Punctuality

Today we had to get up early (we usually don’t have class until 1) to get a briefing on the field trip to the Basque country next week. We were told to be there at 9:30am! We showed up on time and the meeting didn’t start until close to 10. It was scheduled early for the Monterrey group or something and they didn’t even show up on time! There were about half of them there at 10. I told Alba about that afterward and she said that if we are scheduled for a meeting that far ahead, she will bring up what happened today. I don’t know what it is (it must be cultural or something), but it even happened on our trip to Madrid. We were told to be in the lobby at a certain time each morning and the Americans were always on time and the Mexicans just showed up whenever they felt like it (as bad as it sounds to classify by country, but that’s exactly how it was). So, by the end of that trip, the tour guides told them to show up 30 minutes before the time that they told us…it was that bad.

The meeting was like 15 minutes long, so we had a lot of time to kill (time that could have been better used sleeping in). I helped one of the girls in our group get her computer fixed (it had spyware, adware, and a virus…) and then we had class. For some reason, I was VERY tired in class. I was struggling to stay awake. It didn’t help that the lights were off, we were looking at slides, and our prof was kind of monotonous.

When I got back to the apartment, I took a long nap. When I woke up, it was dark. I then made some food and hung out with Mike, Scott S., Ryan, and Dave for a little bit. Now, I’m working on some stuff for our project because we are going to “present” what we have so far to Miguel Roldan tomorrow morning. That’s my night.

Weird Weather and Fútbol Game

I forgot to put in yesterday that it snowed! We asked our profs and they said that it snows like once every 10 years! It’s crazy. It wasn’t cold enough for it to collect on the ground, but it was snowing pretty hard at times. Some of the flakes were really big too! It was nice to finally see snow falling from the sky. I’ve seen patches on the ground and even flurries, but never really falling as flakes. I was born in Nebraska and it would snow, but I was too young to remember any of it.

Today we had a work day because our studio prof had to go to Mexico…his mom passed away over the weekend. She had suffered a stroke last week and was doing a little bit better, but took a turn for the worst. It’s very sad because he had debated going back last week, but wasn’t sure. Our prayers go out to him and his family…

After class, we had a meeting with Michael Neuman and he wanted to have a kind of “mid-semester talk” about how things are going and what kind of suggestions we might have for the program. He gave us some advice as far as finding travelling information and stuff. He also invited us over to his place to watch the Barcelona/Espanyol fútbol game.

The afternoon was filled with “boredom” (which means some napping and hanging out). Later on in the evening I made another batch of Macaroni and Cheese (4 left now…) and put some sausage in it. It was awesome! We then called Michael Neuman and went over to watch the game. It was nice and we got to talk and stuff during the game. The end score was 0 to 0, but it was still a good game.

Weird Weather and Fútbol Game

I forgot to put in yesterday that it snowed! We asked our profs and they said that it snows like once every 10 years! It’s crazy. It wasn’t cold enough for it to collect on the ground, but it was snowing pretty hard at times. Some of the flakes were really big too! It was nice to finally see snow falling from the sky. I’ve seen patches on the ground and even flurries, but never really falling as flakes. I was born in Nebraska and it would snow, but I was too young to remember any of it.

Today we had a work day because our studio prof had to go to Mexico…his mom passed away over the weekend. She had suffered a stroke last week and was doing a little bit better, but took a turn for the worst. It’s very sad because he had debated going back last week, but wasn’t sure. Our prayers go out to him and his family…

After class, we had a meeting with Michael Neuman and he wanted to have a kind of “mid-semester talk” about how things are going and what kind of suggestions we might have for the program. He gave us some advice as far as finding travelling information and stuff. He also invited us over to his place to watch the Barcelona/Espanyol fútbol game.

The afternoon was filled with “boredom” (which means some napping and hanging out). Later on in the evening I made another batch of Macaroni and Cheese (4 left now…) and put some sausage in it. It was awesome! We then called Michael Neuman and went over to watch the game. It was nice and we got to talk and stuff during the game. The end score was 0 to 0, babarão também por se sentir frustrado