Today my family and I put up the Christmas tree and all of the decorations. A bit early, I know, but apparently my 5-year-old host brother had been driving my host mom crazy about it. It’s a bit weird. There’s nothing like sweating (while wearing a tank top and shorts) while putting up a Christmas tree. Today Ricardo asked me what I was going to ask for for Christmas. I told him that I didn’t know, and he replied that I should ask for a playstation (what HE is asking for), and that I shouldn’t tell anyone that he told me to. Pretty clever, if you ask me.
I have now officially been in Ecuador for three months, about a third of my total time here.
Last week was nice- only one day of school a week is definitely something I can live with.
On Saturday, I went to a Rotaract meeting. Rotaract is like Rotary, except for younger people. It was really nice, all of the people there are older than me, but they were really great! They invited me to come with them to a conference this weekend in Riobamba (a city about 8 hours away in bus), and I am going to go! This will be my first trip to the highlands of Ecuador, where I am told that it can be quite cold. I guess I will have to take the one sweater that I brought here to Ecuador with me. I was also told that I should bring a scarf, earmuffs, gloves, and warm socks and shoes, none of which I have here with me. I expect to freeze.
As I am sure you can imagine, I am really looking forward to going to school again tomorrow.
I think Ricardo is my hero :p
ReplyDeleteare you sure that it will be "cold"?
ReplyDeleteor will it be South America "cold"?
kind of like when Yankees come to the south and tell us we're sissies but then they pass out during the summer...
ricardo is a pretty cool guy. today he told me he was smarter than me. and then demanded that i give him some gum. :)
ReplyDeleteoh, it will be south america cold. i think at least. it is south american, after all. :)