9/12/13
I skipped school today which felt great to relax, except my host mom came home from work and yelled at me. She was not happy that I didn’t tell her my decision about sleeping instead of going to school. Around 4 pm I decided to take the bus to school to try and make my last class. Earlier I missed English and Spanish. Turns out I missed the bus to school so when I finally got to school, I took the next bus right back home. It was a pointless run but it made my host mom happy knowing I was at school.
In English class though I try and teach Sunny Basic English while the teacher talks to the other kids in more complex vocabulary. I am only attending that class because Sunny needs my help and she asked for my help. If Sunny wasn’t there then it would be pointless for me to attend. I usually sit there on my phone or write in my journal.
In Spanish class the teacher doesn’t know any English so she has no way of communicating with me. I’m positive the teacher didn’t even know I was missing from her class today.
On the bus to school around 3:30 pm, I was sitting next to an older lady with lots of bags. I was sitting backwards so I couldn’t tell when my school was approaching. The lady next to me stood up and stared at me. I got all frazzled and figured she knew I need to get off now for school. When I stepped off that bus, I was beyond lost…again. It wasn’t my stop for school, instead it was 3-4 blocks away from my stop. I wasn’t sure which direction to walk or where my school was located. I ended up called my mom and dad in New Jersey to track my phone and tell me where I should go. My mom started to use google map on her computer while I read the names of streets to her. It was frustrating pronouncing streets over the phone because she didn’t know how to spell them so I just kept walking down the street. I ended up walking the wrong direction and had to go back where I started. My mom finally told me which direction to walk and I found the bus stop outside my school. It was completely pointless to go to school today but at least I know which bus stop NOT to get off at next time.
At home I made a sandwich with turkey lunch meat. In Poland they don’t have sliced lunch meat and instead just a block of the meat that you cut yourself. My host mom laughed at me when I asked her to teach me how to cut a block of meat. Since no one was home though, I watched an English movie on TV. I turned on “The Big Year” with Jack Black and put the voice in English. It was a relief to watch an American movie. I also needed a nice break from everyone in the house. I also got to take a really long, hot shower for the first time since I’ve gotten here. With all this amazing alone time, I called Grant, Gina, Mom, and Dad. It was nice catching up with everyone without having a time restriction. I miss everyone.
Stephanie Raquel
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