China, Numbers and Coffee

Hi.

I am doing just fine. I found out that the test I thought I missed is actually tomorrow, so that was a relief. Today I did not have anything to do until 12. I ended up sleeping until 10, which was nice as I did not feel to horrible when I woke up. I sidled into my classroom at 11:55 and found 2 of my fellow students already there. As 12 o' clock drew steadily nearer, we began to notice that no one else was showing up. One of my peers checked online to see if our final exam was cancelled, and it turned out that we were just an hour early. I did not know what to do, so I went to Brewbakers on the off chance that I would find one of my friends or acquaintances there, but I did not. I then made my way to the tattoo place to see how much it would cost to have the Casey coat of arms and the Chi Rho stabbed into my body. Hearing the screams of pain coming from a patron of that fine establishment, I decided to wait, at least until I have a substantial arrest record, or have some military experience..

When I got back to my class, I found out that instead of an exam, we would be writing a 200 word description of what we thought of the class. Mine was an interesting and honest little essay.
I also got my paper back. I was expecting to get less than a C for it and so I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had a B minus. I then did some other stuff, before returning home to take Ian to school to get his computer.

What else?? Oh yeah. When we lived in the old country, we had some next door neighbors called the Dillanes. They were very nice, and left their back yard unlocked so all us neighbors could freely use their trampoline, and they did not mind that I would try to learn hotel California loudly a few inches away from their windows. We also found out the the man of the house Steven Dillane was an actor. We watched one of his movies with one of his kids Frank, which was called the Parole Officer. It was quite well known in England, but I don't think it was ever released here. My point is not that I knew someone famous. My point is that I recently read about the HBO mini series called John Adams, which my favorite radio host has been giving lofty praise. We do not have HBO, and so I am relegated to watching trailers on Youtube, and reading about it on Wikipedia. As you may or may not know, I have recently been reading a lot about Thomas Jefferson, and so I was really shocked to learn that my favorite founding father was played by none other Steven Dillane. The Steven Dillane. Cool ha?

Anyway, my family has been eating out a lot lately. I do not know what caused this expensive pattern of behavior, but I do know that I am grateful that they take me along. Last night we were at La Carretta. It was the 5th of May (Speak English) and so they had the Veronica Robles Mariachi band going from table to table. They sang my request Malaguena Salerosa (Girl from Malaga and a word that Google translator does not know) which was nice and also awkward, because Veronica was only a few inches from my face, and she could hold a note for at least a minute.

Well, I hope you enjoy your evening. I will be studying for 2 tests tomorrow, and will thus be drinking caffeinated products and singing.