Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Rocky Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre, Cinq, Six
John spent a good three days downloading the movie Rocky 6 on the Internet so that he and the girls could watch it. (I'm not much for watching men hit each other for entertainment.) So, tonight was the night... We all had dinner over at the girls' place courtesy of Rebecca, and I was watching dishes while the rest were waiting with eager anticipation for the movie to start playing on the computer. The familiar "Rocky" music began the film, but Hark! when Rocky started speaking, the words came out in FRENCH! A collective groan sounded throughout the apartment. Unbeknownst to John, he had spent all that time downloading a French version of the movie. Perhaps in three days they can have another go at it - in English this time. Here they are being disappointed in the picture with the whole computer/speakers movie setup.
In other news, I thought we were going to be able to go on a field trip Friday to go whale watching in the north eastern side of the island with the 9th and 11th grade, but because of the the way our school works - or doesn't - we aren't going to be able to go. We may be happy we didn't go because it is likely to be a big mess. A friend of ours here says that everyone she knows who has gone has spent most of the time vomiting in the bottom of the boat because of seasickness. Instead, John will spend Friday participating in March Madness! He's excited. I will probably read a book - although I filled out a bracket predicting Ohio State as the national champs... we'll see.
We got tried of our living arrangement during the weekend, so we decided to change it up.
Pretty much, we're cramped into a tiny space, and nothing will change that, but we decided to turn the spare bedroom, which doesn't get used much, into the dining room, making the "living room" bigger. The truth is, we have one common area in our apartment that serves as kitchen, living room, and until recently, dining room. It seems to be working well so far. I really like the dining room now because the spare room is the sunniest and breeziest room in the apartment - and now we're actually using it for something.
Life continues in the way it has since we got here. The weather is getting hotter, and since this is "high tourist" season, the resorts are way too expensive for us. We're looking forward to our mountain climb that's coming up in the next couple weeks.
A special hello to Mom Pontius and Grandpa Verch who are spending the week together in Chicago! We love you.
// posted by The Roths @ 9:30 PM 
