Weekly Report Dec 20-23

Weekly Report Dec 20-23

Thursday December 20

Lazy day because of all the traveling the previous days. Ended up going out at night with some friends. Good time.

Friday December 21

Ally's birthday! Called her at around lunch time but wasn't there. Called later and got a hold of her. In the evening I went to see a play with Lizzie, her boyfriend and a friend of theirs. We went to see Cinderella because one of her friends from highschool was in it. It was... interesting. The girl that was Cinderella had the same expression on her face the entire play, one girl was mouthing the lines of the other characters the whole time, and at the end they accidentally did one scene twice.
After the play we went to this place called "Los Jugos", The Juices, for a smoothie and to grab a bight to eat because I didn't have a chance to eat earlier. This place is pretty cool, they have tons and tons of types of fruit to pick from so you just pick anything and they make a smoothie out of it. Other than that I had a little sandwich with chicken and avacado. I'm starting to like avacado a lot. I'm also trying to get used to fruits cause I was never much of a fruit eater but here they have lots of nice fresh fruit. The have this one that I like, you peal it open and on the inside there is this weird looking mass of seeds that seems to be held together but... well... it
looks like mucus :) you just throw the whole mucusy mass thing in your mouth and swallow. It's very good.
Then we went and watched a movie. Relatively early night, a one-o'clocker.

Saturday December 22

Did absolutely nothing today. I bought a couple of calling cards to call the States tomorrow to talk to the whole fam. But other than that... nothing. Tonight I might go out or something but as of now I have no plans.

Sunday December 23

Merry Christmas Eve! That is of course because my family is celebrating the annual part a day early this year. I called at 8:30 to talk to everyone and to wish them a Merry Christmas. It was nice to talk to them all, but it was also kind of hard listening to all the sounds of people and singing and fun that I so enjoy every year. My Christmas will be much more mellow this year. Most likely no presents, different family speaking in a language that is still hard to understand sometimes, different traditions, and a little fake Christmas tree that doesn't shed even but a tiny scent of Christmasy goodness. We will have family arriving at around 9 o'clock tonight and between then and 12 midnight we will have dinner. Then right at 12 we will open presents. After that I don't think that we do anything. I'll be going to a lunch with Lizzie's family the day of Christmas but other than that my host mother said that we don't do anything. It's gonna be a very weird Christmas and New Years this year.
Earlier in the day I went to the center with the family to see the Cathedral and eat Bunuelos. They are like these donut/fried dough things that we put something like molassas on. They are good. The Cathedral was nice, but there were Christmas Carols being sung and it made me think of home, that at the very moment my family was probably singing the exact same song in English.

I'm actually glad that the weather is the way it is, because for the most part my mind doesn't dwell on thoughts of the family for too long. Tonight when we are "celebrating" it might be a little harder but well just have to see.
I hope that everyone had a nice early Christmas Eve party, has a very Merry Christmas, and has a wonderful New Year.

-Jack

P.S. Photos will now be posted on Myspace.com . I save hours putting up photos there instead of on here.