last round of partials

Well sorry I took so long to write, a week and a half now. Last week was pretty boring, just projects, homework, and a test. Tuesday it was off to Immigration. It took 2 hours of waiting, even though I had an appointment, but finally I got fingerprinted and signed some papers. Then was told it would be ready in 15 days. Thursday for a project my group spent 2 hours measuring a door, pretty boring. Friday started with class, and in my Culture class the teacher discovered we had Monday free. He proposed that the international students give talks on their homes, families, and schools. I meet with a friend to plan our joint birthday party that is tomorrow. I then went to get slushies with my old roommate. It was the first time we had hung out since he moved out. It was a nice outing. Then that night I stayed in to work on some projects. I had planned to go on a trip Saturday, but things didn’t work out. Instead I went to meet with my group at 1. Here that normally means they will show up at 1:10, but by two no one was there. I then thought crap I miss heard and they said Sunday. The same thing happened Sunday. It ended up working out. Sunday was more work on the projects, and my PowerPoint on Kansas. I had to ask a friend to go around K-State and take pictures since it was hard to find some online. Monday I had a test, and then made my presentation. When getting to class the teacher was surprised the four Americans had slideshows, and the Polish girl felt embarrassed she didn’t. Everyone loved the pictures and really liked my cats and Family pictures. In the afternoon went to a Kindergarten. I agreed to visit and talk about the US. The cab got lost, but I made it. Then my PowerPoint for them was too new of a format. I then had to just talk. It was real fun, but it tested my Spanish. 4 and 5 year olds’ Spanish is much harder and they don’t realize you can’t speak as well. We played Red Light, Green Light and I showed them US money. I had a $2 and even the teacher was amazed by that. They then gave me a bag of candy and a card before taking a picture with me. I was waiting to post until I got the picture, but I am still waiting. Look for it soon. Waiting for the parents and my cab I also taught them Duck, Duck, Goose. Tuesday was bland, except I went to a movie that night. I saw Casi Divas, Almost Divas, with friends. It’s a Mexican movie following four girls in an American Idol like contest to get a roll in a movie based off a Telanovela. It was a good one. Yesterday was the friend of mines birthday, so she invited me to Applebee’s for dinner. It ended up just being the two of us, but the food was great. Today I had another test, and then in my Dynamics class he had someone work the problem on the board, but said whoever can figure it out first gets 5 extra points. I figured it out, and surprised him because I figured out and easier and faster way to get the answer. He then had me show the class how I got the answer, which was pretty hard to do so in Spanish. One kid started laughing, and the teacher said he would get to explain the next question in English. After I finished the rest of the class clapped for me, I was so proud. Then it was on to the next problem. I again finished first, but helped my friend next to me figure it out so she could get the points. I then got home, and had an e-mail that my visa was finally ready!! It only took 109 days of being here, and 102 days of work/waiting. Now I figured I would blog before dinner. Tomorrow, is my birthday party at a bar/club, Sunday I am going to the theme park here, Plaza Sesamo (Sesame Street). I have two partials next week and next Thursday is Labor Day so no school followed by Friday off instead of Cinco de Mayo. I am going with friends to San Antonio. Half of whom have never been to the US. It will be fun. Well until next time.