"Jesús la muerte venció, él la muerte venció"...y más...

Yay, it's Friday! Tests are done (they went well, I think), and tonight is girls'/guys' night, which really just means that they're having a movie and pizza and we can all come and hang out...

Random thing I have recently learned: vegetables just make you pee...or at least that's what Salud believes...Ever since she discovered that vegetables are some of the things that I will eat in large quantities, she has been preparing heinous amounts of them for me...when I try to tell her that I'm full, she says "but that's nothing; that's just number one, ¿me entiendes?" I try and explain about the physical space limitations of my stomach, and that vegetables do take up space; she seems surprised and doesn't really believe me. So then, to appease her, I'll try and eat more of the salads...then she'll yell at me and say "if you're full, don't eat anymore!" (even though, just moments before, she has yelled at me "eat it all! I made all of it for you. You're the only one who eats it and I'll just have to throw it away. What a shame..." and so tries to guilt me into eating more) Last night was one such scenario (it has happened a number of times though); she told me to at least eat the shrimp that was in the salad, so I went to start getting the shrimp pieces out of the salad bowl, and she yelled at me, and then took the bowl away and was mumbling something that I couldn't catch...so I asked Karla what Salud had said and she told me, "she says she'll feel guilty if you get sick"...Kind of amusing...but yes, this is just a typical dinner dilemma, a scenario that has already been repeated many times and will continue to be repeated...I think that since she thinks that vegetables really are just "número uno" that they don't count and that you can therefore just eat unlimited amounts of them with no problem...¡ay, qué problema!

Hmm, what else? Oh, so last night I watched the movie "Flyboys" on tv with Salud. It was a good movie, but I think I'll have to watch it again in English to catch all of it...but, that being said, it was good enough to merit a second watching in English, so I would definitely recommend it...except that it's kind of gory and violent since it IS about WWI...you have been warned...

Also, I have recently been introduced to a wonderful, wonderful candy; I had mentioned to Salud that I like anise flavored stuff (aka black licorice)...so, one night she whipped out some little hard candies from some secret drawer that she has...I put the candy in my mouth, and lo and behold, it was anise flavored! So good...It's all the wonderfulness of black licorice, but it lasts longer!!! So, I headed over to my favorite little candy store last night and got a few (I also got a few figs, cuz those are also just too good), and now I can enjoy them at my leisure...yumm...I will have to stock up for my return to the States...

To wrap up, I will post a few of the lyrics from some of the praise songs we sang at Encuentro on Wednesday night...
"Te alabaré, te glorificaré, te alabaré, mi buen Jesús..."
"Jesús la muerte venció, él la muerte venció..."
Those couple of phrases get stuck in my head sometimes, so I just thought I would share them with you...they're good ones to have stuck in your head though, I must admit...

Well, que tengan un buen fin de semana! I'm off to Jerez tomorrow/Sunday with the other NWC students to go visit Ellen!! Yay! Should be amazing!