The past and past perfect tense (notice the title). Before this week I was still a little hazy on those tenses and so I only spoke in the present tense, which just made me sound like a 5 year old. But tonight, I managed to use the past tense and even told a joke in spanish that made my senora laugh. It was most likely a sympathy laugh (similar to the laughing I do when I don’t know what she said but she is laughing too), but it was a laugh all the same.
Spaniards wear their engagement/wedding rings on the right hand (this explains why so many people have asked me if I was engaged…and clearly why I haven’t found my Spanish true love yet)
How to do a Hairagomi properly. Best bonding time with my host mama yet.
It is totally acceptable to bring your baby to the bar. My roomie and I went to go get a cerveza at a cafe right around the corner from where we live and there was an adorable little boy in red suspenders (seriously, the babies are always better dressed than I am) just hanging out at the cafe with his parents…at midnight.
It is also perfectly acceptable to take a nap in Plaza Nueva. I was super tired today but didn’t want to walk all the way home to take a siesta, so I noticed that several people were taking their siestas on park benches in Plaza Nueva. After I finished eating my bocadillo, I did the same. It was amazing.
God is trying to tell me my eating is out of control. I found this cafe right by school that has delicious chocolate donuts…so I might have gone there twice (or maybe everyday) this week to get one before class. Today, I was walking down the street when a woman approached me. I had seen her earlier in the day trying to sell something to someone, so when she said ‘perdon’ to me I just pretended to not know what she was saying, pointed randomly, and awkwardly started walking away more quickly. She then said in english that the back of my leg was dirty. Apparently, I had managed to get chocolate on the back of my leg when I was eating my chocolate donut (don’t ask me how) and the nice woman was just trying to help me out. I get it, God. Eating a chocolate donut everyday is just embarrassing for everyone.
Auga de grifa is most definitely not tap water. Aqua de grifo is tap water. I ordered aqua de grifa last night at a bar and the waitress burst out laughing. Grifa actually means reefer. Apparently I’ve been ordering bong water at restaurants all over town.
