Extras

Okay, first let me correct that last entry. Raquel is from Spain, but Sergio is from Peru. Details probably don´t matter to you, but I´ve been thinking about it.

I found out recently that in Spanish to give birth is "dar la luz" which means to give the light. Some of you Spanish freaks probably already knew that, but I think it´s very beautiful. :) My host mother´s mother´s name (so my host grandmother, I guess?) is Luz, so her mother gave the light to Light! Last night Maria was telling stories about the births of her children. Apparently her son Orlando was born at home because they couldn´t get to the hospital in time! And with Edson she had to have a c-section because he had his hand on his head. She was joking that when they opened her up Edson was waving at the doctors!

One other thing is that this entire time I thought Edson´s girlfriend´s name was Emily, but I dis covered after some careful listening that it´s actually Evelyn... Like Mamaw! I feel bad that I didn´t know here name, but she seemed to think it was pretty funny so I was off the hook. Last night I had a terrible coughing fit while we were hanging out at home, so I ran to the kitchen and when I came out everyone was gone! It turned out Evelyn and Edson had jumped up to go to the botica and buy me some cough medicine. It was really, really nice and made me feel so taken care of. I´m still dealing with this pesky illness, but all of the students in my program are going through it, so I hope I will pass! Meanwhile Maria will only let me drink warm liquids because she thinks cold liquid is bad for my throat. Does anyone know if this is true?

Gotta run! Spanish class!