Sabrina - Tutoring (attempt) - Week I " Torrential Emptiness"

Today should have been my first day of tutoring at the Center for Global Engagement along with Elizabeth. We had our one hour session well planned and ready to put into action. However, when I arrived at the tutoring room, there was no one there. I am used to being perpetually early to appointments and other obligations so I did not find arriving to an empty space unusual. I flipped on the lights and looked at what was in the room. Soon after, Elizabeth arrived and we went about setting up the sign-in sheet and I prepared what we needed for our planned activities. When there was nothing left to prepare or straighten, nothing to go over "one last time", nothing more to do but wait for our eager international students to file in, Elizabeth and I sat down and chatted.

We continued to chat for several minutes and then several minutes more. It was wonderful. A bit of Spanglish thrown in here and there; I was enjoying listening to her. She talked about her work with the Amnesty International group on campus and I talked about Peruvian food. We both would glance quickly at the door now and again to see if anyone was arriving. No. No one. How about now? No. Not now. Not one. Aaaaand now? Uh-uh.

Did I mention that this was just about 30 mins after the deluge of rain had flooded the parking lot at University Center A sending staff, faculty, and students alike swimming to their cars to save them from the rising waterline? Or that this was a new time slot that Aleks from CGE was trying out? Or that it was lunch time? Did I tell you that my stomach was well aware of the time of day and its necessities? Well, all of these things are, were, did, and did not.

With just 20 mins left to tutor ourselves on how to get essential elements for Papas a la Huancaina transported at a discount from Miami, Elizabeth and I called it a wrap and we headed out.

I think we will give it another whirl on next Thursday but in the meantime I will get with the Leon County Public Library and find out more about tutoring there one on one.