Just Waiting for Craig

Another week has flown by. Craig has been extremely busy at work running experiments on the newly operational equipment. Even though road bumps are expected it still doesn't minimize the frustration and challenges when they occur. Last night he did not leave the plant until 8:00 p.m. (20:00 military time as they use here in Poland)! I used my time wisely and studied my Polish.

Speaking of Polish...today's homework was to find a Polish suspect and find out as much about them as possible - speaking only in Polish. For those of you who know me best you know I can have a detailed chronology of one's life within 10 minutes of meeting them; however, in Polish???? I was very pleasantly surprised. I was able to ask and understand full name, age, where they lived, where they worked and what they liked to do. I also found out the same information for each of her siblings, parents and boyfriend. How's that for rockin' and rollin'??? I also told her my son was coming for a visit and how long he was staying (AND SHE UNDERSTOOD)!!! My feedback..."Bravo" and "Dobra Robota"!!

Ok...this makes me laugh! Today at Polish my teacher explained I may find it easier if I learned to pronounce new words starting from the end of the word! Huh???? Maybe she suggested that after an oral number exercise where I heard the word backwards. For instance, when she said, "438" I first understood the 8, then 30 and finally 4. I got the number right every time!!! Weird...but only another "Cindy-ism". Anyway, back to phonetics. I have always struggled pronouncing "nurse" (pięlgniarka) "boy friend" (przyjacielka) and "girl friend" (przyjaciółka). After I started from the right I was able to easily pronounce them (and continue to do so)! Note to Julie M. We discovered this when she was asking what my sister-in-law does for a living. You are officially a dekoratorką wnętrz. I had no flippin' clue how to pronounce "wnętrz" reading it backwards How cool is that? Now in sentence format..."Ona jest dekoratorką wnętrz".

Last but not least for today. I've posted a picture of a street sign with a cow symbol (in honor of Iowa, maybe...). I was telling my teacher about all the signs around town with this symbol and she, frankly, didn't believe me (my mom still thinks I make up things about my childhood). Today I showed her and we are now both perplexed about its meaning. I will report back as soon as the mystery is solved.

I think my husband needs a beer and smelac. Happy weekend (miłego weekendu)!