So, a few interesting things have happened in the past week.1) I started classes, and as usual, I felt the need to change my schedule at the last minute. So, in order to get out of a translation class, I decided to take the community service class. Which means that starting in February I will be teaching (hopefully team-teaching with another girl, Amy) an english class for kids 5 hours a week. Which is probably going to be crazy difficult at times, and I'm probably going to question myself for making this decision at least once. However, I think it will be a good opportunity to see into real life here and get outside of the university setting. And it is definitely a unique experience.
2) Today we went on a day trip to nearby Tlaxcala, which is a really cute, clean, laid back town; and we also saw some nearby ruins. It was fun, and also really revealing of exactly how out of shape I am right now.
However, today I really wanted to write about my family. There is the mom, Angelines, an older brother who lives with his own family, and then there are Carlos (charlie) Francisco (fran) and Angelines (Cuqui). They are all really nice and have been helpful in so many ways, from Angelines and Cuqui taking me to the mall to find a jacket, to Fran helping me figure out how to take the bus to school. Angelines is actually Spanish and lived in Spain until she was 16 (and then in Virginia for a few years while her mother was receiving medical treatment). She told me the first day that she doesn't cook Mexican food - only Spanish food! Which made me really sad. But I think that she doesn't realize just how much Mexico has influenced her kitchen : ) We do have Mexican food sometimes, although I was really surprised the other day to see Cuqui making quesadillas with deli meat. Cuqui is really sweet. We hung out one night last weekend, and I think she likes having another girl around the house since she has only brothers. The older brother, Alfonso, has a daughter who comes over quite a bit, and I like playing with her. She turned 4 this week, so we had a little birthday party for her. Carlos y Fran aren't here as much, because they have really intense school (they're studying to be surgeons) and work at club really close to my campus at night. It's nice to have someone my age, though, and they are funny. So, that's my family. It's different adjusting to some things... like making my bed every morning for the first time in my life. Or eating dinner at 11pm. (I'm usually the first one to sleep and the first one up in the morning on the weekends. Which is really wierd.) And it's frustrating to be in homestay sometimes, because in order to have a social life, I end up taking a lot of taxis to get home safely at night. But, I'm glad I chose it, because I really like being around them and having their help in different things.
However, today I really wanted to write about my family. There is the mom, Angelines, an older brother who lives with his own family, and then there are Carlos (charlie) Francisco (fran) and Angelines (Cuqui). They are all really nice and have been helpful in so many ways, from Angelines and Cuqui taking me to the mall to find a jacket, to Fran helping me figure out how to take the bus to school. Angelines is actually Spanish and lived in Spain until she was 16 (and then in Virginia for a few years while her mother was receiving medical treatment). She told me the first day that she doesn't cook Mexican food - only Spanish food! Which made me really sad. But I think that she doesn't realize just how much Mexico has influenced her kitchen : ) We do have Mexican food sometimes, although I was really surprised the other day to see Cuqui making quesadillas with deli meat. Cuqui is really sweet. We hung out one night last weekend, and I think she likes having another girl around the house since she has only brothers. The older brother, Alfonso, has a daughter who comes over quite a bit, and I like playing with her. She turned 4 this week, so we had a little birthday party for her. Carlos y Fran aren't here as much, because they have really intense school (they're studying to be surgeons) and work at club really close to my campus at night. It's nice to have someone my age, though, and they are funny. So, that's my family. It's different adjusting to some things... like making my bed every morning for the first time in my life. Or eating dinner at 11pm. (I'm usually the first one to sleep and the first one up in the morning on the weekends. Which is really wierd.) And it's frustrating to be in homestay sometimes, because in order to have a social life, I end up taking a lot of taxis to get home safely at night. But, I'm glad I chose it, because I really like being around them and having their help in different things.
you mixed some spanish in with your english and it made me laugh, you said carlos y fran instead of carlos and fran :) glad that the home stay is going well!
ReplyDeleteCarly, you are so cool :) I'm so glad that things are going well. Love you!!
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