Jo’s Jovial Jolly Jocular Journal

Ahhh internet has returned to my home. That is a happy thing!

I meant to write in the last post about how much translating and interpreting that I have been doing lately and how helpful that is for the Spanish. But how tiring too!!

The other weekend I went shopping and you wouldn´t think that I was a poor volunteer because I bought myself sooo many clothes. I have been bit by bit this week wearing some of them and it is making me happy. Also I was happy because it looked like I may not have to go shopping again for a long long time. When I was leaving the shops I wasn´t exactly sure which way to drive. I stopped off in some fast food place and asked one of the security guards to help me. He had no idea and in a few minutes I had 4 different men with guns from 3 different fast food joints surrounding the car in an attempt to get me home.

Tonight is the Pedida of Chochy, Victor´s sister. Her fiance is coming to the house with his family and they are going to ask for her hand in marriage. I get to go too, as part of Victor´s family. Fun. At the last family event we were all sitting around a big table and we were talking about these traditions and I was telling them about Australian engagement and marriage traditions. I talked about the man asking the parents of the his girlfriend permittion to marry them. Victor´s Mum made a joke like ‘Oh and have you done that before Joanna?’, in front of about a thousand Aunties. And I laughed ‘ha ha ha’ and quickly looked down at my food, not exactly wanting to tell the long story to all the Aunties. Anyway, have to go formal to the event, and so it looks like I will be back in the shops this afternoon looking for a formal outfit for the occasion…