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The last two days have been a combination of tiring, stressful, and really relaxing.  Yesterday being the stressful of the two.  This morning I had my first test, a two-page paper due, and a presentation to give.  I feel like I did decently on the test, my paper was alright, but my presentation which I didn't have time to practice for at all, wellllllllll...not so hot.  But, whatever.  Que será, será.  (What will be, will be)

Last night was relaxing...in a way.  More like, stress relieving.  My friend Christy, the friend from Meredith who traveled with me, lives with Dona Pilar and her granddaughter Gabi--who is our age--and her son Julian.  Gabi is super nice (sometimes she gives me rides to and from school) and speaks English very well.  She goes to a small gym down the street and does kickboxing.  And now, so do Christy and I.  Last night was our first day.  The husband and wife who own the gym and teach the classes are super nice.  Their daughter Larissa is always there too.  She likes to watch Christy and I make funny faces and act like gringas.  Kickboxing in Spanish?  No air-conditioning?  I love it.

Today, of course was the test and presentation.  Then Silvia drove our class to el museo de antropologia (the anthropology museum).  Not really my thing, but there were some cool art in there, so I made it work for me.  When Silvia left to go teach at her other school, of course we ditched the museum too.  : P

Alexander (o Alejandro), a classmate, and I took a 30-minute bus ride to a beach called Progresso.  And we fried relaxing in the sun.  On the ride home, we weren't paying attention, missed our stop, and ended up downtown.  So asking 2 or 3 people, we made our way back to the part of town we know, and stopped at Eladio's for some snacks and Coronas.  All we did was order Coronas and they brought us salsa, refried beans, sausages, rice, potatoes, bread, and chips.  It was like free chips and salsa at Las Palmas but better. 

Then kickboxing again tonight.  My body hurts (from exercise and sunburn) but I love it.  Kickboxing again tomorrow night before going out for a night on the town.

This weekend holds lots of fun stuff:  the caves of Lol-Tun, Labna (a Mayan archeological site), Santa Elena, Uxmal (another Mayan archeological site), Yaxcopoil, and the cenote of San Antonio Mulix (like an underground lake to swim in).