nada nuevo...

nothing new...

my friend left this morning. i am tired. we had pancakes for breakfast. we had spinach soup for dinner (it was liquified and i ate it and sort of liked it). did i mention i am tired? :-) my credit card still hasn't shown up. i will call the bank in a few minutes and tell them to send the card to Texas today so it will be there when i return. i don't know if it will ever show up here. i am very disappointed in the mail system here in regards to actual NEED of mail.

the Czech couple are not married and are leaving at the end of the week, as well as the Sweeds. so it is very possible i will be the only student in the house for a little while again. i am leaving early, on December 16 instead of the 23rd, to fly to Texas to spend the last two weeks with my family. i am ready, though i'm not ready. don't really know how to explain it.

today's activity is at the school and is about the history of jade. it's free so i will go and maybe i will learn something.

yesterday my friend and i went to the coffee plantation, La Azotea, for the activity, but we were the only two people who went. the main reason, i think, is because no one came around in the morning to ask the students if they wanted to participate. so off we go with the teacher, walked 7 blocks to the bus stop, waited 15 minutes for the bus, rode to the place, arrived late for the regular tour, went immediately to the end part of the tour and watched the video of music and dress, then did the coffee tour, then left. this was my second time there, the first time being the second day in Antigua. i understood nothing that day, but this time i understood a lot and could even translate a little bit into English for my friend. i didn't get it all, but i got a lot more than before, so i was pleased.

we got dropped off at the actual bus station, so we had to walk 8 blocks back to the school and then the 7-ish blocks to the house. in route we stopped at the cookie store, then at Dona Luisa's and had a milk shake. it was thick and yummy and very much a milk shake and we enjoyed every sip. :-)

Antigua decorated for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. i think that's a little funny, just because of the timing being so similar to the States, though now in the States they are running Thanksgiving and Christmas together, but still...

something i've been meaning to mention is ... boyfriends and girlfriends here are VERY public about their affection. it's not uncommon to see make-out sessions in the park, casually sitting on top of each other in a restaurant, and walking awkwardly yet together down the street. the common way to walk is the girl is in front, the guy in back, his arms around her body, and their legs moving in the same motion at the same time, his slightly wider so to avoid stepping on her feet. it's fascinating, really, and sometimes quite annoying. simply because i'm jealous, but that's beside the point.

anyways, i'm just rambling for the sake of talking in english, so i'll leave now. until tomorrow...