they won me over with cake

Being sick sucks, especially when you are not at home. I was sick for SIX days, which I spend almost entirely either asleep or on the computer. I am finally feeling better though- I have SO MUCH more energy and I can swallow without wanting to die. I started feeling better on Monday, and then on Monday night, my host mom and host brother both got sick, but with something else! So I stayed far away from them because I DO NOT want to be sick any more.
Yesterday was my first day at my new school, and it went wonderfully. The class that I am in is super nice- they even baked me a cake and made me a sign that said ‘bienvenida Kyrstin’. I am still not sure who Kyrstin is, but eventually the letters on the poster changed to Kirsty, so it’s alright. :) It’s okay though, I’m used to having my name massacred in a new way every time I meet someone.
I went to school again today, and it went well! I feel a lot more comfortable at this school- the people seem a lot more welcoming, and there are also a lot more who are closer in age to me. I think it is going to work out alright. The classes are still boring, but at least I have fun people to talk with in between classes, or when we don’t have class because the teachers don’t show up to class or something else is happening, which actually seems to happen quite a bit. I have been to school two days so far, and we are supposed to have eight classes each day. I think that yesterday we had 3, and today, only 2. I don’t really know if this is normal or not yet, but it’s really weird. I am not used to being at school when I don’t have classes! Today there was an Italian song festival at my school, which was SO BORING. Not only do I not understand Italian, but I also don’t understand the Spanish being spoken all around me. Surprisingly enough, it wasn’t a whole lot of fun.
Today during the break at school, I was with a couple of girls who asked me if I liked ice cream. I do, so I said yes, and they decided that we should go buy some. During the breaks, there are a couple of vendors who come into the school and sell things like ice cream, and there is also a snack-bar sort of thing where you can buy things like empanadas and chips and cookies. Anyway, we went up to one of the vendors, and got six ice creams. FIRST weird thing- the total cost for six ice creams? $1.50.It is phenomenal. SECOND weird thing- you have two choices- an ice cream cone, or ice cream in a piece of bread. Literally, an ice-cream sandwich. I will take a picture next time, because it really is that weird.
LOVE, Kirsty