Day 15 - Sleeping In and Rants

June 15 – Sleeping In and Rants

Today, I woke up at 1:45pm. The last time I slept in the price of gas was still $2.99/gallon. LOL. I actually woke up in the middle of the morning and was very disoriented. It took me a couple of minutes to realize that it was for real that I didn’t have anywhere to be today! So, then I went back to sleep! The other girls were meeting at the park at 3:30 just to hang out but as I woke up too late, I didn’t go. Plus, I was soooooo lazy that day. I ate my first meal and I went and took a nap again. LOL. Talk about fatty. While we’re on the subject of eating, I realized I eat so unhealthily here. I swear my Señora fries everything. Well, almost everything. I usually have fried eggs, fried potatoes, fried cordon bleu, fried chicken, fried hotdogs, and I seriously think my spaghetti the other day for lunch was fried after being cooked. So weird. I pretty much eat fried eggplants everyday and I eat about a dozen eggs a week.

My Señora is really nice but I’m starting to notice that she irks me. Hehe. Sssshhh. The first two weeks it was nice to be served but now it kinda gets annoying and frustrating. I’m perfectly capable of getting fruit from the fridge or bringing my plate to the sink but she stops me from doing so. Then, she repeats everything she says like I don’t get it. Urgh. Then I try to explain to her what I think, then she “contradicts” me but we both mean the same thing.

I feel so bad badmouthing. :P But oh well, there’s got to be somewhere that I offload these things. Also, they are not the tidiest people in the world. I’m one to say, right? Haha. I’m not the tidiest person in the world either but you know, I like to keep my glasses and cups clean. When I wash my thermos, I wash it very thoroughly. When she washes it for me, I doubt she does it like she means it. :P Here’s the part that still gets me: Every time I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth, there’s this white porcelain ledge under the mirror. On the ledge is a hairbrush with hundreds of strands of hair. I have to stare at this thing every time I brush and floss my teeth and wash my face. The side of the ledge where I prop my toothbrush (remember I have to carry my toiletries with me to the bathroom and back to my room) is dirty and has some stain stuff. Aaaaahhh.

Now, I’m a very tolerant person. I am. Really. I’m just saying this coz I somehow needed to say it. But I’m not at a point where I’m pulling my hair off or wanting to go home already. LOL. When I talk to the other girls about their host families, theirs are so much better. One girl’s mom is a professional cook. She cooks for other families for a living. Another girl’s mom gives her cereal for breakfast. I feel like the program director knew I was the most tolerant because I don’t think the other girls could have tolerated much of what I have right now. Whateverrr. I’m just saying. :P Plus, we’re halfway through.

To make myself feel “better,” I just tell myself that this is just one of those things I just have to suck up as part of the whole experience. (I actually think this is such good practice for when I go home to the Philippines the end of this year. =P) Now, I don’t mind the brush on the ledge, the shit on the streets, the fried foods, and every single thing being on Spanish. What I still do mind about is smoke belching. Every morning, I don’t mind walking but it gets to my last nerves how I have to endure car smoke! I cannot stand it. =( On the brighter side of things, this is really good practice for the Philippines.

Note to self: Go to Corte Ingles (the department store) tomorrow and buy a handkerchief. =P

So, back to my day, I pretty much didn’t go anywhere. I got a “scolding” at dinner that I shouldn’t sleep too much. My host dad quoted an old saying, “In sleeping, there’s no living.” I tried explaining that I haven’t slept in for soooo long. Then they told stories about previous host kids they had before who would always go out and wander around the city’s main spots every afternoon. Whateverrr. One of these days I’ll do that. =P Hopefully, before I leave. LOL. So, that was it for my Sunday.

Note to self: Go to the Cathedral next available Sunday and actually go to Mass. =P Haven’t had the body and blood of Christ in a while. =)