Good news: One of my professors likes giving readings in English. Win! Except I don't know why he would give readings this difficult to students who don't speak fluently. Even I am having trouble getting through it… I mean, here's a quote from the article I'm reading right now: "it tends to preserve Zeitgeist thinking after all, because it privileges the notion of an ‘essential’ relatedness across diverse domains and decades." Now, does anyone know what class I'm reading this for? No, you don't. Music in the 18th Century, for the record. But seriously, it's crazy. If a professor at home gave readings in another language (for a non-language class, obviously), the students would probably riot.
Other good news: My other musicology professor told me I speak Spanish well. Which makes me very happy because I feel like every time I open my mouth in her class, I sound dumber and dumber. She's also far less terrifying face-to-face than when she's doing lecture during class.
Bad news: having a cold here sucks. For starters, the kleenex I have are in those little travel packs (10 packs of 10 for 0,73 euros!) so I can basically count how many tissues I've gone through in the last 24 hours. (It's roughly 30, in case you wanted to know that.) But at least I have a day off class, and María is making sure I drink lots and lots of water.
Random discovery: These chips, which are (don't be surprised) ham and cheese flavored. Of course. Also, someone should look at a pack of potato chips and tell me how many ingredients there are, because the unflavored ones here have literally three: Potatoes, vegetable oil, and salt. I feel like there's no way a manufacturer just left it at that in the USA.
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