Howdy ya'll. Today, March 16th, is my mom's birthday! (My USA mom Valerie for those of you who forgot I'm actually from there) So I dedicate this post to her...love you mom!
I woke up Monday morning/afternoon after a reallllly nice sleep to say goodbye to the guests that have been staying with us. I feel ashamed not to know their names. They have been saying with us all this week because their house was damaged/destroyed by the earthquake where they are from in the south. They said their names at the beginning but never came back to them oh well.
Afterwords we went out to lunch for a birthday celebration for one of Judith's relatives. We went to a really nice restaurant and it was very reasonably priced. I got a meat lasagna it was rica! After lunch I stopped back home for a while then went out to run some errands. I went to a gym by my house because I want to sign up for one during class/basketball season. I toured it and it seems pretty nice I will join tomorrow. After I went to a few stores to recharge my cell phone with $10 so we'll see how long that lasts I don't talk much. I went back home and took a nap before basketball tryouts. I woke up at 6:30pm, hopped on the metro, and finally arrived at practice at exactly 8pm. It took me a while to find my way around the neighborhood I had to ask a bunch of people for directions. It's so blatantly obvious that I'm American. I went up to a women and asked "Perdon, sabe donde esta el colegio San Ignacio, esta cerca?" And the old women responded to me in English " I am not sure I think it is in that direction". Everyone knows I am gringo with my first word!
I finally made it to practice and held my own. I made a lot of stupid mistakes but that will get better once I start playing more. The team needs a lot of work but the coach seems like he really knows what he's doing. The language barrier is difficult for me now but I know it will get easier. I am excited to go back for the next round of tryouts on Thursday. Esteban gave me a ride to his house so I could easily catch the metro home. I grabbed a King Sized value meal at Burger King to take the edge off my hunger and made my way home.
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