Descanso (break)

I decided this weekend that I needed a little descanso from activity, so am spending my first full weekend in town all day. It has been a well needed little break so far. Thursday night I went with Lili (my host mother) to a Marco Antonio Solis concert in a nearby village. (I had never heard of him before, but he is a famous Mexican artist who writes/sings love songs and Lili absolutely loves his music). We were going to go in a car with one of her friends, but something came up at work for her friend in the last minute so we had to take the chicken bus down there. I´m not sure if I´ve written before, but these buses are crazy. I think there were probably 75 people on a bus made to sit 36 people (two to a seat). Plus, I tend to be taller than most people here and my knees jam into the seat in front of me when sitting down. I can´t imagine being what it is like to ride the buses being taller! Anyway, we took the bus down the night of the concert and slept over night with the family of one of the full-time boarders living at Lili´s house (going to universidad) who is from San Marcos. It was definitely a whirlwind trip since I had to get back for classes Friday morning, but worth it. I was by far the only person around with white skin...

I believe next week will be my last full week of Spanish classes, but time will tell. I think I may have to continue attending at least one a week if I want to keep living with my host family while volunteering. Apparently the office at ICA isn´t very friendly to students who stay in houses after stopping classes (and I think not so friendly to the host family´s also) We will see though. My host mom said she´d let me stay no matter what but that it would be better if I can sort of keep ICA pacified by being slightly involved with them still. Whatever, it will work out.

So, one of the probably not so good things I discovered last week was Sarita´s ice cream shops ("since 1935"). Why must I have such a soft spot for the tasty treat? I guess overall though, there are worse ways to spend one´s money, plus it costs just enough to be a little expensive :).

Well, here´s to the new month of March and the adventures waiting to be had!