I’m feeling great! I woke up this morning with a call from Carla, my boss’ assistant. She was essentially the first to give me a warm Guatemalan welcome. I could tell over the phone that she was going to make my stay here a lot more comforting. Carla called an apart-hotel that is literally one block from my building. She said they had openings, so I got up, showered, and headed to the office.
The building is enormous. I mean compared to Boston it’s nothing special, but from what I’ve seen here so far- it’s pretty impressive. Anyways so the taxi dropped me off in front of a 20+ story building. I went up to floor six and met the office staff.
We discussed briefly what I would be doing and what projects I’ll be working on. We’re going over more details when I start on Monday, but I am definitely going to be a lot more hands on than I thought! I think a lot more than they originally thought as well!
Anyways, so after meeting everyone, Carla brought me to the apart-hotel. It was perfect. Safe, good price, good services/amenities, and close to the office! Its smaller and more personable than where I am now, which I think will definitely help with my Spanish. Carla has two children roughly my age, so she definitely went into Mom Mode when picking the room- it was adorable and again, very comforting.
So now it’s game time! I move into that place tomorrow. I got my local phone this afternoon and ate some local food. My Spanish started coming out a lot easier when I was in the cabs and walking around, talking to people that don’t speak any English. I have faith my Spanish will come, but I won’t lie- comprehending locals is a whole other story lol
This all makes me very happy!!
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