hace viento!

Today I went to the school that my host mom teaches at. School starts at 7 (I think), so we left at about 6:50. I am NOT excited about having to do that every morning when my school starts. :/ Anyway, the school she teaches at is an all-girls school, which makes it crazy. I went with her to her first class, and since she hadn’t prepared any sort of lesson for the day, she just had them ask me questions. At first, they didn’t want to say anything (probably because she told them to ask me in English), so she told me to just sit down somewhere, and then they SWARMED! It was a bit scary. :) This week is cultural week (or something of the sort) at her school, so about an hour later, they all had to go listen to some speech. Then Noralma and I went to a classroom upstairs, and I remembered that she told me that Friday was the day that her school was having an English-music festival. Which was more of a contest than a festival, but whatever. It basically consisted of 9 different groups singing songs in English. But the song choices were a bit questionable. The first place group sang some song by Hilary Duff, there were two by Miley Cyrus, one by Avril Lavigne, one by Michael Jackson, one by Paris Hilton (really), and one by the Jonas Brothers. I helped each group with some pronunciation, and after I went walking around the school with two girls. They both took me to their classes, so I got to meet a lot of people. Every time I met another group, they would say, ‘oooh you have pretty eyes. Do you have a brother?’ :) After that, the contest began. One of the judges was late (no surprise here in Ecuador), so Noralma asked me to be the fourth judge (!!). So I did. I’m not going to lie- it was hilarious. I only had to judge the first two songs though because the fourth judge showed up and took my place.
I got to meet my cousins today too! They were at the school because (I think) their mother is someone in charge there. Anyway, I forgot their names but there is a girl who is 21 or 22, and a boy who is 19. I’m pretty sure they thought my Spanish was pitiful. It is, so I can’t blame them. :) I am also pretty sure that they said that they lived close to me! But who knows… :)
I can definitely get used to taking at least one nap every day. It is wonderful. I can also get used to freshly squeezed fruit juice several times every day. :D
Today it is pretty warm, and SUPER windy, so I am sitting outside, since it’s a lot cooler than it is in the house. The only problem is that all of the little baby mangoes are falling off of the mango tree (which means there will be less for me to eat), AND it is SO DUSTY, so I have a thin layer of dust on me and all of my stuff. Oh well. I can get used to this if it means I can have fruit juice every day. :)
LOVE, Kirsty