Apparently they do not use the word flojera here. It is very frusturating because I want to learn Mexican spanish with a Mexican accent, not Argentine spanish with an Argentine accent. Not like there is anything wrong with the argetine way of speaking, but I am tired of people thinking I am just pronouncing a word wrong! False! It is right in Mexico and even if my spanish isn't 100%, I have been told many times it is obvious I am Mexican by the rythm of my speech. STOP TRYING TO CORRECT ME WHEN I AM NOT WRONG! GAH! I do not want to pronounce everything with some weird lisp thing. I want to speak eloquently and clearly. I want to properly pronounce every syllable. Argentines do NOT do that. Mexicans do. I want to speak as beautifully as my mother. I love the way she speaks, it is so clear and easy to comprehend. My spanish professor at Santa Clara also had a similar clarity when she spoke. Too bad she was a bitch. (sorry that I'm not sorry.) Seriously, though, I want to speak spanish beautifully in all aspects. Learning the Argentine accent is interesting, but not beautiful. They sound too aggressive or dramatic. Oddly appropriate...
Anyways, I am officially out of clothing. It is all dirty and we are required to take it to a laundry mat and have other people wash, dry, and fold my clothing. Sounds legit, but I dont understand why I can't just use the washing machines that my senora has?? It is some rule, I guess, but I could pay her the same amount that a laundry mat charges! Whatever. It's really not that big of a deal. I just have no option but to be in sweats for a day. I realize I should have planned that out better but I still fall under the "Y&D" category and for that reason, I gaurentee in 2 weeks I will tell you I am out of clothes once more. I think I just need to buy a pair of back up leggings or something. I wish dresses or shorts or shirts were acceptable. it's not that they arent (well, shorts arent really) but it is also too damn cold! Such a trip to think I was sun bathing in the middle of summer only two weeks ago and now I am bundled up with scarves, boots, and so many layers! Luckily it is "getting warmer" but I have yet to see a dramatic difference. it POURED a few days ago. I mean hail, thunder, lightening, the whole schabang! It was actually kind of cool, but I miss the sun. False. I miss WARM sun. Apparently there is a difference...
If anyone decides to come down to visit me or decides to send me a gift basket, I need three items to be somehow smuggled into the country:
1. Maseca. I need to make real tortillas. The first time I ordered a side of tortillas during a lunch two weeks ago, I got tortilla espanola...aka an egg and potato pie. Not tortilla.
2. LIMES. I didnt realize how dependent on limes I am, but I love them! It is like salt or avocado, limes make everything taste better! They think I am crazy, too, because they equate it to lemon and well, sorry but lemon just kind of sucks. It's not terrible but it just does not measure up to lime!
3. Chilli sauce. the food here is pretty bland and I can only take so much tabasco sauce...
Funny because I did find peanut butter. It is only funny because I am one of the few Americans who just doesn't really like peanut butter. I bought it, though, and have been putting it on bananas or apples. I typically do that around now (6pm) so I am alright until dinner. It is just funny to hear how all of my classmates are dying to find some and i accidentally stumbled into it and am kinda-sorta appreciating it. I should give it up, but if I found one, there must be more. I at least share some of it...kind of a bad choice, though, lauren nearly ate half of it last time (in one sitting! The girl really likes peanut butter!). I think I am just going to hoard it a little more.
If you dont plan on visiting me or you dont plan on illegally smuggling in some of my staple foods into the country, yet you still have the strong impulse to send me a sign of love and affection for your one and only daughter, granddaughter, niece, best friend, friend, acquantance, random-act-of-kindess-to-a-stranger, Feel free I could always appreciate some itunes credits. I am finding that I have a lot of time on my hands at night after my internet is shut off (because yes, that typically happens between 11pm-1am) and I do not have a TV...my book is also a little unnerving so movies are the perfect solution! I cannot watch monsters inc another time though, no matter how cute that little girl is.
Well, I bitched and complained a lot in this post, sorry everyone. It has to happen every once in a while, I guess!
much love all!
annette
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