School is going well, I understand a whole lot more than when I first got here, and I am able to get through a day or two without crying, so that is good. Unfortunately the weather is crazy here, so when you wake up it is absolutely freezing and I stand at the bus stop shivering in my suddenly very skimpy school uniform. Then in the afternoon the sun is blazing and you are sweating through what seems like an unfortunate amount of cloth (and we are not allowed to take our sweaters off, don't ask me why.). Today I had P.E. and I was wondering why in the world I hadn't thought to put on sunscreen before I left the house this morning. Then of course I remembered the ominous clouds and freezing weather. But don't worry, I have learned something from all the pain my face is in, always put on sunscreen in the morning, no matter what the weather looks like.
Tomorrow is flag day or something so all the schools in Quito have a ceremony at 8am. Thankfully that means I get to skip geometry, unfortunately it means I have to wear my super ugly monday formal uniform. (I found out that Benalcazar only became a co-ed school 7 years ago, and that it used to be all boys, so no wonder our formal uniforms make us look like men.) I really don't want to have to stand in the courtyard tomorrow in high heels and nylons (apparently they have never heard of an auditorium), but oh well, I guess that's the price you have to pay for patriotism.
My school definitely teaches you how to be in the army. During the ceremony (that we practiced this morning), they randomly yell out commands, that really just sound like elaborate grunts, and then you have to do various things. (I have figured out the grunt that means ATTENTION, and the grunt that means AT EASE, as well as the one that means we have to turn to the right. the one that means we have to turn to the left however, is a mystery.)
So when I come back to the states, if you inadvertantly grunt, and I immediately stand up straight with my hands at my side, you know why.
Hasta Luego,
Zoe
4 comments:
At least you haven't lost your sense of humor. I'm laughing (through the tears...).
i hope you are not left to live your life in ignorance!! what in the world would happen if you never knew the grunt to the left? the horror!!!!
wool is a GORGEOUS fabric. divine. especially in hot weather
Sunscreen is truely an amazing thing. I plan to marry it, if that's okay with you Zoe.
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