Miscommunications by Kayley

I've had two miscommunications in Spain. The first one was just a small misunderstanding. The other one was much bigger and more confusing.

On the first day of school my teacher and I had a funny miscommunication. My teacher said in really fast Spanish, " Do you want to know my name? ". I thought she had said "Do you know my name?" and I said, " No" because I forgot her name. Then the whole class laughed; and I was confused because I didn't know why they were laughing. Then my teacher told me my mistake and I started to laugh too.

On my second day of school, two of my friends, Rosa and Brenda gave me a hand written invitation to a pajama party about two weeks from then. When the day arrived, I asked Xiomara ( another friend of mine) what we needed to bring to the party. I told her that I won't be able to walk to Rosa's house right after school like I thought everyone else that was going to the party. Later, when mommy, Zander and I got to Rosa's house, it was empty and Rosa asked about how I knew where she lived. I was surprised,
because I thought there was going to be a party because that's what it said on the invitation.

I thought it was really nice of Rosa's parents to let me stay the night anyway. Although, I was really uncomfortable in Rosa's house. I thought that Rosa's house was really smokey and small,but she has two cute little sisters that were climbing all over the couch. Even though I didn't stay the night I felt like I got closer to Rosa. I was really surprised when I got the invitation on my second day of school, because I never went to any parties or got invited to parties anywhere else besides in California.

After about an hour, Brenda came over to Rosa's house. Earlier I had told Rosa that Xiomara was coming and that Brenda wasn't coming because that was what I thought was happening. I was confused that Xiomara wasn't there already. Rosa told Brenda that there wouldn't be room for her, Brenda, Xiomara and me in her bed. As a result, Brenda left.

At school on Monday, Rosa yelled at Xiomara for not coming to her party. They were talking too fast for me to follow what they were saying. What I think happened was that Xiomara went to a different party and had thought I was going to the one she was going to. That was quite a confusing series of miscommunications.