2nd day....so far

¡Hola a todos y buenos días!

I slept very well last night again...only woke up a couple of times but fell back asleep very quickly.  This morning it is a little cool outside...enough to need a sweater, but it is also very sunny and will most likely warm up very quickly.  I just ate breakfast with mi mamá y mi papá, once again mi papá cooked us a wonderful breakfast!  Let's see breakfast was fresh papaya (which was delicious...every fruit I've had here was so much more sweet and delicious than anything I've had in the U.S.), and three types of tamales.  The first tamale that I tried was somewhat similar to what I've had in the U.S. before which were spicy and had chicken on the inside...however these tamales are SOOO good y mi mamá y mi papá make everything from scratch and by hand...they say that they don't like the pre-made food from the stores.  Also it seems like they are very health-conscious (with organic non-refined sugar that is somewhat brown in color, not like our refined white sugar we have in the U.S.), and plus we have fresh fruit and veggies for EVERY meal (yum!).  The second tamale I tried was a sweet tamale with guava filling (delicious!), and the third tamale I tried was also a sweet tamale but mi papá said that it was made with a special type of cheese?  I don't know, to me it tasted like apple pie!  I also tried the coffee for the first time this morning.  DELICIOUS! They roast their own coffee beans on the stove and grind them in the blender...so fresh...and strong! Just the way I like it! 

Last night mi mamá was persistent that I eat a bed-time snack before I went to bed...so she fixed me a bowl of Special K with milk.  The milk was unusual because it came in a cardboard box like the ones you might find chicken stock in.  The carton said that you didn't have to refrigerate the milk until you opened it.  I thought this was weird...so this morning I read the box again after using some in my coffee and it IS cow milk but it is ultra pasteurized so I suppose you don't need to refrigerate it until after you open it?  Anyway the milk was very yummy and I don't mind my milk room temp anyway! 

I talked to mi mamá this morning about the university and she said that it was a good university but I would see soon that there usually is not enough one-on-one conversation in the class room setting because there are so many students, and that many students in the past did not learn enough conversational skills in the classroom...but that it is a lot of writing and grammar....o well.  She said not to worry I would get plenty of practice with her and her family because she is retired and is at home all the time and would love to help me learn!!  ¡Qué bueno! 

I also talked to mi papá this morning and he said that he used to work for a phone company here in Querétaro and that he is somewhat retired because he has problems with his heart...but that he is still very active...I can tell....mi mamá and mi papá still get around VERY well and climb up and down stairs everyday and chase their grandchildren around when they are over.  I also found out that they have been married for almost 36 years...WOW! and that they have hosted students for almost 25 years from all over the world! I couldn't have been luckier with finding a host family, they are all I could've asked for and much more. 

I am probably going to try to find my way to school today so that tomorrow I won't be lost going to orientation.  I'm sure I will post a second time today...so check back soon! ¡Hasta luego!