Today was the day of the placement exam for the new students (sorry, Tammy!), but I didn’t have anything I had to do!
I got up about 9:30, got ready, and ate my normal breakfast while talking to Fani. I had made plans to meet Tammy at 2pm at my apartment after her exam unless she wasn’t finished, in which case I would wait for her at my apartment. However, I remembered that after my exam, they told us we had to go to ISA. I decided to go to ISA, buying a new phone card on the way. I called my mother and used the computer while waiting for Tammy. It was about 1:30, but other students were starting to return to ISA. I asked someone in the office if the new students had been told to go to ISA after and was told yes, so I decided to wait a little longer for Tammy. Will was there loading pictures on the computer. It was about 1:50 at this point. I decided to call Fani and tell her that if Tammy buzzed our apartment, to tell her that I was in the ISA office, but for some reason, I couldn’t get through. I asked Will to find out who Tammy was and tell her what I was doing and that I would return shortly, in case she showed up. While I was telling him this, a new girl, Heather, described Tammy and asked if that was who I was talking about. I said yes and Heather said that Tammy had been walking with them, but left the group to walk to meet a friend! Yikes, that was me! I quickly left the office and walked/ran back to my apartment, looking for Tammy on both sides of Cabildo as I went. I got to my apartment about 10 minutes late. I was hoping that Tammy would be there and she was! She was waiting inside the doors. She told me that she had gone upstairs to my apartment and met Fani and that Fani had not wanted her to leave! She told Tammy that she was sure I would come and she didn’t want Tammy to go downstairs. Tammy was afraid I was waiting downstairs and told Fani this, so Fani went out onto the balcony and started yelling, “Carolina, Carolina,” into the street. Of course I didn’t answer, so Fani tried to call Guillermo’s cell phone to ask if I was at the ISA office because she knew that was where I was going. He didn’t answer, so she tried Paula and got her. Paula told her I had left the ISA office a few minutes ago. I felt bad for putting Tammy and Fani through so much trouble! Tammy told me about her test and how she was placed in Intermediate 2 because they don’t like to place non-native speakers of Spanish into Advanced. She is going to change classes tomorrow. That is a ridiculous thing for them to say because Tammy’s Spanish is MUCH better than mine and if the advanced class is too hard for her, I am going to die! I called Will to tell him that we didn’t want to go to El Tigre with him today because Tammy had to be home by 6 and it was already 2:30. We went to a café and I ordered a torta of zucchini things (I didn’t really like it) and Tammy had a hamburger. We talked for a long time and then I went to the bathroom and we left. Tammy wanted to buy tennis shoes for walking around (because she is not really supposed to wear her running shoes when she is not running) and a one-strap small backpack to wear in front. The zipper of my bag (actually my mom’s) is not doing so well and I am scared it is going to break soon at some inopportune time, so I would not mind buying one, as well, if we find one that I like. We visited a million bazillion shoe stores, but they were all really expensive. At one, Tammy asked to try on some shoes and the clerk acted like it was the biggest deal in the whole world. Unfortunately, this was the store with the best selection and so she wanted to try on several different styles of shoes. We eventually figured out that the shoe she liked, they did not have in her size. That figures! We left and went to an ice cream place and had ice cream cones. I had frutilla (strawberry) and frambuesa (raspberry). We kept talking and I told Tammy about my month here. We had to start walking to Tammy’s apartment while I was still eating my ice cream because we didn’t want her to be late. We got to Tammy’s apartment a little before 6 and we weren’t done talking, so she invited me in. We said hi to Silvia and went to Tammy’s room. I had told Fani that I would be home by 8:30, so we had just about 2 hours to talk and we talked that whole time. At 8, Tammy walked me to the door so she could let me out (you need a key to escape) and I walked home in safety. When it is dark, we have to walk four blocks out of our way to walk on a street with street lights, but it is worth it to see Tammy! I got home and Fani got dinner ready. I had soup, pizza, and mousse that was supposed to taste like dulce de leche, but didn’t really. Fani went to bed and I read and journaled before going to bed, as well.
