Today was a great day, but before I tell you about today I should probably talk about my not so good day yesterday...
I woke up and I really didn't want to go to school, but I did anyway. It was the day I had to take my "Examenes de Laboratorio" (aka Lab Exams) at school and I really wasn't excited about having to go to the nurse to get blood drawn. I don't even know what the blood was for, just that they needed it. But last time I had blood drawn in the states I fainted. So I was really scared I would faint again, and I really didn't want to get blood drawn without my parents there. Long story short...I didn't faint, and they got the blood they needed, but I cried throughout the whole thing. I felt like a little kid. The nurse gave me a piece of candy. (Which made me feel even more like a little kid, "thanks for being such a good girl, here's a lollipop.") But I couldn't stop crying. Everyone was really nice to me. The evil witch lady inspector even gave me hug, but i just needed to cry. I cried all through 2, 3, and 4 period (I would have cried through 1st too but I was getting blood drawn so i didn't go to it, although I did cry when they took blood...) Otherwise it was a pretty normal girl. I went to Spanish class, talked to my parents at night (and cried through that too), and went to get ice cream with Emily.
This morning I got to wake up later than usual. That was great. Because guess what? I didn't go to school. Xplorer was having a little fair at one of the high schools here and they asked me and Brian to come along. It was really fun. We handed out flyers and talked to some of the students. There was this other booth of study abroad programs and Brian kept talking about how they were the "competition" and so I just wanted everyone to know that we so totally beat them. I think just about everyone who passed through the room was holding a flyer that Brian or I had given them, and our table was a whole lot more popular because we brought popcorn and lollipops. And we brought real, live, Americans. ¡Que Chévere!
My mom is back from Guayaquil. So I will be sleeping at my own house tonight. Which is a little bittersweet. Emily's house is right in the middle of everything so we are so much closer to anything we might want to do. And hanging out with Emily and having an extended sleepover is really fun. But I am glad to have my own room back. I won't have to pick my clothes out of a pile on the floor. YAY. Also, my house has wireless internet, Emily's new apartment hasn't gotten internet yet, so I don't get to check my email as much. (I haven't checked my email since Saturday, and boy am I missing it.) Also I get a bus to school, whereas at Emily's house we have to walk to the public bus (although we do get to get up later in the morning). I am so grateful that Emily's family was so kind and let me live with them in my family's time of need. They have been so nice to me and really made me feel like this is my home. But I am glad to be going home.
3 comments:
Wicked is only running for 4 or 5 months and then it's going away which is really sad. Tell your parents to buy tickets. If they won't I'll tell my mom you need to come see it with us if we go again (which I bet we will).
i wanna come too! i guess this "Charlotte" cause of the letter game... but its me :-) by the way, the nose is important on the smiley face!
by the way, what happens when you dont go to school in ecuador? like, do they have detentions of what?
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