Finalmente, estoy en Cuautla. Wow. The past few days were crazy. My flight got canceled, so they put me on standby for 2 more flights later in the day, but I didn't get to Mexico until 8 PM, when my original flight would have gotten me in at 2:30. Ay dios mio. It was awful to spend 7 hours straight in the Houston airport, but Howard and Patty were there for a little while, which was nice, because they helped me figure out a plan for that night.

So when I got there, there was another girl who was late, so I waited for her, we found each other, and we took a taxi to a hotel in Mexico City at around midnight. It was quite a way to begin the trip. But the hotel was nice, and we finally got some sleep. The next morning, yesterday, we woke up early and took a bus to Cuautla, which was only an hour and a half long, shorter than I expected. The drive was beautiful, and I enjoyed looking at the countryside. When we finally arrived at Casa Sol, the building where we have class, I was so relieved to be there. We spent the rest of the morning going over random program information; the schedule, rules for the house, etc. Then my host mom, Rita, picked me upat Casa Sol and took me to our house. Rita is very nice, and we understand each other very well. She said she was impressed with my Spanish already, so it's good to know that I can basicaly communicate anything I need to. We had a delicious lunch with my younger brother, Ruben, who is very sweet. He is very shy, but nice. Then in the afternoon I went back to Casa Sol and we did a combi (little bus) tour of the city, which was awesome.

Last night I spent a lot of time with my little sister, Camila, who is Gretta's age. She's really sweet and loves futbol, so she talks about that a lot. We watched tv with my mom, which was fun because we watched friends with subtitles, so we all understood the jokes. We chatted about music, family, etc. It wasa nice first night, and I slept really well. Today we drove around Cuautla some more in the combis, and saw the Zocalo, and the Alameda, which are the two main plazas. I really want to write more, but here we are by the side of the pool hanging out, and I think it would be good to socialize with the group. But it seems like I'll have lots of opportunities to update, so that's good news. Hasta luego!