After both our classes were over, we went to the bank where I sat and read Divergent for an hour as Idalia did whatever it was that she needed to do. Once we left, we had to go directly to pick up Ari so we weren't late. After we picked her up we went to the mall to change the batteries on the car remote opener thing. While Idalia went to Radio Shack, I went to hunt sown a coffee shop. After 5 minutes of not finding one, I ducked into a chocolate and gelato shop and got some mango/berry goodness. Finally, it was time to head home. On the way home, I read my book in piece until we hit a small bump in the road and when I looked up, I saw PEOPLE PUTED A FULL GROWN COW INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK. It wasn't a trailer, it wasn't a few cows, it was one single cow hearing the bed with like 5 other guys and I still don't know what to make of it. It was crazy.
I got home and did some school stuff and watched the Friends finale and for the first time since I got here, I cried like a baby. Wow that was such a good series. After I finished it, I ate some dinner and called it a night.
Yesterday started out the same, I got up early, dropped off Ari, went to class, picked up Ari and went the mall. The only difference was this time, when we went to the mall, Idalia's husband was there waiting for us. I had never met him before and he seemed nice enough. We bought Idalia'a plane ticket for the states this November (she's going to spend the month with Doris; Luis Edwardo's mom). Then we headed off the the food court where I ate some new things. I went to a restaurant where everything was made from or with corn and boy oh boy was it good.
After lunch we did the El Salvadorian thing and went to a coffee shop for coffee and donuts. I didn't get any donuts but everyone else did and they looked amazing. Here, they most common donut shop is Mister Donut. It's basically a Dunkin' Donuts but they also serve breakfast lunch and dinner and they are as common as a McDonalds. After donuts, we went to Idalia's husbands car and got bins and boxes full of fruits and vegetables. Apparently he gives us fruits and veggies every time he see's Idalia. I love it because that means I get all the bananas I can eat.
On the way home, we stopped by the grocery store to order sushi, then we went to a bakery to get a cake and stopped by la Neveria for ice cream. Let's talk about the bakery. It was filled with all different sorts of sets and breads and crumbs of heaven.
Last night was Nine's birthday and we. ate. good. As soon as Luis Edwardo and her got home from work, we dove into the sushi (vegetarian for me and crab and something else for the others). After we gorged ourselves with sushi, we brought out the cake. Let me tell you a little something about cake here. They take it seriously. You will never find people eating boxed cake unless they are more on the poor side. They cakes are divine and I want to learn how to make them so badly. It was a vanilla cake with a caramel type layer in the middle and almond slivers scattered throughout it, with vanilla and caramel frosting and nuts sprinkled on it. I was in my happy place while eating that cake. For the ice-cream, it was chocolate and vanilla cookie and I had my fair share of that too.
I know I should have ran last night after eating so much but instead I sat down on the couch and finished reading Divergent. If you haven't read that book, stop what you're doing, got to your nearest bookstore and get it. I don't care how old you are, that book is a godsend. It is so good and it's really interesting to see how Veronica Roth created it. She was studying exposure therapy in the treatment of phobia (confronting a person with the thing that scares them repeatedly, in a safe environment until their brain rewires and they aren't afraid of it anymore). That was where she got the idea for the dauntless faction.
After almost falling asleep on the couch, I dragged myself to my room where I collapsed in my bed and slept a sound sleep until this morning.
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