Home Alone

So yesterday after walking home from CIMAS with some friends and taking them to the fruit stand next to my house to buy snack and lunch material I enter to find my mom here waiting for me. Bad news: the grandmother of my host dad died yesterday and the whole family was leaving that night. All fine and dandy, nobody was that sad but they still had to go to Porto Viejo until Saturday for her funeral. One of the weirdest parts for me being here has been having someone cook for me and wash my dishes and clean my bathroom and doing everything for me...I insist on washing my own clothes and keep my room clean but its still weird. I convinced my mom here that I would be fine, I could cook for myself and she showed me all the bazillion locks and alarm systems on the house. So for the next few days I´m home alone in a house in Quito. Movie marathon with friends this afternoon! Hopefully one of my friends that lives close by will stay over with me tonight. I´m fine being alone, but as soon as it gets dark and I am alone I start hearing everything. After my fam left last night I layed in bed for a couple hours hearing every movement the neighbors made convinced that someone had broken into my house. I´m probably going to head on an adventure somewhere on Friday because we don´t have class. Not sure where yet...

For Spanish class this afternoon everyone cooked with their family and brought a typical Ecuadorian dish to share! So pumped for lunch today!