Piloto automático

Everyone has bad days, but there are some periods of time that everything is going wrong and at some point you find yourself looking for solutions and realizing something that for me goes like: Dude, Seriously? WHAT THE F**K? (Dude= the big poppa in the sky)

I am going through a rough phase and often I find myself (most of the time in the shower or the car) with an empty mind. I don't know if this happens to everyone. Is that short period of time when you realize that you're blank, no thoughts AT ALL! I keep trying hard, so hard, that actually I can produce my own headache. WOOAA I didn't even think that human bodies were capable to think until produce a headache.

Sometimes I think that is a defense mechanism that my mind does trying to keep the sanity. Other times I believe that is God sending a message, something maybe like: (Histrionic voice) "OK Girl, there's no solution right now, so stop thinking and just run on automatic pilot until further notice". And I do that. I run on automatic, I drive, I park, I can even start little conversations, but that's it.

That's what I am doing right now. I'm on automatic pilot. So meet me there, where solutions lie after the break.

IN, ON, AT

As you may know I am Hispanic. My first language is Spanish, I went to a Spanish based school, in Puerto Rico we prefer to watch the Simpsons in Spanish than in English (In fact they are a lot better) and in childhood we watch Los Cariñositos (Carebears) Los pitufos (The Smurfs) y Los Picapiedras (The Flinstones). While I learned English at some point in my life that I can't remember, is normal for me to have some difficulties with some parts of the language.

Actually I am blessed to know both languages, even when most Puerto Ricans, know English, there are still some that doesn't have a clue.

The majority of my group of friends knows English, at least the basics. But when one of my best friends, Ali, introduce to the group her all gringo, Wisconsinite boyfriend, of course some communications problems emerge. But we are fo'sure a shameless, happy, group of friends, so we made lemonade with the lemons.

Of course, everything start very proper, but then comes the bad words theme, the sex theme, the what do I say if I need to... theme and it went on and on and on...
Until we get to the always impossible to understand the have, has, had and the in, on, at.

Poor Wisconsinite guy, we have no mercy at all I am pretty sure he went to his house thinking Oh My God, your friends have some serious mental problems.

But the thing is that he in fact, teach us something I will never forget. While we were making him crazy with the in, on, at. He said, OK think it like this.

You want to do it IN the bathroom, ON the toilet, AT night.
Do you? ;-)

Por favor, mantente así...

We are all clear that I have the most random stuff running in my mind right? Well, this is one of those stories, that was really funny when it happened and that probably you will not understand now. But is my blog, so I want to share.

A couple of weeks ago, I was working from home and my BF was cooking something for me. I was researching about some important people that we were expecting to visit the Museum, and I notice, that all of them have this amazing last names. I was like, WOAH!! SO, I said to the BF: Baby, why I can't have one of this really big last names that makes you feel important since you were born? Seriously, My last name is so common. Do I have to move to Botswana, to be considered fancy?

He was, of course ignoring me. So I kept blabbing. Suddenly, I realized that in fact, he was ignoring me and I said something like:
Me: Hey! Are you ignoring me? You can't ignore me, this is the type of things that I can't say to anyone else.
BF: I know, and please keep it that way

Ha! There it is. Am I the only one that thinks is amazing to have a great last name like Pasarell, Capiello, Ázcarete or De la Barca
I know I'm not! LOL!