Quick Update

Well I have about 10 minutes before I need to go but just a real quick what i´ve been doing post.  Really, the same as usual.  Every day after school I go home for a few hours.  I eat my lunch, take a short nap and study for awhile before heading back to school for either conversation club, walking around with my friends or both.  This past Saturday I went on a day trip with the school to 4 or 5 different towns.  It was okay, but I liked the Mexico City trip a lot better.  We tried to fit too much into one day which made it not quite as fun.
I´m starting to really feel for the Christians here or anywhere where there is a shortage of Christians.  It´s kind of a lonely road.  I miss fellowship, I miss Christian music (sometimes when I´m walking to and from school I sing a little), I miss church in English when I can understand what is being said....  needless to say I´ve grown a little more fond of my Bible and my daily devotional than I was when I left.  Which is a good thing I´m sure:)
Tonight I´m going to try out Macroburger.  A restaurant that Kristi has ranted and raved about.  I´m dragging a couple friends along with me so she better be right!
Well I need to go.  Until next time....

A Mexican, Two Americans, A Phillipino and A Thai

So, the title sounds kinda like the start of a bad joke, but that´s what we were.  A small group of us went to Mexico City and to another place that I can never remember the name of this weekend.  Mexico City was okay but mostly we just walked around to a bunch of old historical churches that don´t have a whole lot of meaning to me.  One or two churches is great.  But multiple churches and museums gets long.  However, Sunday morning we went to see some pyramids and old Aztec ruins.  So very cool.  I do have pictures but I´m not sure if I´m allowed to put them on these computers here in the lab even if I promise to take them right back off and I´m too afraid to ask the nice English gentleman running the lab if it´s okay.  Plus I´m short on time right now.  Anyways, the pyramids were amazing.  Awesome, incredible.... take your pick.  That´s why I decided to go on this trip and it was so worth it.  Three of us climed to the top and woo baby was it steep.  I spent half the time either climbing up like a kid might with my hands on the steps in front of me or else holding onto the ropes that were there for our convenience.  I´m kind of a fraidy cat and got a little dizzy thinking I might fall backwards.  But the top was worth it.  This would be a lot better post with pictures but just use your imagination.

Blisters

I have them.  Blisters, that is.  I have walked SO much in the last three days.  Not necessarily a bad thing but it does make for some blisters.  Especially when I feel stubborn and don´t want to wear my tennis shoes.  But all is well because someone taught me how to take the cambi.  I think that´s how it´s spelled.  About the size of a 15 passenger van with the same purpose as the bus.  Once was enough for the bus. 
I would love to post my pictures but so far the times I´ve walked around the city I´ve forgotten my camera.  I have it with me now but obviously am not walking around if I´m sitting here blogging.  Maybe tonight we´ll walk around?
Definitely developed a quick bond with the other students that are here.  There are only 8 of us this week and since we completely understand how the other one feels, it´s been great.  Four of those 8 are guys who are studying to be Catholic priests.  I´ve learned more about the Catholic church in the last three days than I ever have before in my life.  They´re funny though.  We all have a great time.
Other than that it´s been study study study.  Sigh...... maybe someday I´ll be fluent.

The First Couple Days...

Oh my, I am overwhelmed.  I got here Friday night and soon realized I really should have came on Saturday because there was nothing to do and the first two days were looooonnnnng.  I am also quickly realizing that two semesters of Spanish at ICC really does not amount to much in the grand scheme of things.  I know squat.  Diddly squat.
My host family is nice and the two kids still living at home know English which is nice for me but bad because it´s way to easy to just have them translate when I´m confused.
I´ve already had a taxi and a bus experience.  So far I think I prefer just walking.
I´m going to have a stomach of steel by the time this is all said and done.  Good thing I brought tums and Pepto is all I have to say about that.
Classes started today and they are intense but I like them.  As of today there are two other people in my class but that will probably change from my understanding.
Gotta go now.  I´m going to try out this conversation club that they have here.  Something tells me I´ll be doing a lot more listening than conversing.

I'm Off!

Well in about 30 minutes I will be leaving for a 47 day adventure.  I feel very normal and nuetral about it at this point, like going to Mexico by myself for five weeks is something I typically do.  If I let myself think about it too much I start getting worried about safety issues so I generally just try not to think too much.  A few days ago I came to a sudden realization that tonight there will be a point where I am dropped off at my host family's house and the bi-lingual person leaves.  I can't say I'm looking forward to that point when I'm left standing there with not much more to say than "hola".
Anyway, the goal is to keep the blog updated while I'm down there but we'll see:)  So for now, adios!