Lucy CP-7

Tayana and I are quickly becoming best friends.

I love this girl!

Tonight, we started off at her dorm- with her showing me where she lived and telling me how she liked it.
The only problem with really getting to be friends with a conversation partner is that you no longer even care about their mistakes in English. A few times I'll have to get her to repeat things, but for the most part I'm just becoming used to it. I've always felt like a Conversation Partner's place is to be there just for conversation, though. Get a tutoring partner if you want correction. As a conversation partner I'm here to show you how an American thinks, speaks, and has fun- and I want to know the same for you. We cover "schema" stuff, the heart of ambiguity tolerance. I'm here to boost your comfort levels so that you really feel comfortable exercising your skills.

Her dorm is super nice in comparison with dorms I've stayed in. She lives in Southgate, and didn't have a roommate assigned to her this session, so she's living by herself. She has a nice big window facing South and a lady who comes and checks on her, straightens up the place, and does weekly housekeeping. Wowwee.
It was neat to see how she kept her place. She pretty much stayed on the side assigned to her, and didn't do a lot of decorating (me neither, Tayana). She showed me some things she'd bought for her sister, and I noted the foods she kept around...Ramen noodles escape no college student.

After the room, we headed out to El Jalisco's for the night so she could try American Mexican food...and tequila shots. Good time. We talked school, boys, family, and general life stuff. The Mexican food was interesting to her. She knew cilantro because it's used in Brazilian cooking as well, and we both love it. I explained how Mexican food consists of basic ingredients: beans, rice, meat, tortillas,  tomatoes, avocados, peppers, onions, lime, and cilantro... you just decide how you want your meat, and how you want everything put together. Simple, filling, and delicious. She agreed.

Next we headed to Zingales...She'd heard of it, so we went and enjoyed some more drinky drinks. We didn't play pool, just sat and talked some more.


Fun time, as always.