I am finally going to get a chance to use my university Spanish! Unfortunately I have exhausted my vocabulary with the profligate use of the word “hola”. I’m definitely over my longstanding resentment at the Spanish language for completely destroying my GPA. Ah, yes, the joys of being remedial.
We are off to Puerto Vallarta on Monday. It is my first trip to Mexico and I’m very excited. I will try and update the blog while we’re away. If you are stuck somewhere with terrible weather, please think of me lounging poolside. Hmmm, that sounds a bit like gloating, doesn’t it? Heh, sorry. And don’t worry. I will get mine when I have to admit to someone that I took two years of Spanish and only have one word.
Hola! Hola! Hola!
I still can’t believe those professors never saw fit to give me any grade higher than a C-. Unreasonable bastards… I’ll show them. I will converse fluently with cheese vendors and fish mongers all over Puerto Vallarta. I will start things off with a beautifully pronounced “hola” and it will go from there. I’m sure the entire language is just waiting up here in my head. Given the right trigger, such as the strong desire to buy a fish taco, I will suddenly begin speaking in beautifully formed sentences that are so accurate and even poetic that I will impress native speakers. Stay tuned!