This week has been a little easier to adjust emotionally. My classes are still easy, but they’re picking up the pace a little. I went to the doctor on Wednesday because I had been having fever and stomach pains and really just NOT feeling right. Turns out I have a bad stomach infection. So looks like a week of tons of medication and not being able to eat most foods! I’m glad I got on medicine right away because this weekend we went to Mexico City. Anyways, before that, on Tuesday this week I went to the regional museum of Queretaro and loved it. I got in free with my student ID. Anyways, more on Mexico city. It definitely is kind of expensive, but also definitely kind of worth it. I saw tons of museums and shops and markets and churches and plazas and more. Enough to last me a lifetime. I had my own room which was nice… the only thing was that my toilet was IN my shower… LITERALLY IN IT!! Haha so confusing and weird for me. My favorite part of the trip was going to Teotihuacan and seeing all of the pyramids and the ruins. I climbed to the very top of the tallest pyramid and it was sooo gratifying! I’m really glad I decided to go for it. Coming home I am super duper exhausted and super duper burnt. Even my lips are red and burnt. I guess it figures that I would get a little sun while standing on top of the Pyramid of the Sun…

Started my classes and the first one is sooo super easy. I hope that they pick up soon. I watched a Korean soap opera with my host family, with Spanish subtitles of course. I thought it wwould be much hotter here than it actually is. Although there is definitely more thunder than I thought. Its honestly exhaisting just being here and adjusting. My body has been feeling weird, but I’m sure that’s normal. I definitely miss my family and my boyfriend but I do like it here. The one thing that I’ve noticed is that my house is really hard to find. And even the taxis have a hard time finding it. In the morning when I go to school I walk 10ish minutes to the bus stop, then take the bus for 10-15min and finish it off by walking about 10-15min from the bus stop the university… its so far! This weekend on Saturday we went to Pena Bernal. It was super beautiful and I bought three wonderful paintings for only 20 pesos each (WOW!). Tomorrow I am moving to a new house so a new adventure is one the horizon. Hopefully one with less mosquitoes to attack me…but that might be wishful thinking.

Well, today is the day. My flight leaves at (yelp!) MIDNIGHT! As a person who goes to bed kinda early, this will be interesting. It doesn’t feel real yet. Today just feels like a normal day. There’s nothing to indicate that I am about to leave the country for 6 weeks…aside from the packed suitcases on my floor. I honestly don’t think it will feel real until I’m there, and even then maybe not for a little bit. I am excited but not quite sure what to expect. I think it’ll be fun and I’m ready to experience what living with a host family is like. I’ve been to Mexico once before, but that was a totally different situation, so I’m going in with an open mind! I hope I don’t miss everyone here too much, but I know I will some. I am pretty much ready to go. So here’s to my new adventure!