ok, so it happened. as you know ive enjoyed being around my host family here in Xela, Guatemala. they help with the language as much as possible and the food the mother makes is actually delicious. there was just that one problem with the bed in my room. well, there were many problems but the bed was the biggest one. i{ll explain: i may have said before that the mattress looked like it had been out in the street for a while. i{m sure multiple families have used it over the past 30 yrs of it{s life. maybe a few dogs have enjoyed a siesta or two on it. anyway, i could hardly sleep on it last night. it was my fourth night at it and i broke. today i went to the school and let them know i was getting a hotel room. it{s not a problem supposedly. this happens from time to time. living conditions are different from host family to host family. some of the other students have REALLY clean homes to stay in and some have even mentioned rooms with views of the volcanos. call me a princess, i got jeleous. i{m now staying at the Anexo Hotel Modela, 14av. A Zone 1, Xela. i{m there till sat. night and then i may go to another host family. cross your fingers. it{s a wonderful experience to be in a home with a family and see the day to day activities.
i had my 5 hr class this morning and things are rolling right along. Norma my Mayan maestra is amusing to say the least. gotta go now and take an extra class ( clase de expressiones y modismos) idioms and stuff.
keep writing me and posting to the blog please.
smooches,
k
Brian | 29-Nov-06 at 9:03 pm | Permalink
Baby, don’t apologize. Sleeping is so very important.
Pete | 29-Nov-06 at 9:07 pm | Permalink
Those people BETTER be finding a good place for you to get some sleep.. wouldn’t want to have to come down and smack people around! :):)
Judy | 29-Nov-06 at 9:10 pm | Permalink
Your matress situation sounds hilarious – well, maybe just icky. I’m sure the situation will work out. Meanwhile, I think I’ll head to Del Taco for a crunchy taco and think of your adventure.
Bodie says hello. He’s getting a little sister in January. She was born over T’giving weekend but won’t leave her mom till she’s 8 weeks old. Think of cute girl-puppy names.
– chicken bus??? – did I miss the blog where you explained? They sound like the ‘Romancing the Stone’ bus when she traveled to Cartajena 🙂
Jason | 29-Nov-06 at 9:12 pm | Permalink
Your need for a clean and flat mattress is comlpetely understandable. I’m crazy proud of you for lasting as long as you did with that. I’d rather sleep in a sleeping bag, than a nappy ‘ol dog bed for sure. You should check out the next host family though. Yo’re going to miss out on a big part of the experience if you stay in a hotel the whole time.
I miss you. It’s soooooo cold here right now, and Squiggles and I are shivering. We need a cocktail, and my drinking buddy is all the way on the other side of the equator….i think. Geography is hard.
Brian | 30-Nov-06 at 2:04 am | Permalink
Thanks for the photos by the way!
I put in a comment that is actually a question.
pj | 30-Nov-06 at 7:51 am | Permalink
Do you need a care package with purel, lysol and a Aero bed?
If so…I’m on it! ! !