Not too much to say...

So today:

Slept in until 9ish- woke up, had breakfast- the typical plate of fruit covered in honey with cereal and orange juice. Went to the lavendaria and dropped off my clothes to be washing- it was a few dollars- maybe 5 or 6? I can pick them up tomorrow morning- hopefully before school starts- otherwise I won’t have anything to wear- didn’t think that one through so well!! After, I walked to the copy/paper store and bought some notebooks (all grid notebooks—hmm) and three folders (the filing kind- they didn’t have any others). Came back to the house- Doña Ligia spent half an hour telling me why I would make the perfect girlfriend for some Mexican boy- it was hysterical and a self esteem booster for sure- but I definitely don’t think that will be happening!! Called Ilion- the aunt and grandmother after- it was good to talk to them both and Skype sure does make it a lot easier and cheaper! It’s about .02 a call to phones- and obviously, free to computers.

Lunch was light- macaroni and cheese with mushrooms and salsa verde- a really, really weird, but bearable combination. Left to catch the bus- it was filled with kids getting out of school (first day here) and took forever!! I need to take this into account when taking the buses now too! They were all curious about the gringa on the bus- didn’t help that when I tried to get off I went to the front door which was broken and I didn’t realize. They laughed at me, so it goes.

Made it to the Facultad a bit late- but that’s ok- everything here starts late. Scuba diving is going to be so much fun. The teacher is awesome, I have him for one of my classes too. He seemed pretty happy that I was into Maya archaeology and anthropology- I’m very excited to be taking classes with him. We are going to be getting our basic certification “open water diver”- good for up to up to 70 feet or so, and after, we can get a more advanced certification if we want it. We went over all the basics in terms of equipment the physics and physiology of it- we are going to a pool Friday to start! I’m so excited about it- ahh! Should be a great time.

Came home after class- stopped for an “aqua fresca (they advertised with an a, not an o) de sandia”. I really should have brought my burks- my flip flops are really slippery on the dusty sidewalks and I keep having a few near wipe- outs. I’m not sure what type of shoes would be better- but I really need to find some!! I just don’t know if I will be able to here with my huge feet!!!

Didn’t really do anything tonight- hung out, watched a Doris Day film that Ligia had laying around. She loves movies- and gave me a whole stack of movies to watch- good practice for my Spanish!! She’s so cute, I’m really lucky!

All in all, not much to say about today except for my excitement over scuba diving. Classes start tomorrow- Maya and Spanish- I’m nervous but very excited!

At least everyone who reads this gets a break with a short entry for a change!! I’m trying to keep my entries pretty detailed so I can reference them later too, hopefully you all aren’t bored to death!!