Its been an eventful last few days which is why it has taken me so long to get around to writing. Thursday was a little crazy with changing class stuff around, being late to three out of four classes and the start of celebrating my birthday. No, I do not know why we started early. So, Christy and I got a ride to school with Galo, the only problem being that we ran behind and then on top of that we couldn't find a bus to take us to his apartment. Ten minutes after we were supposed to be there we finally arrive and he takes a few more minutes. Then, of course, we run into traffic. Bad traffic. Which translates into ten minutes late for tae-kwon-do. The teacher was not thrilled with this but that soon passed when he saw that Christy was even properly dressed out since she had taken Galo's advice about not really doing anything that first day of class. Wrong. I had worn a cami and legging with a knit dress over so that I would be ready, Christy had see-through leggings covered at the top by a tiny skirt and to top it all off a tube top. That made for a fun class. No balance and way too much talking kept the teacher laughing at Christy for the whole hour we were there. At our release it was to the library to work on class stuff. She added a class that started at ten and rushed to it and i continued on the computer. What ended up happening is that I dropped my Friday baking class and added a Tuesday/Thursday clay modeling class. Since I added it at like 10:10, by the time I got to the class i was 15 minutes late for it. Second class to be late for that day. I am the only person in the class who does not have an art background. At least the professor is originally from the US and is patient with my lack of skills. The way the classes are set up for me on Tuesdays and Thursdays is that I have about 5 minutes to run from tae-kwon-do to the taller and then the same amount of time to run from there to my first lit class. Needless to say as I still have some issues navigating around the campus, I arrived a couple minutes late. This did not matter as the university had double booked the classroom and we had to get a new one. I was so thirsty and quite hungry and could only pray that class would end soon. When it finally did we tried a Mexican restaurant that was not very impressive. Finally my day was coming to a close. Thankfully Christy gave up on us taking cycling at 4pm and I just had to make it through global literature. Ha. Ha. Ha. Of course it is a class with like all native speakers. one international other than me was there but she might as well be native. This class is going to kick my fanny. I'll survive. The rest of Thursday consisted of hanging out at Galo's apartment and them talking me into going out to Mariscal. I wish I hadn't since it was boring as all and too many people were drunk from all the pregaming. The only fun part for me was that I got to be the designated liquor pour-er which I was surprisingly good at for not being a drinker myself.
Yet my amazing friends did end Thursday and welcome my actual birthday wonderfully. We got to leave early from Mariscal but not before Christy had found a place selling chocolate cake. Therefore, on the whole ride home all of us in the taxi just devoured this amazing chocolate dessert. I was sooo happy. I even got to sleep in since my first and only Friday class doesn't start until 11am. We even made it on time though we were relying on Galo again. And as a birthday treat not only did I buy like four desserts from the bakery on the street but Christy and I met up early to practice some tae-kwon-do and yoga, and for me to be the first to see her in her fabulous "Stellar Electric" costume that she was wearing the whole to celebrate. class even went well followed by some pizza for lunch. Then it was off to the local craft market and shopping for the night's mini feast. It was wonderful to get to cook again after a couple weeks and the food turned out well, though touching bleeding chicken breast was almost enough to make me a vegetarian. The biscuits were a hit and Rosario absolutely fell in love with them. We also got to use the potatoes so I could make some homemade mashed potatoes. The funniest part of the night was that I had stopped by a florist to buy some roses for Rosario for being so fabulous (18 roses for $5!) and she had gone out and bought me these lovely small roses for my birthday. She was so shocked that I had bought flowers for her, but she did eventually accept them. One of the best "presents" was getting to meet Christy's "host nephew" Nico who is 13 months old and the cutest and most awesome baby ever. And after enjoying the meal with everyone and cleaning up, the guests left - family to their home and friends to go party and Christy and I to chill. If I just had my friends and family from the US it would have been a perfect birthday!
Oh the adventures and amusement that came on Saturday! Christy and I got to go on a road trip with Nico and his parents to El Mitad del Mundo and other cool sights like Cotacachi to see the laguna and volcanoes. Left at 9:30am and did not get back until like 6pm which meant hours of fun with little Nico in the back seat. That baby had his picture taken so many times yesterday! I have also come to the conclusion that after being exposed to Ecuadorian, especially Santiago's, driving i no longer ever have the need to ride a roller coaster again. It is almost like a game on highways - how far to the other side of the road can you get to pass other cars in your lane without getting hit by cars in the other lane coming right at you. It was as exciting as it was crazy and plenty of fun going pretty fast. Nico slept most of the time like a perfect baby and when he was awake he was generally perfectly pleasant in every way, offering us plenty of amusement. The ride back I could not say much about since I slept the majority of it. Christy slept for a total of one minute and her picture was taken during that time. Rosario just laughed about it all when we returned to the house where we made true Colombian hot chocolate and had cheese and bread to our fill. The hot chocolate alone is fantastic but then to add to the richness they put cheese in it and then eat the cheese. Sounds weird but actually tastes pretty good. The night ended with Christy and I getting the dishes done while playing a game of "keep Nico away from Rosario's gallinas." Rosario loves hens and roosters and has plenty of class and ceramic figures, pots and then linens with gallinas. Nico likes to play with the ones on a double shelf near the ground. Nico always has the aptitude for breaking them. We did everything like grabbing him up and flying his giggling self through the air when he got too close to them to Christy giving him limes from a basket to play with instead. Persistent baby. Yet, no gallina met death last night. Victory! I absolutely can't wait for two weeks to pass to go on a day trip to the Colombian border with Christy, Lorena, Santiago and, of course, precious Nico. Que brutal
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