2 Weeks

I have been here for 2 weeks now and I still don't feel homesick at all, which really surprises me. I have talked to other exchange students and some of them are miserable and want to go home and are sooo homesick, but I am not. I love it here so much. I have only had one day that was hard, but still, one day out of 15 days is pretty good. I have also been getting more comfortable in my house, with my family, and in this country in general. I used to wake up with a slight nervous feeling in my stomach, now I don't. I have more of an appetite, which could potentially be a bad thing. I still haven't tried any of the seafood yet, and I am not looking forward to it. I know that it's sooo "rico", but I just don't like it.

School is getting boring for me now. I draw A LOT and everyone always makes fun of it. I don't understand a lot of the classes like physics, chemistry, and some other ones, but I wouldn't understand them in English either. I also get in trouble every single day in school for the stupidest things. I got yelled at for rolling my pants up, AGAIN, not having higher socks, wearing black sweatpants and not blue ones, wearing eye shadow, leaning back in my chair and looking "tired", even though I was copying all of the notes, having my shirt not tucked in, not having the right skirt for Mondays. It is endless. I feel like the teachers pick on my more than ANY other student or exchange student. Apparently I can't do anything right.


We now have 12 exchange students in my school, 7 in my class alone. It is too much in my opinion. I have been trying to speak a little more Spanish in school, but everyone still speaks English, so it is hard.

The past weekend I went to a beach called Crucita. It was really nice to get out of Portoviejo. Crucita reminds me of Mexico so I felt a little nostalgic. I felt like I was on vacation when I was there--not like an exchange student.

Last night I went to Johanna's house with some exchange students and kids from my class. It is really nice that we all hang out together and it is not just exchange students hanging out with more exchange students. Johanna has the best family, I loveeeeeee her parents.

I had my second Rotary meeting last Wednesday. We had to talk in front of the entire club, in Spanish, and introduce ourselves and talk about ourselves. It was easy. The Rotary meetings start at 9:00, which is really late because we don't get home until 11:30, and then I have to wake up at 6:00 the next morning, which is not fun. The meetings are annoying but it is nice seeing all of the other exchange students who aren't in my school.