Rufino and Una Familia Chistosa

Hilarious evening!  Context: yesterday morning, I was about to hang up my bath towel on the terrace so that it can dry when Rosa told me that her dog is up there.  A little dog that someone gave to her as a gift.  I walked up the steps to find an itty bitty puppy staring at me... So cute! 

During dinner we talked about the dog, he's been named Rufino.  My host dad explained the name, but I don't understand enough to re-explain it.  Anyway, we continued to eat when Rosa set down her silverware suddenly and loudly.  Some of you know that sudden movements and loud noises scare me.  So, of course I flinched.  Then I started laughing at myself for being so ridiculous.  Rosa realized that she scared me, and started laughing too, so I laughed more.  I had a mouthful of rice and corn which made me laugh more.  Then Juan Carlos joined in on the laughter.  Then Josue found out what the dog was named, and he kept saying Rufino! Why Rufino, it's a terrible name!  He went upstairs to feed the dog and all we could hear downstairs was "Rufino! Rufino! Take your food!"  Then there was a sudden yelp from Josue, and Rosa joked that he had been bitten. Also, I was told that we have a neighbor named Rufino.  I could not deal with it, after everyone had stopped laughing I started laughing again which set everyone off.  It was a vicious cycle.  After things had settled down for a bit, we realized that Josue had been on the roof with the dog for a while.  Rosa joked that they're both asleep, Josue cuddling with the puppy in the cardboard box that is its home.  Juan Carlos said Josue was singing the dog to sleep.  That's when we heard Josue talk to the dog and that set everyone off again.

After dinner, I helped Josue with English homework.  I guess I was still in a laughing mood.  Josue had to practice grammar with If-clauses and conditional sentences.  Two of the sentences were: "If you climb a tree that is touching a broken power line, you will get shocked." And "If you touch a fallen power line, you will get injured."  I could not stop laughing at the sentences, I could barely explain them in Spanish. 

On the subject of laughing out loud.  Monday morning Rosa was running around the house trying to get ready to leave for work.  I left my room just in time to see Rosa grab and heave a full size mop from the floor we live on, up the stairs to the terrace.  She turned around to see me looking at her and we both just laughed.