One of the hardest things ever..

is trying to pretend you are ok when you really are not.
I woke up with a fever this morning.
I tried to convince myself that I was fine.
After all of these years of being the "frail one" I have gotten pretty good at pretending.
I got up, took a shower, ate my lunch, and then went back to bed.
As soon as Andres got home from work and saw me, he knew right away that I was sick.
What a hard day to have a fever.
It was over 90 degrees today so getting cool was very hard.
I would not suggest getting a fever in Ecuador if you ever have the choice.

Andres is at a work Christmas party until the AM hours. Guess who is sleeping in his giant bed until he gets home? ME!!!!!
Then he will get home and I will shuffle to my little bed, or I will tell him to sleep on the couch. haha

Spent way too much of our day napping and reading.

What a good day.

Today was a long but great day.

Estoy preocupada por mi familia.

AYYYYY!!!!!

Been in a funk all day, well for a number of days honestly.

Eso no es Bueno.

On that note, here is a beautiful song.

ENTIENDO!!

I love when people come over to the house here and we are all sitting at the table, and they ask my parents here if I speak Spanish, and I just sit there are awkward hearing everything that they say about me.

At first it was (in Spanish) "This is the girlfriend of Carlos Andres, She doesn't speak or understand any Spanish." which was only part true because I understood what they were saying.

Now it is "this is the serious girlfriend of Carlos Andres, she understands Spanish but doesn't speak.".

Always interesting to listen in but not be able to speak. 

When I am tired I seem to be able to speak it without thinking.

This morning the momma came into the room and woke me up and was talking to me in Spanish, and in my half awake state I spoke one sentence in English and the next in Spanish. 

I have a feeling that I will get to Dubai and start speaking Spanish with my family, or not have the ability to speak very good English.

After I listen to Spanish for a few straight hours I try to make English flow like Spanish and it ends up sounding like crazy jibberish.

So funny.

Andres laughs so hard at me.

Discovering new happy music!

Finding new music! Things must be good if I am looking.

Thought vs. Taught

Can you believe that Spanish speakers have a lot of trouble with the "th" sound?

The things that you don't even realize. 

One of my new favorite things to do is see which of my Spanish speaking friends can make this sound.

Whether I am helping clean Marcel's apartment/ recording studio with 3 other SPanish speakers, or sitting in the living room with Carla's boy friend.

 I will ask them to say words like "thoughtful" or "This" and see which can pronounce it.

My friend Checho was a bit confused the other day when he was trying to figure out the difference between "taught" and"thought".

Both words end up sounding about the same.

I totally understand where they are coming from though. 

I remember in Puerto Rico when I would try to pronounce the Spanish words and everyone would laugh at how off I was. 

I love the magic of this place.

I love the simplicity of Ecuador.

People here want to love life, even if it is a simple life. 

I really appreciate that. 

It is so different than the States.