I got up about 9:30, got ready, and ate my normal breakfast while talking to Fani. I had made plans to meet Tammy at 2pm at my apartment after her exam unless she wasn’t finished, in which case I would wait for her at my apartment. However, I remembered that after my exam, they told us we had to go to ISA. I decided to go to ISA, buying a new phone card on the way. I called my mother and used the computer while waiting for Tammy. It was about 1:30, but other students were starting to return to ISA. I asked someone in the office if the new students had been told to go to ISA after and was told yes, so I decided to wait a little longer for Tammy. Will was there loading pictures on the computer. It was about 1:50 at this point. I decided to call Fani and tell her that if Tammy buzzed our apartment, to tell her that I was in the ISA office, but for some reason, I couldn’t get through. I asked Will to find out who Tammy was and tell her what I was doing and that I would return shortly, in case she showed up. While I was telling him this, a new girl, Heather, described Tammy and asked if that was who I was talking about. I said yes and Heather said that Tammy had been walking with them, but left the group to walk to meet a friend! Yikes, that was me! I quickly left the office and walked/ran back to my apartment, looking for Tammy on both sides of Cabildo as I went. I got to my apartment about 10 minutes late. I was hoping that Tammy would be there and she was! She was waiting inside the doors. She told me that she had gone upstairs to my apartment and met Fani and that Fani had not wanted her to leave! She told Tammy that she was sure I would come and she didn’t want Tammy to go downstairs. Tammy was afraid I was waiting downstairs and told Fani this, so Fani went out onto the balcony and started yelling, “Carolina, Carolina,” into the street. Of course I didn’t answer, so Fani tried to call Guillermo’s cell phone to ask if I was at the ISA office because she knew that was where I was going. He didn’t answer, so she tried Paula and got her. Paula told her I had left the ISA office a few minutes ago. I felt bad for putting Tammy and Fani through so much trouble! Tammy told me about her test and how she was placed in Intermediate 2 because they don’t like to place non-native speakers of Spanish into Advanced. She is going to change classes tomorrow. That is a ridiculous thing for them to say because Tammy’s Spanish is MUCH better than mine and if the advanced class is too hard for her, I am going to die! I called Will to tell him that we didn’t want to go to El Tigre with him today because Tammy had to be home by 6 and it was already 2:30. We went to a café and I ordered a torta of zucchini things (I didn’t really like it) and Tammy had a hamburger. We talked for a long time and then I went to the bathroom and we left. Tammy wanted to buy tennis shoes for walking around (because she is not really supposed to wear her running shoes when she is not running) and a one-strap small backpack to wear in front. The zipper of my bag (actually my mom’s) is not doing so well and I am scared it is going to break soon at some inopportune time, so I would not mind buying one, as well, if we find one that I like. We visited a million bazillion shoe stores, but they were all really expensive. At one, Tammy asked to try on some shoes and the clerk acted like it was the biggest deal in the whole world. Unfortunately, this was the store with the best selection and so she wanted to try on several different styles of shoes. We eventually figured out that the shoe she liked, they did not have in her size. That figures! We left and went to an ice cream place and had ice cream cones. I had frutilla (strawberry) and frambuesa (raspberry). We kept talking and I told Tammy about my month here. We had to start walking to Tammy’s apartment while I was still eating my ice cream because we didn’t want her to be late. We got to Tammy’s apartment a little before 6 and we weren’t done talking, so she invited me in. We said hi to Silvia and went to Tammy’s room. I had told Fani that I would be home by 8:30, so we had just about 2 hours to talk and we talked that whole time. At 8, Tammy walked me to the door so she could let me out (you need a key to escape) and I walked home in safety. When it is dark, we have to walk four blocks out of our way to walk on a street with street lights, but it is worth it to see Tammy! I got home and Fani got dinner ready. I had soup, pizza, and mousse that was supposed to taste like dulce de leche, but didn’t really. Fani went to bed and I read and journaled before going to bed, as well.
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