Hey everybody. Well it’s been a long couple of days for me unfortunately. I got sick for the first time on Tuesday night :( I think that I lasted pretty long without feeling bad actually! With all the new food and weather, etc. its pretty much bound to happen sooner or later. I feel like I’ve past some sort of test everyone goes through when traveling to a new place. The good news is that I am feeling much better now! My family has taken great care of me these past couple of days. I’m sticking to toast and water for awhile, just to be safe. I missed a day of school which is always a bummer but my teachers are very understanding so that is great! Today I tried to go get my Ecuadorian Identification card but I forgot one of the papers I needed so I must go back tomorrow. It is quite the process!! It seems like there are a lot of hoops to jump through in order to live and go to school here, but definitely worth it in the end! I’ve written my first couple of assignments for my classes which makes me feel better. One of my teachers said the exchange students can write their assignments in English because it is easier for him to read their English than trying to understand their SpanishJ I thought that was kind of funny. I tried to write mine in Spanish so we will see if he was able to understand! I think I’m going to lay low this weekend just to make sure I’m feeling 100% better. One of my friend’s mom has to leave this weekend so I think all us girls are going to have a sleepover. That should be really fun, haven’t had one of those for to long! Hope all is well and everyone is excited about the bears!!! I can’t believe I’m missing all the excitement! We’re trying to find a good place to watch it down here though so no worriesJ I’ll be cheering from here!

Lots of love
Jess