HEEYY! Long time no see. I guess thats my fault but whatever.. So last time I wrote on here it was October and I have no idea what I was talking about. A lot has happened since then. Who knew that there was so much to do in such a small, small country. Anyway, I'm going to start with Halloween. I went to Chinese class and came home and spent all day at home.. We forgot to buy candy so when the one group that came to our house rang the doorbell, we sent them away empty handed :( I planed on watching Halloween Town or something but I ended up watching American Horror Story instead.
November was relatively uneventful. I hung out with my Chinese teacher a lot and we went to this vegetarian Taiwanese restaurant that her friends owned and it was DELICIOUS. Wow, I ate so much food there and it was only like $2.50 for a plate so full I thought it was going to spill off the sides. Around November 7th, my Chinese classes through the Academy ended so my teacher and I ended up just having our classes at a Starbucks at the mall 2-3 times a week. They were more "let's make sure you can remember all the thing's you've learned" type of classes instead of "let's cram your brain with more Chinese language goodness" type classes. I enjoyed them and had fun hanging out with Hui Lin (my teacher).
Another perk to classes being at the mall was that I could people watch all day long since most days, I didn't get picked up until Nine got off work at 6pm. I tried perfecting my spanish listening skills by listening in on some weird conversations, I hunted cute boys, and I drank lots and lots of coffee. I also got a lot of my online schooling done but that's not as exciting as the other stuff. That's basically how all of November passed for me, it was the same nice routine every day. On thanksgiving, I ate mashed potaters and a store bought pumpkin pie (pie is not easy to come by down here, it's something of a rarity).
With December came a heat that was so nice but also made you feel like a vampire jumping out of the sun every time it's rays hit your skin. Let's just say that if you stood directly in its light for 10 minutes you would be nice and tan (or if you're my dad or Jordyn; you'd be burnt to a crisp). Within the first week of December, I met 3 different groups of really rad people. First was a group of boys that worked at sears and happened to see me at Starbucks on their break. We ended up talking for about and hour and they were super nice. Before they left for work, they literally got into a single file line to have their pictures taken with 'the american they met' like I was Goofy and we were at Disney. I didn't mind too much, I was feeling really confident in my overalls. The next day, I met a pastor and his missionary daughter. They are from Oklahoma and are some of the nicest people I have ever met. We talked for about an hour before my Chinese class started and I had to go, but not before we managed to exchange numbers so we could keep in touch. The third group I met was a group of college/church students who are studying abroad here. They were so nice and invited me to a Christmas party (I couldn't go because I didn't have a ride) and we are going to be making plans to hang out soon.
I am so glad that I am outgoing and am not afraid to strike up a conversation with random people at Starbucks because this past Tuesday, I ended up going to a beach house with the Pastor, his daughter, Katie, and her friends. It was so much fun! We went swimming in the pool and the ocean and took some stellar pictures (not with my camera because while I remembered the camera, I forgot its battery). One of Katies friends was a boy named Chad who is 18 making him the closest person to my age that I have met. Katie is 23 and most of her other friends were around her age too. Unfortunately Katie is leaving in a week to spend Christmas with her family, but Chad will be staying here until May, so we're going to hang out more.
Today I watched some Supernatural, ate lots of fruit and enjoyed the wonderful Climate here in El Salvador. I have less than a month left here and I fully intend to make the most out of every day! Let's see if I decide to keep writing in this thing more often. Who knows, I might even add a few pictures. Tata for now, I hope everyone in Minnesota is enjoy the nice icy cold snow :-)
