Embarrassing Things About Living With My Host Family; From Least Embarrassing to Most

1. I brought some nice loose leaf tea as a gift for the entire family, but for some reason decided that I only needed to bring one tea infuser. So now mi madre always serves me tea. And no one else can drink the tea. It´s embarrassing every single time.

2. My room is right next to the bathroom. I mentioned before how the walls are very thin. This means I can very clearly hear everyone pee. And poop. And sometimes talk to themselves while they poop. Although I can´t yet understand what they are saying.




3. I DON´T KNOW ANYONE´S NAME!!! I was introduced to people once, but forgot most of the names, and didn´t understand a lot of people´s relationship to the heads of the household (I know la abuelita se llama Marta, and I THINK el abuelito se llama Martin. But I´m not sure on that last one.) It´s gotten to the point where it´s too awkward to ask names. I´m hoping my Spanish will improve enough so I will be able to pick out names from conversations. Yesterday was my host sister´s 19th birthday. Ï thought to myself, Thank goodness, self. I´ll be able to learn at least her name when they sing her Happy Birthday. But I couldn´t understand. It sounded like Minda ABljsfdjldfskljaaaaa. I am so ashamed.