I love Mexico

The past few weekends I have stayed in Queretaro and relaxed. I have done some shopping and going out. I went to the mall for the first time 2 weekends ago. It was nice but I prefer shopping in El Centro. The mall was very expensive and there were not a lot of deals, and I am just like my mom, a bargain shopper. So I ended up not buying anything but it was fun to look around. We ended up eating dinner in the food court. My friends and I wanted to eat Dominos Pizza but our Mexican friend told us we could just get pizza in the food court. So he ordered our pizza and we thought nothing of it. He comes back with a pizza with pepperoni and hotdogs on one side and banana and ham on the other. I was brave and tried it but it was the nastiest pizza I have ever had. The sauce was not marinara it was spicy kind of like salsa. I then just got BK instead. After that we went bowling, but I did not have socks so I could not play. It was fun to watch though; it was my friends first time ever bowling. I laughed the whole time. Later we went to a bar/restaurant and that is where I am going to go for my birthday! There was a live band and it was decorated with bright colors and monkeys. Definitely my kind of place!
The next week I was sick so I went to the doctor. I had a throat infection and took some medicine. The medicine helped but it made me really spacey. I forgot all my things in my locker one day at school. So once I was home I had to go all the way back to pick my things up. It also made me really tired so I slept almost every day after my lunch. That week we went to a restaurant and it is now one of my favorites. The owner’s 13 year old son works there and he is hilarious. His name is Valentino and he calls my friend Tish ‘Cheese’ because she always orders a quesadilla with just cheese. He gets so excited when we come in to visit him. We went again yesterday but he was at the movies with his friends.
Last weekend on Saturday AMI had a sports day for us. We went at 10am and broke into teams for the day. We played soccer, basketball, and volleyball. It was great; I wish we could do it every weekend. I don’t think people were expecting me to be so aggressive so that was funny. My team did not win, but we were pretty good and we had a great time together. After sports day me and 7 of my friends went to my friend from my internship’s house for a dinner party. He invited me over and told me to bring as many friends as I like, he told me to bring 20 but I thought 7 was good. His house was so adorable. His living room was decorated in red and he has beautiful artwork for his walls. I ask if I could move in with him because I loved it. We all ended up having a great time. He made us traditional Mexican food. It was delicious. After we ate we all talked and danced. He has 3 dogs, a mini poodle, a Chihuahua, and a beagle. The beagle just had puppies so I got to hold an 11 day old beagle puppy. It was so cute I wanted to take it home with me. (I told my host mom about them and she asked if they were for sale. She is always talking about buying a dog. I really hope she does! We have a cat already but I would love to have a puppy!) So I now understand why my mom and her work friends hang out even though they are all different ages. My friend Oscar is 37 and he and I get along great. I love going to my internship now because we all get along so well. I got to hear all the office gossip and I feel a part of the business now. We are planning on having another dinner party soon!
This week was an exam week. I hope I did well on my tests. I studied more this time but I am not feeling too confident about either of them. I also had a meeting with my advisor about my internship. I love meeting with her. We talk about my whole experience not just my internship. She is interested in how I am doing and how my study abroad experience is. It is nice having her to talk to and having that support.
This next month is going to fly by. I have a lot of plans to travel with friends. This weekend is a long weekend so 4 friends and I are going to Puebla. My friend’s sister’s husband has family there that we are going to visit and sightsee as well. It is supposed to be beautiful there so I will be sure to take a lot of pictures. The following weekend some friends and I are going to Guanajuato. It is a city close to me and it is supposed to beautiful as well. My host mom keeps asking when I am going to go. She said it is a place I need to see. Then after that is my Spring Break. I am going to Puerto Vallarta with some friends. I am ready for a relaxing week on the beach! Then at the end of that week Mom and Evan are going to be here!!! I am so excited to share my experience with them I cannot wait! I already have a lot of fun things planned. Every time I talk to Evan about it he asks me if we are going to do anything besides eat!