A Friend of my Ancestors

Saturday
-the only time I left the house was to go watch the Atleti game at Cuevas, our favorite place.
-Pilar and her boyfriend met us there afterwards and we hung out with them. Her boyfriend was kinda really weird but in the funniest of ways. And they’re probably the shortest couple I’ve ever met. It was cute.

Sunday
-I went to Pilar’s mom’s 74th birthday party at the family’s house out in the country. It was a lot of fun. It was me and like her whole family, yet I wasn’t the only American. One of Pilar’s nephews is dating a girl from Cali (seriously, 95% of the other Americans I meet here are from CA). But this family is funny and like all families, a little crazy and they all treated me as if I was another member of the family. Being with them helped make my Thanksgiving weekend a little bit more complete.
-Of course the food at this party was good too. They made lamb in this huge pan thing over a fire and then they brought it in, put it in the middle of the floor and we all stood around it and just dug in with our forks. I loved it.
-I made it back in time to go to church. This church actually doesn’t have a pastor, so each week a different pastor from one of the nearby towns will come. This week the pastor was actually from Ecuador but he lives in Spain now.

Monday
-I got my 2nd package! This time from the family.
-Felipe and I met for coffee like normal. Just that this time there was a birthday party of one of my students there too. One of my students spotted me, told all the others and soon we were surrounded by 10-15 of my 2nd grade students just starring at us saying hello. It was totally like we were on exhibit in a museum. Thankful the owner came over and chased them off. But yeah, I’m totally a celebrity in this town.
-That’s all. Nothing else happened on Monday. At least as far as I’m concerned.

Tuesday
-Dinner at Pilar’s was funny. The boys (like most kids) were giving their parents a hard time and calling them old: “Shannon, when did your ancestors leave Switzerland?” Javi, “1717” Me “oh, so Mom, were you friends with them?” Javi.

Wednesday
-I didn’t sleep very much because I couldn’t stop coughing. It was awful. I was super frustrated. So I went into school late so I could sleep a little extra. I feel mostly fine during the day, a little coughing here and there but nothing terrible. But at night it just gets like 130 times worse.
-Apparently I’ve got some bullies in my afternoon class of 10 &11 year olds. I’m totally kicking them out if it continues.
-I love going to Manuel and Ana’s because every time they have something new for me to try. This time was this Swedish dessert wine that you drink warm. It was sooooo good. Just like a cider.