Last night was such a fun night! After I finished writing my last post, I called my mom and had a really good time talking with her. While I was telling her about my day, Monica came home and when I finished Skyping, my Mamá taught me how to make homemade tortillas and we had dinner (tortillas, sausage, rice, and beans). Of course, it was delicious! After dinner I showed my hosts the pictures of my family that had been in my suitcase this whole time and then I taught them how to play an adapted version of Dutch Blitz. When we tired of that, we switched to Uno and the three of us had a great time together. It was reassuring to use my Spanish and have fun with them, and I feel like I'm learning a lot already!
This morning I slept in and then had pancakes for breakfast with my Mamá. I spent a few hours reading some of the material for Monday and then took a shower and got ready for the day. It was a pretty slow morning, and the highlight may have been having my soap, towel, and hair dryer to use for the first time here. We eventually ate lunch and then Monica and I went down the street to a house where another LASP student lives in order to organize for the two of us to walk to class together on Monday.
When Monica and I arrived back at our house, Mamá was ready to head over to her cousin's house for coffee. She invited me to go along, and I enjoyed an afternoon with her and all of her cousins. It was fun to see them joke and laugh together and even though I couldn't participate much it was good to hear lots of Spanish! Riding the bus home was also really good because I think that now that I've done it a few times I'll be able to find my way home on Monday after class. I'm missing everyone at home (a symptom of a pretty low-key day, I think), but its good to be here too! Tomorrow we are going to church at 4:00 PM, so I'm excited and nervous to see what that will be like!
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