Improvement!

Hola! Today has been a really good day. Class was great, we’re doing things in both classes that I needed to review. Easy enough not to stress me out, but sections that I definitely need to practice more. Had my first set of homework, but it wasn’t much! I actually did it in the afternoon… It was weird

Carmen was back today so we had another big lunch! They eat lunch down here like we eat dinner, but from about 2-4, then they eat a small snack-like dinner around 8:30 or 9. It was fantastic, as usual. I LOVE the food they make here… everything has so much flavor. Rosa is a vegetarian, so a lot of things they have made lately are without meat, but I haven’t missed it at all because everything is still so good. I’m definitely taking notes!

Marianna has 7 aunts, and 2 have stopped by so far during lunch time. We had a great conversation with the lady that stopped by today, Senora Rosa Maria, about everything from school, to traveling, to food, to family, etc… I think it was some of the best communicating I’ve done yet. I kinda surprised myself! Marianna even said “Jessica! (they pronounce it like Yess-ee-ca) Tu hablas mas!” which means, “You are talking more!” I think I’m just getting more comfortable with it, and I’m listening easier. Now I can usually separate the words so they don’t all run together… now it’s just a vocabulary/translating game. Although the improvement is encouraging, there’s still a long way to go. But Rosa and I were just saying that if we’ve improved this much in only 3 or so days, we can’t wait to see what it will be like after the 5th week. And Rosa gets to stay another 2! Her mother was born in this area, and Rosa has family here she has never met before. She’s going to stay with them. Cool, huh?

We’re going out for the first time tonight! Wednesday nights here are the big night for entertainment, apparently, so we’re going to go have some fun. Don’t worry Mom, Marianna is taking good care of us, and keeping close tabs! This Mexican cell phone was a really good idea, she was excited that I got one. But It should be an interesting night… I’ll be sure to relay anything exciting tomorrow!

Love and miss you all! Thanks so much more all your comments I feel so very loved!!! I’ll try to start making this blog more interesting for you guys! Haha… Adios mis amigos!