It’s clear and sunny this afternoon, though quite cold…27. It’s supposed to get up to 41 today—we’ll see of it does!

Radio wasn’t too bad. It was either a short movie or a short discussion (I’m guessing the latter) because I got home about 9:15 and usually it’s closer to ten. Before and after the movie Eloy explained a little bit about it and we discussed it (afterwards) and he used the word “retarded” to describe Radio. In my head I was like “NOOO! Don’t say that!” Then in the movie someone refers to him as retarded as well, so I figured that’s where he got the word from.

So I went up to him after everyone left and was just kinda like “Just so you know, it’s a little harsh/insulting/offensive to say that”. He said that he knew that calling some a “retard” was offensive, but didn’t know “retarded” was bad too. “Yeah, they’re both bad to say. It’s better to go with something like mentally challenged/handicapped”, said I. Not that anyone else knew the difference, but I thought he might want to know, in case the word ever came up again, especially if he’s talking to a native speaker.

I think I’m getting a cold :(. I noticed Friday afternoonish that my throat was getting scratchy. Now my nose is running and I’m a bit sneezy. My throat isn’t really at that scratchy/irritated anymore, though it does hurt when I sneeze. I’ve been pretty lucky this year, as far as sickness goes, so I can’t complain too much!

Nothing really noteworthy has occurred this weekend…mass last night and today I’m going to look for a Valentine’s songs/poems/PowerPoints because I forgot to look before and I know Rocío’ll ask!

Xoxo,

Court