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Spain Part 71 – ¡Ensayos!
Apr. 8th, 2008 08:14 pmThere was definitely a lot of tarea to be done on Tuesday. I got up at 8 and started with my first essay for Latin American Lit, and by the time I was done with that it was time to go and call my mom on skype. We talked about those everyday mundane things that you never seem to think are important until you aren’t there to see them happen. After that I headed to the centro for el ensayo de teatro (theatre rehearsal). I didn’t need prompting for too many lines today, which makes me happy. It’s getting really fun to rehearse because we actually get to act out the funny parts. Pilar (one of the profesoras) watched our rehearsal today and laughed almost the whole time. I’m excited to see what the students think of it.
We only have 3 weeks left of rehearsals before we have the Cabaret, and I’m getting nervous because I said that I would play the violin, but I still don’t have a violin and I haven’t practiced since about two weeks before I left the states. I hope I won’t have to back out of it because I didn’t have enough time to prepare. I’d really like to do a piece of Spanish origin but I don’t know if I can learn something new so quickly.
I went back to tarea after teatro and worked on it until Alicia came by and asked if I needed a break. I did indeed, so we went to the juice bar on the corner and bought some fresh juice. Alicia got a blend of tropical fruits, and I got the “conejito” (it means little rabbit) which had carrots, ginger, strawberries, and apple juice. It was amazingly delicious and definitely helped me to plug away at my tarea until the taller de abanicos (fan workshop).
María, who works at the front desk, showed us how to paint fans and gave us each one to paint. It’s traditional to paint flowers on them, but I decided I wanted to be untraditional so I started painting music notes. Next week we get to finish them and then María is going to teach us how to use them. I know that in general they don’t use fans like they used to but it’s common to be walking along the street on a hot day and see women/girls fanning themselves at the very least. It’ll be exciting to learn how they used to use them at any rate.
Alicia and I walked home after the taller and had la cena which was an ensalada with arroz y pollo (salad with chicken and rice). We plugged away at tarea after that until bedtime. It was unusually quiet in the house, and we couldn’t figure out why until we realized that for the first time in months Lucía was not watching television. Normally she watches tv every evening. Unfortunately it didn’t last because as soon as we got into bed she put the tv on, so we could hear it as we were falling asleep. Oh well, you can’t win them all.
We only have 3 weeks left of rehearsals before we have the Cabaret, and I’m getting nervous because I said that I would play the violin, but I still don’t have a violin and I haven’t practiced since about two weeks before I left the states. I hope I won’t have to back out of it because I didn’t have enough time to prepare. I’d really like to do a piece of Spanish origin but I don’t know if I can learn something new so quickly.
I went back to tarea after teatro and worked on it until Alicia came by and asked if I needed a break. I did indeed, so we went to the juice bar on the corner and bought some fresh juice. Alicia got a blend of tropical fruits, and I got the “conejito” (it means little rabbit) which had carrots, ginger, strawberries, and apple juice. It was amazingly delicious and definitely helped me to plug away at my tarea until the taller de abanicos (fan workshop).
María, who works at the front desk, showed us how to paint fans and gave us each one to paint. It’s traditional to paint flowers on them, but I decided I wanted to be untraditional so I started painting music notes. Next week we get to finish them and then María is going to teach us how to use them. I know that in general they don’t use fans like they used to but it’s common to be walking along the street on a hot day and see women/girls fanning themselves at the very least. It’ll be exciting to learn how they used to use them at any rate.
Alicia and I walked home after the taller and had la cena which was an ensalada with arroz y pollo (salad with chicken and rice). We plugged away at tarea after that until bedtime. It was unusually quiet in the house, and we couldn’t figure out why until we realized that for the first time in months Lucía was not watching television. Normally she watches tv every evening. Unfortunately it didn’t last because as soon as we got into bed she put the tv on, so we could hear it as we were falling asleep. Oh well, you can’t win them all.
