04.21.06
Today at work when my boss made a telephone call to a customer to ask a question about her cake order, he discovered that she spoke mostly spanish and not enough english (for him). After he hung up with her and tried to find someone who spoke her language, I reluctantly came forward and offered to call her.
Despite my completion of four high school spanish courses, I am not confident about my ability to speak spanish. To escape any possible embarrassment, I secluded myself in the boss's office to make this private phone-call; no one else would be able to hear my attempts to communicate with this woman. Before I dialed the number, I recalled a few words that I needed: Hablo español pequeño. I scribbled a couple of other spanish words on a piece of paper as well.
I called her. We communicated. It was the highlight of my day. During our conversation, I apologized for not knowing how to say what I wanted to say - I was upset with myself for not remembering words like "what," "when," and "how many!" - but we got through it. It felt special, to work hard at this simple task of communicating, and understand each other in our own way.
04.20.06
+ "off-the-clock" antics at work - found some disposable chef hats in the boss's office and well, as expected, I put them on and waited until someone found me and joined in on the hat wearing
+ had a nice ride home from work listening to the Black Eyed Peas - really loud!
+ gave away some fabric via the local Freecycle - she was so happy!
+ visited with my mom and enjoyed reminiscing while sipping a ColdStone Creamery Smoothie
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Monday, April 03, 2006
art museum, sail patterns, spring cleaning
03.30.06 - visited the Tampa Museum of Art to admire the selected works of Maurice Sendak and Keith Haring
04.02.06 - collaborated with Robert on the sail pattern design for his kites: the Mohawk and the Spike
04.03.06 - clearing out the clutter in the house and listing non-fiction books about pop culture on Amazon.com
- went to Treasure Island and got some good video of Rob and T.C. flying their matching Mohawks
- currently obsessed with looking at cat pictures at Flickr.com, especially those of Jimmy Leo
04.02.06 - collaborated with Robert on the sail pattern design for his kites: the Mohawk and the Spike
04.03.06 - clearing out the clutter in the house and listing non-fiction books about pop culture on Amazon.com
- went to Treasure Island and got some good video of Rob and T.C. flying their matching Mohawks
- currently obsessed with looking at cat pictures at Flickr.com, especially those of Jimmy Leo