I had a nice slow morning today. I took my time getting ready, and when I got to the university I sat in the shade with Amy and Sydney for a bit, talking, praying, laughing, and eating.
After class, I took a taxi to Colegio Claretiano to go to the English Department meeting! But... when I got there, it was quite evident that there was no school today. One of the administrators was there and he told me that the students and teachers had the day off because there was going to be some kind of mass at the school in the afternoon. Unfortunately, there was no English Department meeting for me to go to. But, I made the most of this change of plans, and I went to a bakery and got a delicious pastry, which I ate while I worked on a math assignment. Sitting in a bakery in Arequipa, eating something that tastes awesome, doing mathematics... I don't think that there are many better ways to spend an afternoon.
Right now, my short term plans involve finishing the blog post, finishing my math assignment, and going to Didactica de las Matematicas tonight. My long term plans (as in... within the next week) involve returning to that bakery and performing an experiment to find out if all of their pastries are equally delicious.
It is really crazy to think that two months from now I will be in the States again. It will be nice to be back with my family and friends there. I miss you all!! But one thing that has really hit me this week is that Arequipa feels like home. Yes, I still have a lot to learn, but I no longer feel like I don't know what I'm doing every time I try to print something off at the university or cross the street or step into a grocery store. I feel at home with the Calvin group, with mi famlia, and with the new friends that I'm making at the university. I am so blessed and thankful!!
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