Food, poetry, and resumes

What a week. I am exhausted and will probably be ready for bed once my stomach calms down. Marit and I went shopping, then spent some time in my kitchen making puppy chow (http://www.chex.com/Recipes/RecipeView.aspx?RecipeId=19919&CategoryId=342). It's cereal, chocolate, peanut butter, butter, and powdered sugar (we skipped the vanilla). We couldn't find Chex cereal in Spain, so we used "fit way" instead, very delicious. Our cooking involved making a mess, serendaing each other with Sweeney Todd songs, and dancing around with our messy hands.

The puppy chow turned out delicious. We ate about half the bowl while watching Firefly. It was a very large bowl, and I probably shouldn't have eaten quite so much, but it was delicious! I had host mama Mercedes try some of our concoction. She was skeptical, she said she doesn't like peanut butter, but she LOVED it. I'm going to trade recipes with her soon. I plan on forcing Alex to try some tomorrow when he recovers from his first day of paintball.

Today in seminar, we read a very pretty poem. It stood out to me, so I'll put it here and translate it.

Al perderte yo a ti tú y yo hemos perdido:
yo porque tú eras lo que yo más amaba
y tú porque yo era el que te amaba más.
Pero de nosotros dos tú pierdes más que yo:
porque yo podré amar a otras como te amaba a ti
pero a ti no te amarán como te amaba yo.
- Ernesto Cardenal (Nicaragua)

For me to lose you, you and I have both lost:
me because you were the one I loved most
and you because I was the one who loved you most.
But between the two of us you lose more than I:
because I will be able to love another like I loved you
but no one will ever love you like I loved you.

Lovely, isn't it?

In non-Spain news, Marc accepted a summer internship at Stanford! This means that I will actually be able to see Marc this summer without either of us needing to buy plane tickets, which is wonderful. He'll be about a 30-minute drive away, and very close to my wonderful grandparents. (Hi, wonderful Grandparents!) I'm very excited. We've already started planning excursions with our Bay Area friends. This also means that Marc will have a fabulous new job to add to his already-impressive resume.

Speaking of resumes, I just added my English language instruction to my resume draft. Anybody remember the 11-year-old girl, Miriam? I saw her again this week (skipped last week due to lack of voice) and had a wonderful time. She is very fun to talk to, and her English is very good. It's better than my Spanish. We talk about travel, we talk about food, we talk about jobs and music and our families, it's fun. She's a shy girl, overall, but I think she came out of her shell very quickly. It's nice that we can both relate to speaking a new language in a new country. There may be a 9-year age difference, but we have a lot of shared experiences. She also offers to help me with my Spanish homework, which is sweet.

No new pictures this week, I'm finally caught up!