Jamie Fehr

I was at my spanish teachers house last Tuesday (that is August 1st, 2006) for a chat because I hadn’t seen her for a while and I wanted to tell her about some of the things that had been happening.

We talked about the Camino a little and she reminded me that I had promised to write her a letter from Santiago de Compostela and that she had been checking her mailbox everyday and had not seen one yet. I told her that I had never written one because I had been ill at the end of the Camino and that made things OK. She then told me that she would write me a letter at the end of her vacation, I guess she really wanted to rub it in that she was a better person than me.

Then, she asked me to stay for supper and I said sure, I was really hoping that she would say this because I really didn’t feel like making my own supper because it was so hot. So we talked some more, I don’t remember exactly what all was said, but I do know that it was mostly meaningless.

So what was the point of telling you all this? There is none, just like the reason for this particular visit. I just showed up at her house quite uninvited hoping that maybe I get fed.

During the course of all this meaningless conversation, she all of a sudden popped in that if I really wanted to learn spanish I should come live with them for two or three months, no make that four months. She then proceeded to tell me where I would sleep and what it would be like.

It really happened quickly and I didn’t know what to say other than that i’ll think about it. She was OK with that. So now I have thought about it a little and here are some of the pro’s and con’s

Pro’s

1. Learning Spanish every moment of every day.
2. She speaks some english and her husband is fluent (I wouldn’t be lost if I didn’t know how to say something)
3. Not having to buy my own groceries anymore.
4. Really, it would be fun.

Con’s

What? There could possibly be something wrong with this arrangement?

1. The house is really small
2. I would be back on someone else’s schedule. (I really am enjoying the flexibility of single living.)
3. Carlos (the guy I would be sharing a room with) talks in his sleep and my Spanish teaching lady claims to snore (ronchar in spanish).

So in the end the only thing that really turns me off from the arrangement is being on a family schedule. I really do act spontaneously and having a new mom to worry about me really just won’t suit. So the other option is to visit frequently, so I guess that I will just have to go say hi again sometime this weekend.