It was a pretty good party, but it was very strange to see all the people I am here with drinking. Some of them were muy baracho, very drunk, which was weird because I haven't seen a lot of drunk people in my life. It was all around enjoyable though, and I'm sure I will be attending more in the future.This week was a lot less busy than last week, which was nice. Tuesday night Kenna came over to spend the night, and Skyped with all of the new Freshmen in her sorority back home. It was pretty entertaining listening to it, the whole conversation was so stereotypically sorority, which I was not expecting. It was almost like valley girl time, I quite enjoyed it. On the way home from the bus stop we stopped at the playground and played on the teeter totter and the swings. It was very fun, and I realized that I have never been on a teeter totter before that.
Wednesday was a strange day. On Tuesday night they told us we had no lab because the students were protesting, but to show up for Lengua and Cultura. We didn't really know what to expect when we got to school, but when we arrived there were painted signs up all over the gate, and the only two entrances were closed and basically being gaurded by small groups of students. At this time the school is in what they call Toma. It is where they keep the gates closed and only let students through. Everyone still comes to school, but the doors to the hallways with classrooms are closed, and most of the lights are off. They also had one set of doors in another building barricaded with school desks. It was basically everybody just hanging out at school. They moved the two ping pong tables inside the main building, but blocked most of the door with a table so that you had to squeeze by to get in. There were also students playing video games on the TVs upstairs. They had some meetings that happened randomly as well. It was very strange. Florencia talked to the head student though, and they said they would let the gringos and their teachers through because we can't extend the program to make up for lost days. But, apparently on Thursday they changed their minds, because we didn't have school. The protest is for lower tuition, because they raise tuition 10% every year. It could last for a week, up to a month. As far as we have heard, it is supposed to continue next week. And the level of protest could raise passed Toma into a full shut down of campus. Florencia said she will just rent another room somewhere else, so we will see what happens in this next week.On Wednesday night we had another noche para las gringas. Not everyone showed up this time because they decided to stick around the school and see what was up with the protest. It was another fun night though. Everyone forgot to bring snacks, so we walked to a little mercado in Villa Emmanuel and got some ice cream and cookies. We just spent the time hanging out in my room and chatting and eating pizza and other junk food, yay! Haha. It was nice and relaxing.
It has been super nice weather this week. About 80 all week, but today it is a little cooler and cloudy. My dad told me that is average for spring here, and that it will get into the 100s in the future.Because we had no school on Thursday Kenna, Casi, Jimmy, Matt, David and I met up downtown to try to find some last minute costume pieces for the boys, and to find entire costumes for us girls. David showed us to a little shop where you could rent costumes for 7,000 pesos a night, that's about 12 bucks, so it was pretty cheap. We also checked out a little mercado we hadn't been to by the post office. I bought myself some cool earrings, and also a sun dress at a store we walked by. It was a nice relaxing time. After, I headed over to Casi's to hang out and get ready, and spent the night at her house after the party.
On Friday Kenna met Casi and I downtown to return our costumes. They were closed for lunch, so we had to waste about an hour. We went to the mall and Kenna shopped, and Casi and I watched, haha. Then we went to the supermarket and bought some mac 'n cheese to make for lunch, and then had some coffee in a shop in the mall. After we returned the costumes and got home we had toast and mac 'n cheese while watching How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, then Kenna and I walked home. All in all it was a very strange, but enjoyable week.
I had a bit of a tough night last night. I was very tired of crowds from downtown, and all the whistles and stares and cat calls we gringas get. After being downtown three days in a row and walking a lot of places by myself I was very sick of it all. I was also incredibly homesick and ready to just be back. But, I'm still here and doing alright as of this moment. I'm sure it will get even better after spending more time with friends today.
Well, I think it is about time to wrap this novel up. I hope you are all doing well, and enjoying your Halloween week. I would still love to hear what is going on with you guys if you have the time to send me an e-mail (kaylirobison@canby.com). Talk to you all later, and see you in 5 weeks. Happy Halloween!! Chao.
Kayli
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