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Published: December 28th 2006
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Mis Nuevos Amigos
This a couple of my new friends, Alejandra and her boyfriend. ¡Hola Todos!
How is everyone? I hope all is well.
I went to a very fun party last night. It was my classmate Pepe’s birthday. I spent the day at home but it was pretty cool. My cousins from San Francisco came over for lunch. They are going back home, which is kinda sad because I had fun with the little girl Natalie. So I spent the rest of the afternoon getting ready for the party. The end result was pretty good. The party was at 7 and like a half-hour away, but I didn’t leave until 7 so I was late. I was still the first person there though. We ate, drank, talked, and listened to music. I actually made a lot of new friends. They were really nice. They even invited me to spend the weekend with them in Puerto Vallerta. Of course when they asked me they were drunk so I didn’t really believe them, but I talked to them today and they remembered so I guess I am going to go. My family is going to go to Guadalajara. They should have fun too. Anyway back to the party, I just spent time and got to know
Pepe y Juliann
Here is the birthday boy, Pepe, and Juliann from Brazil. Pepe is 20 now, can you believe it?? my new friends. I got home around one and went to bed.
Today was pretty relaxing. I woke up, and took a shower. Then I went to Western Union. Thank you Auntie Dee-Dee and Steve for the money. I went with my mom and brother on a quick trip to Office Depo to make and laminate some new menus for the café. I bought a book to hold all the cards from the Rotary exchange students. The plans I had to have the sleepover party didn’t work out. Zeynep from Turkey couldn’t sleepover because her parents said no. Paula and Heloisa from Brazil never answered my calls. Carmen could have slept over but her cousin couldn’t and we both agreed it is better to wait for another day when we all can. It is a bummer, but I am ok. I will just spend the day relaxing. I had a really touching conversation with my host family over lunch. It started with my host sister asking me what I have learned during my five months here.
This was my answer:
I have learned:
- Spanish.
- To enjoy more food.
- To be more clean and helpful by doing stuff like dishes and keeping my room clean.
- That I enjoy having older sisters.
My host mother also added that my table manners have improved. I didn’t realize
Cerveza!
I just thought everyone would like to see how much beer everyone drinks. By the end of the night this cooler was empty. they were bad to begin with but hey you never know. Maybe she is right. My host father also had a touching response. He said that because of me, he sees the USA as a more friendly, neighborly and closer to Mexico. He also said he realizes now that the USA has serious problems. I think it is a really important to do this as it is getting close to the end of my time with this family. It was really nice to look back and reflect on our time together. It really made me realize why I did this. It was a little sad though because it made me realize that it is true, I do have to change families even if I don’t want to. I kinda just haven't been thinking about it. I have been in denial, because I am scared and don't like change. It really is for the best though because I will get a chance to meet another family and learn their perspectives and another aspect of the mexican culture. The only bad part is I won’t get as long a time with the other two families. I will get like 3 and a
Yo con Iris y su novio
Here I am with my new friends. These are the ones I will go to Puerto Vallerta with. half months with the next family and a month with the last because I will be gone for almost all of May and shortly after that, in the second week of June I am coming home. I got in a fight with mom today which sucks. It is the first fight we have had in awhile. It is my fault, I know. It is just I needed to talk to her because I was upset and scared that I am coming to the end of my time with this family and I got mad that she wouldn’t talk with me. I didn’t know that she was hurting about something. I know it is selfish, but sometimes I just need my mom. I know she is hurting because of the Steve situation and me being away, but this is hard for me too. Sometimes I just need my mommie. And the worst part is she said “Oh you are so selfish. It is always about you.” Just when I thought I was growing up and maturing. I mean I handled the situation about my rabbit dying SO grown up. She didn’t tell me my rabbit died about two months ago. I
Baila!
Here is Pepe dancing with one of his friends. mean I didn’t get mad or anything. I just calmly told her I am mature enough to handle bad news. She also said “You never tell me anything about Mexico. You just called to ask me about your money at Western Union.” She doesn’t know that the only reason I called was to tell her that I was sad because of the conversation with my host family. We just decided to say good night and talk tomorrow. Hopefully things will be better. I hate fighting with her, especially from so far away. We can’t make up as easily and it makes it so much harder to be so far away. I am just gonna try to go to bed and feel better. Although, I ate SO much chocolate because I am depressed, which I haven’t done in awhile. Tomorrow I have no plans so it should be boring too. I just need to focus on Friday, the weekend, and Vallerta!! Hope everyone else has some fun plans for New Years. Sometimes being an exchange student is miserable, but then there are times that make it worth it, like the conversations with my host family. Things will get better soon though. I have a nice vacation coming up. Leave me some comments and tell me all about it. I would love to know who is actually reading this thing. Sorry if some of this is repetitive but I really just needed to write through my feelings. Anyway hope you all are feeling good and I am sure I will be soon, this is just a temporary thing. I love you all!
Prespero Año Nuevo y Felicidad,
Shayna
P.S. My title means "Tomorrow! I am going to have been in Mexico for 5 months."
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