Reading With Grandma

Today has been a good day. I probably understood 5% of what was said but I am starting to adjust and just go with the flow. My favorite part of the day was reading with Grandma Kitchka. I walked down to her house and she was so surprised to see me. We sat at the table and I read several short stories out loud and she corrected my mistakes. We make a great team. I enjoy reading with her because she talks slow and I have an easier time understanding what she says. I hope I can go back and read with her again soon. When I left she told me "PAK", which I think means "again" :)

Tomorrow morning I am going to an English class to help. The teacher I have for Bulgarian teaches English to students here in Veliko Tarnovo. I told her I would be more than willing to come and converse with the students and she quickly took me up on the offer. So tomorrow morning I am going to go for the first time. It will be nice to speak a little English and help teach others instead of being the one who is always trying to learn. I will make sure to blog about my experience.

I am getting along well with Ivan's parents. They are afraid to let me do much on my own, which I understand. But it would be nice to have a little freedom and not feel like they are constantly taking care of me. It is crazy because I feel a bit like a little kid. I can't communicate, everyone talks slow and loud to me, and I can't go any where by myself. I guess it is nice not having any responsibility and I can just focus on learning Bulgarian.

I hope all is well in the States. Mom, I haven't heard from you lately. Please give me a call sometime soon, I miss ya.