Randomness.

[mamadeb]

This morning, I had to take a car to work. The driver spoke very little English - he was fresh from Ecuador. We managed to have a stilted and poorly phrased conversation, and I was able to direct him to the office with no misunderstandings (other than I forgot how to say "left". Fortunately, he knew the English.)

I'm trying to figure out how I can shop and cook for Rosh Hashanah and still have time to see Serenity on Sunday. (No way can I see it earlier.)

First person to give me a fandom and three random words gets a story.

Comments

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

sorry. I don't know where I left my brain today. Would you believe I used to be 100% fluent in Spanish? Now I can barely put half a coherent thought together.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

I got A's in Spanish, but fluency? Never happen.

Funny thing is, I'm speaking fair bit of Spanish these days. Not just the cleaning person or the car service drivers, but also people calling into the office.

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

I lived in Spain from age 3 to 8. But it's all gone now. Every bit.

[ataniell93.livejournal.com]

I never took Spanish, but you'd be amazed what 10 years in a mostly Hispanic neighbourhood will do for ya.

Could you shop for Rosh Hashanah when you shop for Shabbat this week? Then you'd just have to cook.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much the plan. Here's the thing.

I'm making large dishes that take a long time to cook - chicken soup, pot roast, turkey, rice pilaf. I need the time to cook them, and I can't do the pot roast and the turkey at the same time.