New Years Eve

                Though I had a good Christmas I had a great few days after. My daddy came to see me! He came bearing gifts, thanks to my wonderful step mother, which me and my host family really enjoyed! My American friends and I are going to have a Kraft mac & cheese party, I cannot wait! 

The first full day my dad was here I think I could have gone to the doctor and they would have diagnosed me with melted brain syndrome. I spent approximately eight hours translating for English to Spanish for at least 5 days about topics like: politics, health care, the right to bear arms, tourists, the ceramic process of how to make bricks and water pollution. It is the most annoying thing to go from Spanish to English and back to Spanish. There are times where I start speaking Spanish when I am supposed to speak English and vice versa. And though my Spanish is improving a lot it is still hard to have hard topic conversations. It is even more frustrating when you have two men that do not understand how hard it is to translate from one language to the other. And when your host father will not stop speaking or you go to defend a point and he will not listen to your point of view.

                Anywho! After my father arrived it was New Years Eve! Which brought another late night of family and food! We ate drank and were jolly. When the clock struck twelve we all clinked our glasses, ate our grapes and shot of the fire works. 

Some of the different things they did here for that night was eat grapes. Yes sounds weird. We put twelve grapes in each glass and when the night struck twelve you eat all the grapes to represent the past twelve months and the upcoming.  Just as Christmas as well everyone congratulated everyone. However, this even was more emotional for many and people were crying not really sadness just happened. They also walked a empty suitcase across the street individually in hopes of traveling for the year to come. It made me think of all the things that I have done and accomplished in the past year. How just a few months ago I was walking class to class in the East High halls dragging along with my life just getting though each day and how now I am living though each one. Though it is very weird to see how many my opinions and thoughts have changed as well over the short period of time. But, sense it is the new year it astounds me to see how much time has gone by though I say short when I look back at the beginning there are many days that go so slow. But, I know I have six months left and after that I may not ever have this type of adventuress life again. However, if I have my way I will. 

Me and my cousins and my grandparents (fathers parents) on New Years Eve.