Monday - After going to a cafe in the afternoon I suddenly needed to come back to lay down because I wasn't feeling so well. A cold-like flu is going around the whole hostel right now. I had to get up in order to get some dinner. I set out in search of soup but didn't find any. However, the power went out for a large block while I was out at a familiar restaurant. I had finished eating and was just studying when the power went out so I just paid and hurried home since it was completely dark. Back at the hostel I had good practice listening to Leo and the hostel manager speaking Spanish adding in a sentence here and there for 2 hours in the dark before the power finally went back on.
Tuesday - Went on the afternoon activity with the school to a nearby village of Salcajá. We basically just walked through the pretty mellow market. We then went and looked at the very first church built in Central America. Then a house where they manufacture Calda de Frutas that tasted a bit like a port wine. I bought a small bottle. For dinner we went out to a Japanese restaurant and got a Korean bimbimbop dish which was pretty good. Then we went to a trivia night which was really kind of silly and our team miraculously came in second place.
Wednesday - My cough kept me up most the night. I'm not sure how I made it through class but somehow I even managed to focus enough through an hour long conversation after class with another German student before rushing off to a cafe to have my book-club Skype call. During the call a cold chill overcame me and all I could think about was getting home and under the covers. During the freezing walk home I found a pharmacy and was able to use my Spanish to get some "night quill." Interestingly you don't have to buy the whole box here. All I had to get was one dose for 5 quetzales! Back at home I was really sad to not get to participate in the salsa lessons with double the amount of men then women. Afterward it sounded like they were have a blast hanging out and I so wanted to get myself out of bed to join them. But I still felt so cold and my illness felt debilitating. All in all I ended up spending over 13 hours in my bed and probably wouldn't have even needed the medication but I'm sure it helped anyway.
Thursday - It was hard to get out of bed after my 13 hours but after a couple hours of class I started feeling much better. The afternoon activity was a movie. I watched for a little while but needed to take care of some business for my upcoming trip so I took off. I had trouble finding the bus terminal and wandered for a bit, asking for directions at another Spanish school. The bus wasn't leaving Saturday morning until 9:15 when I thought there was one at 4am so I would be back in the capital to meet my friend Saturday morning. But I'd had a hard enough time finding this terminal so I just decided to buy the ticket and let my friend fend for herself. Back home I made the pasta with a zucchini like vegetable once again.
Friday - Last day with my awesome teacher Ari! He decided to overwhelm me by mapping out all the grammar of Spanish. Man, do I still have a long way to go! We had a pot luck at the school. I went to the post office to send some of my stuff back home and it was a little pricy but at least I've lightened my pack a little. I have mixed feelings about leaving after 3 weeks here in Xela. I'm ready to see more things and meet new people but I also have a relatively close-knit group of friends here and have finally started feeling comfortable here. In my last walk through the city I thought, "Wow this city has really grown on me!"
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