Gorditos

YES I just got the best news of life, which is that I do not have a History of Art class today. I´m not lying when I say that it made my day go from really bad to incredibly good. I don't even know why my day wasn't going in a positive way.... I woke up ten minutes before we had to leave for school, but instead of feeling rushed (as I should) I just felt extremely rested. I didn't eat breakfast but my mom packed my a yogurt and granola bar to eat at school. Even though it's much more comfortable to eat at home, I kind of like eating at school because now I'm not hungry between classes. Usually I feel tempted to buy a panini or a muffin at school after Spanish class, but I feel no hunger!

I just wrote my first Spanish partial exam this morning and I think it went pretty good. I wasn't feeling very confident about writing it because I didn't study at all last night. I have two friends at school who invited me to go to church with them; I went with one on Sunday and then other last night. They were both different from my "Thunder Bayan" church but I feel it was a good experience to go. They kind of reminded me of like a program that would be taped and shown on TV. I am still in search of a church more similar to the one I am familiar with. I think there are two baptist churches in this city. I need to find them.

Me and my Canadian host brother, Michael, have decided we don't want to become gorditos (little fattys) while we are here, so we risk our lives daily and go for bike rides. I am contemplating whether or not I will continue to join him on these thrilling adventures though, becasue I really actually truly do not feel 100% safe. It's hard though because riding a bike is one of the only ways to be independant here. Even though I am in Mexico by myself, I am more dependant on my Mexican parents, than I needed to be in Canada of my real parents. I am not allowed to drive here, so if I ever need to go anywhere I need to ask someone. Although yesterday my friend Victoria (from France) and I went to Plaza Mayor and it took about 15 minutes in a taxi, and it was only $5.

Before we went shopping, we were at my house eating tacos with Michael and Regina. They were super. There is a service that brings tacos to your house... I hesitate to use TAKE OUT as a way to describe these little miracles, and DELIVERY reminds me of a cheap pizza. But you get the idear. Victoria and I each ate nine and Michael only four! Maybe he is sick, I don't know. I ate mostly tacos del pastor and I loaded them full of salsa, onion, guacamole, some kind of green onion leaf, and lime juice. The best.

The other night I tried these awesome things called Enchildadas Verdes. They are like tortillas with cheese, rolled and put in a frying pan. Then you bathe them in salsa verde with more cheese melted into it and bam, there it is. I will take some pictures soon of them and post them here.

To all my university friends(!) please tell me about your university experiences!!!!!! I think school is starting soon....... and it's kind of strange to think we are old enough to do such things as attend university. I am sorry for the lack of updates.

Hmmmmm in October or November! I am going to Puerto Vallerta with Rotary! And I am assuming that means beach, but I don't know for sure. There are a lot of exchange students in this district. Haha I just realized that my paragraphs are getting shorter and shorter because I just have random things to say. So there is this water here, called Agua de Jamaica. When i first tasted it I thought it was kind of familiar and now I realize why. I think we use it as popery (yah?) for like decoration or to stuff doll pillows with. But here they put the flowers in water and drink it. For meals here they hardly ever drink just water or milk. Well, at least in my family. There is this really good drink that I always have when I go for tacos its made with water, rice and cinnamon.... agua de horchata. Or they will use watermelon to make agua de sandia or cucumber to make agua de pepino. It's really good, and I think pretty healthy.

One thing I do find a bit strange here is how many cookies they eat. Not that they eat them a lot, but a package of cookies has like... six cookies in it and whenever I've been watching (creepy), one person eats the whole thing. In my house in Canada it seems if you eat more than three you should feel guilty ahahah. But there are these really good oreos. I don't usually like oreos, but these ones are covered in white chocolate.