After my daily nap yesterday, I awoke to find that Donato and Margarita were back home! They had been gone for two days on a shopping trip in Colombia. Margarita gave me two helpings of banana cake to celebrate their return. While I ate my cake, Donato and I played plantas vs. zombis (plants vs. zombies), an Ipad game that Donato loves. After the battery died he ran into his room and brought out some clay, and proceeded to replicate some of the plants and zombies from the game. That wasn't enough, so he brought out some of his favorite legos to play with too. In case you were wondering, the clay plants won the battle against the clay zombies and superhero legos.
Later, at about 8:00, I was informed that in 10 minutes we would be leaving for a fiesta. One of Juan Carlos's uncles was having a birthday party in Cumbayá! After about an hour long drive, we arrived at the uncle's house. I had not been told that the uncle lived in a beautiful MANSION. We got out of the car and walked into a room full of people, most of them strangers. I followed Margarita around the circle of strangers as she introduced me to everyone. Someone told me to sit down in a chair that was in an isolated corner of the room. Everyone was talking amongst themselves (I didn't understand much of the conversation since about twenty-five people were all talking at once and no one was bothering to slow down for my benefit). Suddenly, out of nowhere this mariachi band appears in the living room and starts performing right behind me! I was in shock for a few minutes-goodness gracious what was going on? After politely sitting and clapping for the first few songs, someone decided that we should all start dancing! There we were in the living room, dancing to the music of a mariachi band. Juan Carlos said it felt like we were in Mexico! At dinner I sat at a small table in the kitchen with my family and some lady who was somehow related to Juan Carlos. We talked about Pokemon Go, which is one of Donato's passions. The lady was not a fan of Pokemon Go because it causes accidents, but Margarita said she likes that it keeps children active. The abuelo, who seemed ultra cool, had Pokemon Go on his phone and tried to get Donato to go outside to look for Pokemon with him. Donato was scared of the dark though (Margarita said this was because one of the cousins is always scaring Donato and telling him ghost stories). The lady said that Juan Carlos was scared of ghosts when he was little, too.
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Hola, soy olivia.After living in the Midwest my whole life, I packed my bags and moved south to Guadalajara, Mexico where I'm working as an English teacher and studying Spanish. Keep posted to hear about all my adventures!
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