S'Pan'Es

S'Pan'Es Meal

My mission to get more than 5 hours of sleep failed.  But I will try again tonight and I shall be successful.  It’s brutal waking up.

I’ve been able to think a lot since I’ve been here and without a doubt, and unsurprisingly, this trip has changed me and the way I see life.  One thing I’ll never stop wondering is why I’ve met the people I have met.  What makes me wonder such things furthermore is when I have déjà-vu moments; they are insane.  I have realized I’m on a quest…

There is rarely a dull moment in school.  Yonseili and I always have something to laugh about.  We decided we need to give Christian Sarmiento a certificate for having to deal with us in class; but we know he has fun, too.  The liberty I have here and the individual/personalized attention we get in school here is too good.  I will have huge culture shock when I go back to NMSU.

Our professor Raquel teaching Spanish to the best students in the world.

After school I went with Yonseili to a fix-cameras-place and then we went to S’Pan’Es, the Colombian restaurant we really like.  La comida ahi es chevere.  Las arepas y las empanadas son muy ricas.  Y el servicio es bueno.  This almuerzo was great because Yonseili and I had a long talk about different things and we had no reason to rush out of there.

We stopped by a place where they teach different types of dances to check out what they offer and for how much.  I’d love to join but I will first look into other places.  Our homework was finished by 5-ish I wanna say and then we headed out to the park to get on the swings.  The sky looked eerie.  There was a cloud over the mountains that made us wonder whether the volcano had erupted.  The sky is so different here from back home.  Speaking of the park; that reminds me of something I didn’t mention in my blog on Sunday.  Yonseili and I were walking towards Brian’s house and we always have to walk by the park to do so, unless we wanted to unnecessarily take the long way.  Well just as we walked around the corner into the park area a dog came charging at us barking.  I freaked but remembered it’s not a good idea to run so I stayed, kept my eyes on the dog and just mentally prepared myself for the bite while I prayed to God.  Yonseili on the other hand yelled, “deniSe!” and ran back toward the house.  When the dog reached me, he simply sniffed my leg and turned around.  Holy smokes, I was shaking right after that.  The owner of the dog was there and she said he was startled by the other dogs in the neighborhood that were barking.  Yonseili said her plan was to run, and if the dog caught up to her, she was going to kick him.  Yonseili shared that plan with the owner; the owner was happy that didn’t happen.  Too funny.

Highlight of the day:  A great meal at S'Pan'Es and a good conversation with ma homegirl Yonseili.  We ate sooo much.