Honestly, this week flew by, and I can tell already that this trip will be over before I know it. I'm slowly becoming comfortable here, and I know I improve a little bit each day. I have a few semi-entertaining things to fill you in on, so here we go! First off, I might be homeless in four weeks. Okay, that's an exaggeration, but I will probably be changing homes. My "mamatica" Imelda only signed up to have a student stay with her for 4 weeks (probably because she had a student for 6 weeks before I even got here). However, I paid for a 6-week homestay. I let the school know, and Mayi, the homestay coordinator, told me not ot worry about it (well, she literally said "no se preocupe") and that she will take care of it. Right now, it looks like I might stay with Imelda's daughter, but I don't know yet. Still, that was quite the conversation. "So, by the way, I don't really want you for 6 weeks..." (she said it much nicer than that, of course). Naturally, I'm currently doing my best to charm my host parents into letting me stay with them all six weeks in their cushy house, and let's be honest, who can resis these charms? Exactly! I think I will be fine.
Then, later in the evening, my host dad informed the student I live with an I that if the alarm goes off during the night, we should stay in our rooms and not try to leave the house. Why, you ask? Because he has a GUN! He told us this by using a shooting action with sound effects. He cracks me up. So, if any of you were worried about my safety, don't be. I live in an armed safehouse.
I don't have many plans for the weekend, but this afternoon I'm hitting up a farmer's market with some friends. Oh, by the way, my friends here are all leaving after this week to head to the school in Monteverde. Also, none of them are under the age of 25...yeah, yeah, I'm working on it!
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