min (which is good). They said "I have one banana" and "I have one banana and one red apple" They ate the strawberries pretty fast, and it sort of started to dissolve, so that's when I changed it to taking a trip. And I am learning more Spanish from them every time I go. But this reminds me that I wanted to make a list of verbs for Jessica (hope I see her tomorrow), so that's it for now.
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