Ayer y Hoy

Days five and six are yesterday and today. Yesterday Andy and I got up early, ate breakfast, and headed on our 45min drive to Zacatecas for classes. After my three hour class of spanish (9-12) and his two our class of History (12-2) we were pretty tuckered out. The spanish class I am in is very advanced for me. All the students in it are intermediate, and I am very much a beginner when it comes to my knowledge of vocabulary and constructing sentences. I understand a whole lot more than I can speak, but my knowledge does grow with every class. Andy says that his class would be difficult even for a native speaker to understand, with the quantity of information that is being presented, as well as the speed in which the professor speaks. Most of the Koreans are understanding very little, so Andy volunteered to have a few review sessions to help with understanding. This is good for Andy, since he wants to teach the stuff he is learning to his classes back home in Albuquerque. It gives him a chance to go over what he's learned and try to teach it. After a quick bit to eat at the Retro Cafe, we headed out to the Rancho once more for a baptismal party for some of Mario's friends children. We pulled up to Hacienda and a party was going on for sure. Tons of people where gathered eating, talking, and listening to the live music. Many people gathered around as we showed Mario and his family pictures of our wedding on our laptop. When we came to a picture of me kissing Andy on the cheek everyone gave out a big gasp and looked at me in a way that made me blush. Then when we came to a picture of us kissing that was even a bigger reaction, which made us realize that that must not be a thing they do in their culture. We realized that a tad to late, but still decided to cut the picture sharing short. Whoops! After that we talked some more, ate some great food, and finally agreed to get down and dance. Andy and I danced a song or two, then I joined Maida and her friends. We were having lots of fun spinning eachother around and teaching them how to do the pretzel. They liked it a lot! About 8:00 we headed home since we had an hour drive ahead and some homework to do. Today classes were good, but hard. I'm considering joining the beginners class instead, but we will see. Andy, at this very moment, is tutoring some of the other students in history. And as I look over, he looks very good doing it!! Hopefully tonight, after we celebrate the 4th of July with anyone who gets on skype, we can get some good rest. Andy's stomache is giving him a little bit of discomfort so pray for him. Gracias and adios for now.