how much do i love my señora?....let me count the ways!

maria rosa has to be the best señora sevilla has to offer...

this morning i had to finish a paper about the museo de bellas artes and i couldnt figure out how to say "cut off his head" (i was talking about john the baptist) and so i tried to describe it to maria rosa and she told me the verb was guillotinar and helped me spell it and then checked other parts of my paper :)

and later she took me and jacquelin shopping for our carnival costumes.  carnival is a holiday in february where everyone is dressed up in crazy costumes, goes to cádiz (a town an hr outside of sevilla) and parties all night.  i think its a week or 2 long but we are going feb 21.  we have a private bus that will take us from sevilla 930pm saturday and bring us back sometime sunday morning!! anyways, so maria rosa took us to the most well known costume shop in sevilla.  its a costume shop year round and is for adults (but isnt the kind of "adult" costume shop we know in the states!).  so i bought a short-red-hair wig, huge crazy sunglasses & a blue boa.  ill probably wear a white tank with tight back jeans and boots to pull off the crazy punk rock chick look.  jacquelin bought a really intense mask (like the kind at masked balls) and a purple boa.  when we got back the 3 of us (me, jacquelin & maria rosa) took turns trying on our costumes and taking pictures (dont worry, ill put everything up in a day or 2!).  we had such a laugh, i think maria rosa wants to be young again and come with us to cádiz! ooo and before we got home we stopped at corte ingles (department store) to get a present for her friend, and the grocery store and the fruit store.  jacquelin and i felt like little girls following our mother around while she does errands, it was great!

and tonight after dinner i helped her with the computer.  she wanted to know how to spell check her mail because she saw my computer fix my spelling.  so me and her sat there for 10ish minutes while i tried to figure out what everything meant in spanish and then finally i got the bright idea to change her hotmail settings to english so i could figure it out.  of course i got it in 2 seconds, changed it back to spanish and taught her how.  she is like grandpa when it comes to computers, she needs step by step instructions, but she was so happy that she could spell check her emails before she sends them out!  and after we just sat there and looked at pictures of the SIMOF (Salon Internacional de Moda Flamenco - high fashion flamenco dresses) show.  i was thinking about going out tonight but i had so much fun looking at the beautiful dresses with her (and it was raining) that i decided not to.  maria and oscar just like having us sit around with them.  its why they host girls every semester, its like having daughters again (well not again, because they have 2 sons, but you know what i mean).

i really did luck out with my living situation.  i live in the center of the city (perfect location),  i have a great roommate that im friends with and i have great padres who want us around and enjoy us being here :)

oo and i finally got the courage to email my intercambio (a native who i speak spanish with and they help me and they speak english with me and i help them)!  and juanfran emailed me back and wants to meet up!  hopefully hes cool and i can have a spanish friend!!! xoxo