7/6: Soccer + Card Games!

Today was a particularly interesting day, because it was both chill and busy at the same time. Like, I was doing stuff with my group and host family, but it wasn't like I was rushing around like I'm used to doing on family trips. It was pretty nice, actually.

Today was also interesting because it's the second of two Fridays that we actually had a class. So, after today... YAY! NO MORE FRIDAY CLASSES!!! :) Anyways, after class, our group got together and played some soccer. I was wearing a particularly billow-y and nice skirt, so because of that (and because I'm not very good at soccer) I decided not to play soccer with the others. I took pictures for them instead, and even a bit of video. :)

Laura totally owning Ryan the Camera Guy at his own game, with Tyler in the black  clothes waiting for the right moment to strike

Epic Action Shot! :)

BOOT TO THE HEAD! Or, um, rather, ball to the head... but you get the joke, right? :)

When I got home from the university I spent several hours Skyping my boyfriend; I'm glad for that, since before then he too was busy at home and I was too busy being a crazy tourist/student here in Merida for us to call each other. :) Then, after that, I took my first dip into my host family's swimming pool. It was really nice, kinda like the pool at last week Friday's party, being just warm enough to want to get into and just cool enough to beat the heat. Natalie and the other exchange student in the house Kyle were already swimmin' and chillin' in there when I decided to join them.

Later in the evening Natalie and I ate dinner with our host mom, her sister, and with Kyle. We had something called panchuos (I probably spelled that wrong, but hey, it's close), which are tortillas topped with chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers, and purple onions/a purple veggie of some sort that looked like onions. They were tasty. :) After dinner we played a card game similar to Rummy, but I was nodding off so much I couldn't do much in the game; my host mom's sister helped me out a LOT (read: almost the entire time XD). Eventually I just was so tired I went to bed early.

Tomorrow is going to be exciting, though - our next excursion to Uxmal! :) Stay tuned, folks!

Hasta la vista, ya'll! :)