Monday, November 12, 2007 Work, work, work

Monday, November 12, 2007 Work, work, work

It was a normal Monday today. I woke up early to talk with Trevor (who woke up even earlier i.e. 6:30) before class since we hadn’t been able to talk in a long time. Then I headed to my normal day on campus: Class, mass, class, lunch with Christian and a bunch of my gringo friends, then class, then home. It was really hot so I wore the sundress I’d worn to church yesterday and I was still sweating all day long. After class I took a bus home and Rino, Evon and Miguel came over for once. Miguel had been sick and stayed home from school, which is why they were able to come into town. He didn’t want to eat much or drink his tea and the funniest part of the evening was when Olga got up and started spooning the tea into his mouth so he would drink it. It made me realize how many Chilean mothers and grandmothers do for their children. It’s a little scary sometimes.

Miguel played games on my computer after eating and we “adults” sat around and talked. I can actually understand most of what Rino says now, so I know I’ve definitely improved my understanding. They headed out and I told Olga I wanted to do the dishes. She gave me the, “aww, how cute, she has no idea what she is doing but wants to help” laugh and said go ahead, but stayed in the kitchen and talked with me the whole time. I’ve just realized that it’s really hard for her to let other people do things because it takes away her job as mother/caregiver.
After I did the dishes (it felt great), I started on my homework. I went to bed relatively early and got a good night sleep.