"Cum se spune...?"


(How do you say this?) How do you say that? I am an infant once again. I once explained learning a new language as a kind of half living. You are not totally awake. Life moves around you and you can only grasp about 10 percent. And that 10 percent consists of conversations you have with yourself in your own head. Tomorrow I am to enter this state of half life. Today we were assigned our homestays. I have been placed in a city 15 kilometers outside of Ploiesti. My family consists of two parents and a 26 year old sister named Monica. She is a teacher as well. i am not sure if she actually lives in the house with us. But I know for sure that none of the three speak english. I will also be living in a bloc style soviet apartment. In the interest of time, today must be short and sweet. All i can say is here goes nothing. there will be a lot of smiling and nodding. Here I go!