Confession 11/10/09

In this section of the story Tita watches two chickens fighting and they actually start a very bloody whirlwind that stain Esperanza's diapers, which Tita made especially for her. At the end of the fight it turns out that most of the roosters had vanished into thin air and that the only ones left were the ones that had one eye and were plucked completely. Then John and his mother arrived form their long trip and it turns out that his mother can only read lips and not actually hear and Tita tells John in spanish, so his mother won't read it, that they should call off the wedding. This makes me feel very anxious because I don't know what Tita or John are going to do next.

Confronting Rosaura 12/9/09

Now Tita would go to Pedro's room everyday and bring him his food while Rosaura was locked up in her room. After a while Rosaura came downstairs and told Tita that she had to stay away from Esperanza. This makes me really really mad at Rosaura if she really thought that Tita did all this to humiliate her.

Burns 12/08/09

In this part of the story Mama Elena comes back to Tita telling her that she needs to go away so she'll never hurt anybody anymore, but Tita tells her that she hates her and the ghost goes away, but first it makes a lamp explode and makes Pedro burst into flames. This makes me pretty mad at the ghost because she really just won't let Tita in peace.

Frantic 12/07/09

Since Tita told Gertrudis about her problem Gertrudis told her that she should talk to Pedro and he had just arrived. Tita and Pedro went outside while Gertrudis stayed inside trying to make the rest of the cream fritters, but fails miserably all by herself so she has Sergeant Treviño help her out, and he has never failed a job before until this one, and they both can't make it because they didn't know what the soft ball stage. Gertrudis orders him to go get a cookbook and so he does and starts reading it, but can't because he reads extremely slow so Gertrudis takes the book away from him and reads it herself and in the end the finally do make it well, approved by Tita herself.

Gertudis Returns 12/3/09

After a visit from a few family members, Gertudis arrives with her new husband Juan, the man who had kidnapped her. It turns out that she returned for some hot chocolate that Tita would make every year for the King's Day bread. Gertudis hadn't seen Juan in a whole year because she had joined the revolutionary and immediately worked her way up to general. When she heard that Mama Elena had died she cried because she wanted to tell her how well she had done by herself. This reminds me of when me and my family make bread for the King's Day.

Gaseous 12/2//09

For weeks now Rosaura has been having farting problems and she is worried because Pedro won't get anywhere near her let alone have a sexual relationship for the moment. Rosaura begs Tita for forgiveness of being jealous and begs her to help her get rid of the bad breath and the gas. Tita frogives her and tells her to chew on mint leaves. Tita starts feeling horrible about what she had done with Pedro and Mama Elena's ghost showed up telling her that the child she was pregnant with would be cursed. This makes me feel really bad for Tita, but at the same time it doesn't because she sort of asked for it.

Mama Elena's Ghost 12/1/09

After having dinner with everybody at the house Tita had gone upstairs to prepare the bed for her and Jesús by taking away the bed bugs, but when she turned around she saw Pedro and they made love. Right at the moment they made love Mama Elena's ghost arrived. This makes me feel bad because Mama Elena keeps coming back no matter what.