Spaniards & 2 Complaints

Spaniards


I just want to make a quick post about how kind and warm the Spaniards are here in Rota. I met 3 spanish officers wives today and they were wonderful. They invited me to go out with them and to get together with all our kids. I will be taking advantage of this opportunity.  Rocio (pronounced ROTHIO) sat at my MOPS table today. I could have talked with her all day. She was so funny too. She kept talking to me in spanish on purpose to MAKE me use my spanish. Her spanish friend told her in spanish that I don't know spanish, thinking she had just forgotten which language she was using. She said, "I know. I want her to practice."  I love it!!!!!!! They are so beautiful too.  She was telling us about a line of spanish beauty products/make up and I told her that's the stuff I want to use if all the Spanish women are using it. They're gorgeous...I want to be too :)  


Two weeks ago I was at a park near my house here on base and a Spanish mom came over to me and just starting talking to me, in English.  Her name was Elizabeth also but pronounced SABELLA (she's from northern spain).  Down here in southern spain, it's pronounced, Isabella (like in the U.S.). She asked me my name and when I told her she said, "Oh, we have the same name."  Hers sounds much more beautiful and exotic than mine though.  I love that they all talk to my kids in spanish and seem really impressed when my kids say a few words in spanish.  It really encourages my kids to keep using the little spanish they know.

There's only 2 complaints so far:


1. MoPed drivers scare me and annoy me, quite frankly. I'm bigger than them, shouldn't they be scared of me...not the other way around?!?!?


2. Rolie Polies (aka Pill Bugs). Every morning I spend about 20 minutes sweeping them out of my house over and over again.  It's really frustrating. I even have a blister forming on one of my hands from all the sweeping! But, at least they roll up into little balls and sweep out easily, right?