Daily Life

Posted on March 10th, 2008 by bmgray.
Categories: Uncategorized.

The past couple weeks have been pretty laid back. I finally feel like I have a set schedule and a routine. My walk to school is nice as well. I finally found a route that didn’t take me around the perimeter of the city, it turns out I live pretty close to campus! My morning walk is now 10 minutes as opposed to the previous 30. My friends are continuously making fun of my sense of direction (it’s nonexistent…thanks Mom!). Thomas has also given me some interesting new music that I listen to during my walk to school…it’s called Beirut-check it out!

This week I decided to make a full American dinner for my roommates so they could try something that we typically eat (at least in my family…if everyone else disagrees with my choice of food I apologize). I made roast beef, green beans, mashed potatoes, carrots, and a salad. They had never had it before! I am constantly surprised by the things that they eat. I am also astounded by the fact that they have never tried some of the things that I enjoy so much. I am proud to say I was able to witness Rosaria’s first morsel of the delicacy we like to call corn on the cob. The next day I saw she had bought corn at the market and it was on her shelf in the refrigerator, I gave myself a pat on the back! Not only am sharing my culture, but they are introducing me to new things as well. Rosaria eats some things that I would never think of. Sometimes she takes oranges, cuts them up, and then covers them with olive oil and salt–she calls it orange salad. She also takes carrots and potatoes and mixes them with eggs for some sort of scrambled egg/ vegetable mixture. It seems that I am also a culprit of stereotyping because I was expecting pasta and tiramisu every night. Thomas eats a lot of pasta (plain), with meat (sans spices). I’m not going to judge French cuisine by only watching what Thomas eats because he even admitted that he can’t cook. I can say I have never seen him eat snails!

Thomas and I are always complaining about the noise upstairs. It is like a never ending game of musical chairs. Finally I couldn’t take it anymore and I stormed into Thomas’ room and woke him up from his nap. We went upstairs together to tell them to quiet down. As we reached the top of the steps we saw a sign that said “Center for Down Syndrome Children”. We looked at each other and silently turned around and headed back to our apartment.

This Thursday we are leaving for Prague and I am super excited! We will go visit Cassie’s family there because she was studying in Prague last year. She gave me a little cheat sheet with random phrases to use when I arrive. I will write more later! I apologize for the lack of pictures but for some reason they are not working right now!

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