Sick day, July 5th

Today was different than any other day we’ve been here-it was mine and Rachel’s first day of separation. It was so sad :( She woke up feeling pretty nauseous and needed to stay home and get some rest. Since I was well I was obligated to go hang out with Walter and learn…(okay it really wasn’t as boring as it sounds since we love Walter here and all).  I showed up to class and he told me that he had a field trip planned aka his other job interfered with our class schedule! About half way through class we hopped in a taxi and went to the airport to pick up a family who would be arriving from California. They were supposed to fly in at 10:35 am but when they didn’t show up for a long time Walter made me go to the information counter and ask if the flight had arrived in Spanish for my “exam.” I passed, and of course the flight had landed. Walter’s friend, Marco, who helps run the hotel Walter sometimes lives at was there and was a stress case trying to find the people. He finally found out they had missed their flight and wouldn’t be in til about 11:45 so Walter and I walked upstairs and talked in Spanish and he quizzed me on the capitals of different countries around the world. It was great but I did miss having Rachel there to tag team Walter with me. The family finally arrived and I got assigned to help take them to the hotel where we helped get their rooms and settle them in. I met a nice English boy who the family tried switching rooms with so they could be right next to their kid’s room. It was fun. I got home and Rachel was up and showered and feeling much better so that was good. We then were really lazy the rest of the day and watched 2 movies and relaxed the rest of the day. It was nice to just hang out since it feels like we are always constantly going. We love it here so much.