day 5: enough complaining

i'm not really used to eating breakfast and here it seems to be their main meal of the day, this will take a while to get use to. i'm also trying to be very polite to my family so no matter how much food they put on my plate i try to eat it all. classes went well again, i won't bother boring you with the details, and i feel like i'm learning a lot but it's very tiring to focus on spanish for so long. for my hour lunch break i decided to try out a new restauraunt that's connected to a gas station, this should've been a hint. i try and eat a fairly normal meal for lunch b/c for breakfast and dinner i eat comida tipica, ie rice + beans + other item of the day. i decide my safest bet was a sandwhich, man was i wrong. there had to be at least 4 different sauces on there - one red (not ketchup), one brown, one white (not mayo), and one color yet to be determined. i ate it anyway which is another thing i've noticed about myself here, i'm a much less picky eater here than in the states. back home i'm very particular about what i eat but here not so much. after class i get online to talk to tay and then head out to do my homework and hang out with the family. i can tell they really want to get to know me better and i'm improving on my modes of communication. my favorite way to talk to them now is sign language and using the few words i know in spanish. the school i'm at, cpi, has weekly activities for us each night like movies, cooking lessons, trips etc. and i decided i should test them out. tonight's activity was a soccer game with the students and professors and i figured i needed the exercise. it ended up being a lot of fun, we played 5 v. 5 indoor soccer for about an hour or so. after that i headed back to hang with the family, eat dinner, and watch csi: miami. i must say one of the more funny experiences is hearing american shoes with the voices dubbed in. my personal favorite is the simpsons. on the whole today went a lot better and i'm starting to acclimate myself a lot more.