Hey guys!
Hope you are all doing well. This week has flown by. I can hardly believe it's Sunday and I'll be heading back to classes tomorrow morning! The rest of my week went well...
Tuesday, I had classes later on in the morning so I was able to sleep in for my first time here in Merida. It felt so great to be able to sleep till 8 and not get up when it's still dark outside! I had an anthropology and tourism class and a theory of Latin America communication class. They both went well and I really liked the professors. I also had my Spanish class that afternoon.
After classes, I headed home and worked on some homework and went for a run. Then a group of us met up to head to el cento. First, we all went to an ice cream shop that sold all sorts of weid flavors of ice cream (the weirdest one is called elote and it tastes like corn). As strange as some of the flavors were, they were actually really good. After ice cream, some of the gals headed to a bar and then rest of us just walked around and looked at some of the stores. At night, everyone sets out big mats of stuff and it's fun going around and seeing all the different things people are selling. Eventually we had our fill of walking around for the night so we headed home.
Wednesday, I didn't have class until 12 which meant I didn't have to leave my house until 11:15. It was great! I woke up and had my quiet time and then worked on homework for a little bit before heading out.
I just had my international relations class and then headed home to eat a lunch of fresh fish, rice, beans, and avocado. I love all the fresh fish and seafood here..I’m not usually a big fan of seafood but so far I have really like everything.
After lunch, I was able to skype with some friends which was great. It's nice to be able to stay in touch with friends back home and hear what's going on in their lives. I miss them all a lot and I always enjoy hearing what's going on back home.
I then worked on a little more homework and walked to Plaza Fiestas, a little shopping center about 20 minutes from my house to pick up a few things I needed. The memory chip in my camera wasn't working but I was able to bring it to the Radio Shack and they helped me figure it out.
We then had a meeting with everyone on the program to talk about how things are going and answer any questions we had. It was pretty short so I headed home and ate supper and then Silvia, my host sister, and her boyfriend invited me to go see a movie with them and another one of their friends(Wednesday nights movies are 1/2 price so you can go see a move for like $2). I enjoyed going out with them and getting to know them a little better and their friend had a super cool car that you could watch music videos in so Silvia and I had a fun time singing along to the song "Cuando Me Enamaro" and others by Enrique Iglesias. We returned home pretty late so I just went to bed.
Thursday, I had classes and then headed home to go for a run and work on a little bit of homework before heading to bed. I don't think the day was too exciting because I don't really remember what else I did that day.
Friday, I had another early class but we were done by 11 which was great. I came home, and swam and did some homework by the pool that my family has. I then ate lunch with both of my parents. After lunch, I met up with Kelsey and Sarah and we walked to Plaza Fiestas to just walk around and window shop. We found this little "paneria" (bread store) that sold some amazing breads! After a while, we headed home and I went for a run and took a shower and then we all met up to go into el centro together. We walked around for a while and saw a clown show that was pretty funny. It's neat because everyone is out and people just form circles around to watch. We also ran across the most talented spray paint artist I have ever seen. He would start out with a blank piece of paper and layer it with different colors and use stencils to create these amazing works of art. At different times, he would set fire to the paining to set the paint. It really made me want to try it sometime! We all then headed to a restaurant called "Mayan Pub". It is a really neat place-the ceiling is all open so you can see the starts and the floor is dirt and there are trees growing inside and tables all set around them. A live band was playing and I enjoyed listening to them. We headed home around 2 in the morning to get some much needed rest.
Saturday morning, we all met up in the centro to go to a party for an organization we are going to volunteer with called Hoy en tu communidad. The man heading up the organization was supposed to meet us there but never showed up so after 45 minutes of waiting, we decided just to make the best of it and go shopping in el centro. Saturdays are really fun days to go to el centro because everyone is out and about and all the stores are open. We enjoyed walking around and shopping until around 4 and then we all headed home. That night, I was able to skype with my parents and go for a run and then I headed to bed.
This morning, my friend Shannon and I decided to wake up at 5 to run a 10K race here in Merida. After seeing how much I liked to run, my host family mentioned the race to me earlier this week. It was being sponsored by a local gym here and the money was going towards cancer research. I told Shannon about it because she runs for her school and we decided that it would be something fun to do so we went on Saturday and got all registered. This morning we met up and jogged to the place where the race started. It was a pretty neat experience to be able to participate in a race here..especially with everything being in Spanish. There weren't a lot of gals running the race so I ended up running by a lot of guys which was something a little different and defiantly made me try to run faster to keep up. In the States, I feel like there are always a lot of gals that run in the races. It was kinda funny being the only "gringas" in the group but Shannon and I had a great time. When we were done, a man came up to us and told us about a bunch of races that are coming up. The next one is on the 15th of September (which is independence day here in México) and is a free race in el centro so we are planning on running that one if we can.
After returning home and taking a shower, we all met up to go to Progresso which is a beach about 30 minutes away. We just hung out on the beach, ate more fish, and walked around. It was a nice relaxing way to spend the day. Tonight, I am planning to once again have my own church service and get some homework done. Well, my mom just came and told me that we are going to eat soon so I'd better get going! Talk to ya later!
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