Three happy things since my last post:
(1) Since Saturday, when I walked to a "nearby" outdoor store along busy highways with meandering or nonexistent sidewalks and decided, by gum, I need a bike, I've been riding around on Gladys singing to myself, "Take a look at me, I'm on a bike!" She's a very staid brown commuter, befitting my newly minted, serious persona as diplomat-in-training. But she's not afraid to sport a chirpy pedestrian-alerting bell. It's been delightful to ride the 4-ish miles to and from work in the changing weather along bike paths that put the sidewalks to shame. (And you're welcome, economy.)
(2) Today in elementary Spanish class while learning to conjugate AR verbs, we had to talk about dances we know. Everybody was talking el tango, la vals, el swing, la samba... I said "Bailo el mosh y el pogo." Our charming instructor from Peru had to find out what el mosh is, so we watched a couple terrible youtube videos (is there a great moshing video in existence?). Then she asked what bands I'd moshed at. I volunteered "Bandera Negra" (Black Flag) and the Ramones. She said, are they Latin? Giggles all around when she googled them.
(3) After deciding I couldn't afford the miles to go to San Francisco for el Día de Acción de Gracias (Thanksgiving), I broke down and bought a ticket to Hawaii for Christmas!! Bring on the festivities!
No comments:
Post a Comment