Una Semana Pasada

One week ago, (well one week ago yesterday) I arrived in Nicaragua. I can't believe it! It seems like I've already been here a month. I know it will fly by and in May it will seems like I had just arrived but right now I feel like I'm really adapting to the culture here. At least I like to think I am. Every morning I have gayopinto which is the staple to the Nicaragua diet and contains rice mixed with refried beans and black beans. It's very good and not what I usually eat for breakfast in the States. The women that work here also make juice which is pretty good. They squeeze a couple of whatever fruit they're using and then add about two huge spoonfuls of sugar and then fil the rest up with water. It doesn't sound really good, but it is. I usually eat lunch (their biggest meal) at school. It's not always the same and usually I don't eat enough but yesterday I had a big plate of rice, beans, and some sort of meat and some salsa fresca. Pretty delish. It might come to me getting a little sick of beans and rice, but its what I signed up for. Dinner is usually just a snack, like something small you would whip up for lunch. Usually its two small quesillos which are rice tortillas and onion and a special cheese. I prefer flour tortiallas but that's alright. What actually happens but I don't participate in because I have class is that the family gathers back at the house for lunch for maybe an hour and a half and then the parents go back to work, what we think of as a siesta. I have yet to see anyone nap. Dinner is something you go through the kitchen to pick up and take with you back to your room, your homework, or the tv. They also usually eat around 8 or 9. This is pretty sweet for me because our family usually waits until this time to eat as well to the dismay of many of my friends with plans and curfews (well at least in high school).
Jill, Laura, and I are getting along very well. Laura is actually a Spanish major and therefore in a higher class but Laura and I are in a class together. We have to complete 36 hours of class to get credit so we're there for three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon most days. It's pretty intense but I can see an improvement in my Spanish.
My professor just gave Jill and I a CD of authentic Nicaraguan music to listen to over the weekend, apparently we have something about listening to it in class on Monday. I've just got out of class but already have it uploaded onto my computer and have it playing. I can understand some of it, and I'm sure as I listen to it more, I'll get most of it and definitely the jist of all the songs. The group is called Juan Solorzano y Los Macua (Macua is apparently a type of juice!) Its a pretty sweet CD so far.
Tonight, Laura, Jill and I are going to see a movie, so before then I'm going to get a little rest. More on my life later....