Hi! I didn�t feel like writing yesterday, although it was a pretty good day. I guess sometimes you just don�t feel like doing anything. I only had my one Literature class at 1 p.m., but I think that took a lot out of me, or something. Sometimes that class can be really boring. Usually, I take it a lot better than the other students in the class- they complain and gripe and talk about how they want to kill themselves when they�re in that class. The teacher, Maggie, is very old and talks really slow and usually just talks most of the class, telling us about a book and giving every detail on what happened in the book. Well, like I said, it normally doesn�t bother me. I actually like listening to her for the most part. I mean, I am learning about Lationamerican Literature and I think that since she realizes that we will never be able to read all of the books, she just tells us about some of her favorites so that we will be familiar with them. And besides, this is what I tell the other candidates- anything is better than when we have to answer questions. See, right now we are in between books, but when we have something to read and come to class the next day, she calls on us to answer questions. 50% of the time we haven�t read the material, and the other 50% we don�t know the answer, even if we have read. It�s hilarious sometimes to see people try to come up with answers or creative ways of saying, "I don�t know." Usually when I don�t know, I just admit it so she�ll call on the next person, but one time I said, "I can�t say (No puedo decir). It sounded kind of funny and then she asked me if I couldn�t say because I hadn�t read it and of course I said yes. She�s not mean, or anything, and I actually really like her. I feel guilty when I don�t read the material because sometimes nobody knows the answer and we all just sit there looking down praying we won�t get called on. Anyhow, her responses to people a lot of times are really hilarious, for example, the other day she asked us if we had any questions on the material and nobody had anything to say. She told us that silence is either because we know everything or know nothing, meaning either we understood all of the book or that we hadn�t read anything and therefore had no questions. But like I said, I really like her, she�s a sweet old lady, I think (she�s even inviting us to her house for some kind of a dinner after Spring Break), and normally the class doesn�t bother me. Yesterday, however, I had issues staying awake.
Moving along....I went to this place called Los Arcos last night with a group of international students. Normally, the internationals go there every Tuesday, but I hadn�t been for about a month. I really enjoyed it last week, though. Anyone who comes to Cuernavaca on vacation or whatever knows about Los Arcos. It is an outdoor restaurant/bar that has live music at nights. It is such a cute place and I love just watching people dance. Most people just sit and drink or eat, but some people are brave enough to get up and dance, usually those who are really good at Salsa. I had a nice time. I didn�t order anything, though- nothing to eat or drink. I was actually still full from dinner and am trying to be conservative on my money, meaning, not buying anything, especially food, unless I really want it. I am doing this because I am so excited about Chelesy coming and don�t want to have to be straining when she gets here. Plus, the whole Cuba thing. I�m kind of annoyed because I haven�t heard back from the agent yet and it�s been over 2 days, which is what he told me. He said 3 weeks was plenty of time to get everything together, but now we�re down to less than 2 weeks. If I don�t hear anything tomorrow, I am emailing him. This is basically our last outlet, because all of the other prices are too high. If it doesn�t work out, though, I really don�t think I�ll care. I can just save the money and my family here has invited me to go with them to Morelia, another state, for the vacation. I might just do that. We�ll see.
