Day 325 | Wednesday, November 18 | 2009

Aquatic Basketball...

It has been a busy day of studying although I wish I could have gotten more done than I did. Tomorrow I have my Spanish Civilization and Culture exam and I feel a little anxious about it. I cannot wait for this quarter to just be over. It's weird to think that I'll be in Texas this weekend.

Not much else to say about today except that I am tired of studying. I snuck this picture tonight when I took a break from studying at the Donkey.

Día 131 | Domingo, 10 de Mayo | 2009

Descansa...

Happy mothers day to all the mothers out there! (especially my mom...I love you Mom).  Happy mothers day to you too Susan!  

Today was a hard day for me.  Me and my family seem to have a miscommunication going on.  I think most of it stems from the fact that I get up really early in the morning to study and work on homework.  I usually get up around 4 AM (sometimes earlier; sometimes later) because this time of day is the best for me to focus.  I do work in the afternoons (it is not like I don't get any work done) but getting up early gives me the extra time to make sure that my work is done well.  Anyways, this act has supposedly disrupted the sleep patterns of one of my sisters (it doesn't make sense though because I hardly make any noise) but my sister tells me that this has woken her up.  The rest of my host family has even taken it further -- they are seemingly chastising me for working hard and for doing my homework.  I wish I were making this up.  Needless to say, there has been a little tension amid the Trelles-Martínez household but I don't think that I am the one to blame here.  I think a lot of this might have to do with some of the natural cycle of things and how it pertains to my sisters.  I think this could be another case of them just acting a little bitter towards me like they did about this time last month.  We'll see.  Regardless, I only have about fifteen days left here so I will be gone in no time.

Day 62 | Monday, March 2 | 2009

Jamie...

Last night was really hard.  I was up until about 6:00 AM.  I was not able to finish two of my papers and I asked for an extension so that I turn them in tomorrow.  So, I'll have to get back to work.

Here's one of my best pals Jamie.  He's such a great guy.

Day 59 | Friday, February 27 | 2009

Tim...

Here is a guy I met outside the bike shop today.  I went to the bike shop because my headlight was broken and also needed to get a tail light too (the tail light had broken after I had accidentally dropped it off of my bike some time ago).  Anyways, I got to the bike shop at 9:45 and they didn't open until 10:00.  There was this guy (pictured) who was sort of loitering outside of the shop, he was obviously drunk, and we talked for about twenty minutes or so.  I could smell the alcohol all over him and his general disposition was pretty ornery and unpleasant but after awhile he turned out to be OK.  I thought I'd try to strike up some conversation with him about guitar playing (I noticed he had one sitting in the corner near his purple back pack that said 'NYU' on it).  First, I got the guitar out and played him a song or two...then it was his turn.  He played a couple Nickleback songs and then a song by Staind.  Then I asked him if I could take his picture (the one above is just one of the pictures I took).  

The guy seemed like he was a little messed up (obviously drunk) and I felt bad.  I hope that things aren't too rough for him, I wish that I could help him (I'd like to think just talking to him was good company), but then there is only so much that I can do.  At first, he told me his name was Tony Montana, then he told me his name was Tim Allen, someone passed on the sidewalk and said to him Hi, Dennis!, and then someone in the bike shop thought his name was Cody.  Whatever his name is, I hope and wish the best for him.

Today, I need to be productive.  I have so many things to do.  Good thing is that there are really only 3 weeks left.  Three weeks of suffering.