Well its been about a week....wow how time flies.

Last week (minus being sick) was a good week. It was Joys birthday on wednesday so we celebrated Tuesday and Thursday....because whoever really celebrates on their birthday??...well that will be our excuse. Anyway as I said in the last blog we did a bakery hop on Tuesday.....went to a couple bakeries and then went to get some sorbet icecream. It was super nice out so walking around was enjoyable. Then since Wednesday was full of lots of homework and studying for tests for everyone we stayed in...but had a happy green day anyway. Then Thursday Javi, Sarah, Joy, Robert, and I went to a Mexican resturant for supper to again celebrate the big 20 for Joy. It is so funny how all of us kids are in so much need of spicey food...but being born to a mother where ground pepper is a food group and being born in a town where mexican food is a food group....(Joy and I just want some dang jalepenos) we needed some spice. So at the mexican place we ordered enchiladas and pina coladas....it was no Taqueria, but it had spice and thats all we really cared about. After that we went by the river and sat on a bench and all talked until about 2 in the morning. It was soooo nice out and we could ever see some stars.

The rest of the weekend we kind of layed low....I wanted to get rid of my sickness before heading to Egypt on Friday (which it is almost gone :) ). Friday night Joy, Javi, and I watched Pride and Prejudice....Joys FAVORITE....good flick. Then Saturday night Joy, Javi and I went for a walk by the river to walk through this carnival that was going on...they had a live band and rides...we just walked around and such...was another really nice night. Then after that we found a little cafe and ordered some hot tea for all of us and sat and talked.

Sunday was the hair dying day. Two boxes of hair dye + two unexperienced hair dying American girls + two pairs of instructions in Spanish + one veryyy small bathroom = a success story. Joy did mine and then while mine sat I did hers. It wasnt as hard as we thought...and both of our heads look good....just had to get rid of those roots.

My last blog I had two comment requests...which is good because it gives me more to talk about. The first was from my lovely friend Sarah White asking me to explain what I do during the week, since I tend to just write about my weekends. So here we go...A normal day consists of getting up at 8:30am....making my bed...showering...getting ready....eating breakfast (fruit, yogurt, muffin, orange juice)...walking to school with Joy (except on Wednesday because she has class at 9 instead of 10)....Monday through Thursday I have Spanish Language, conversation, and writing class....on Monday and Wednesday its just from 10-12 and then on Tuesday and Thursday its from 10- 1...then also on Tuesdays and Thursdays I have Spanish Culture class from 1:10- 2:25. Then after those classes I walk home....have lunch with Mil (my nickname for Amelia)...then I sometimes take a nap...then I go to the Library and work on homework/check facebook and email/ chat with my momma and amigos. Then I walk home and eat supper (which by the way I want to know how many people use the word supper...because Joy and I have been teased a lot here from our American friends for using that word...appearently nobody uses that word anymore...they say it stopped being used in the pioneer days....i beg to differ) Then after that I go wash my face, brush my teeth, read or watch a podcast, and go to bed. Now thats a general day...some days consist of more so dont think I dont have a life...but really life here has become the normal everyday school life. But smelling the fresh mountain air everyday also really adds to it.

Ok second request is from my spanish teacher Guillermo. He thought I should talk about our salsa dancing lessons...which i dont know how i forgot this in the first place. Two thursdays ago after our test, Guillermo said that he would teach us how to Salsa. As most of you know...Melinda likes to dance....but her skills lack. Guillermo was my partner so at least I was with someone who knew what they were doing... it was a lot of fun. I did a lot of looking at my feet making sure they were doing what they were supposed to...so next time my goal is to look at someones face haha. So I will try to improve my skills while I am here and whoever wants to learn when I get back I will be booking lessons...first come first serve...haha :).

Well at this moment I am killing time by talking to all of you...(thats not to say you guys arent important to me...) I just needed to do something while waiting for Joy to get out of class. When she gets done we are going to go get last minute necessities from Egypt seeing as we leave FRIDAY!!! We are very excited but a tad nervous maybe..idk maybe nervous isnt the word....its just this came so quickly....so we need to pack and make sure we have everything!

Well I think that is about it. I dont know if I will be able to write before I leave for Egypt so if not there may be a little break in my writing. I dont know what kind of internet access I will have in the hostels....but I am going to write everything down that we do each day so I can write about it when I return.

Prayers for healing for my grandmas back!

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter..I hope you can spend it with friends and family and rejoice in the fact that He has risen!

Also Happy birthday to my two favorite brothers on March 31st!!! 24 and 22....wow...love/miss you guys!!!

Hugs and Kisses

-Mel