New Best Friend

Now, now old best friends. . .don’t be getting too jealous.  I still have a place in my heart for all of you.  I am not gonna lie though, this best friend is PRETTY awesome.  And here, is why

                A1. She takes me pasearing and makes sure that I do not miss ANY houses, insists that I do all the talking, writes down all the people’s names for me so I will not forget, yells at me if I do not properly introduce myself and touch hands (they don’t really shake hands here lol), and encourages me when my Spanish is actually sounding good.

                B2. She attempted running with me. . .it lasted about 5 days, but hey, that’s impressive for someone who has never ran a day in their life and sets out on what is quite an intense road of hills.  Oh and doesn’t have shoes that fit properly so every 20 steps has to stop to put them back on. 

                C3. Teaches me new Spanish words and has patience with my confusion.

                D4. Teaches me how to kill bichos, specifically bats- “Jay! Take this (hands me a piece of PVC pipe), now when the bat flies out take a swing at it! You have to learn to kill bichos!” 

                E5. Plays uno and the angry birds card game with me.  Uno is her new obsession, I can’t really blame her. . .I only wish I had uno attack, now THAT would be a crowd pleaser lol. 

                F6. Does art with me (specifically collages with pages cut from magazines).  Actually we spent the better part of a Sunday making the collage pictured below.  She also makes artwork for my walls (hopefully I can cover the creepy painted crosses that were apparently put there by the last resident to keep away the brujas (witches)) 

                G7. Learned to tejer sombreros with me.

                H8. Collects cans with me (to give to my host mom who sells them to the can man).  Really, though, it is oddly fun. . .kind of like a scavenger hunt, and there is something all too enjoyable about stomping on the cans to smash them.  Plus it is a good way to work off some of the billion carbs I consume every day. 

                I9.  Sweeps my room for me (I think she was unimpressed by my sweeping abilities, and my cement floor can often times be mistaken for a dirt floor lol). 

                J10. Reorganizes my room with me so that my table no longer has avalanches every five seconds. 

K11. Has basically moved into my host family house with me, and in turn eats pretty much every meal with me (I should explain, she is the granddaughter of my host mom, so it’s not THAT weird lol). 

L12. Helps me do my laundry, we ring out my towel together and she helps carry all my clean, wet clothing up to my porch so I can hang it all. 

M13.  Bakes with me!! I am proud to say that we successfully made oatmeal, chocolate chip, raison cookies with no measuring cups and an oven with no temperature options (I made them at 7:15 am one day and they were gone by 1pm, no joke haha. . .quite the hit). 

N14.  Let’s me braid her hair, haha.  Sometimes we even wear our hair in matching braids! See my new favorite picture below!!!!

                                                                         art projects!

pasearing together!!

Basically, she has helped me get through this past month, and our friendship is still goin strong.  Sometimes, I even forget that she is only 10 years old J .