Entering level 3

I just passed my exams for level 2 in Spanish at the Academia Hispano Americana here in San Miguel. We get a week off and then classes start up again and I will be in the next level (3 of 6). Erika left early this morning, now I can finally sleep. We were on the go the whole time. Lots of laughes and really good food. We ran out of time- I had so much fun with her. If anyone wants to come visit, please do, I have plenty of space and there is lots to do here. Yesterday I skipped classes and we headed to Guantajuato for the day. It´s about an hour away with 15,000 university students and the birth place of Diego Rivera. Benito, he´s my friend down here who drives a taxi and is really good at pool, was a great guide around SMA and we eneded up going out with him most evenings too. I had my third visit to La Gruta hot springs on Wednesday but I don´t think they cleaned it after the holiday weekend. The water was pretty gross. Gross and hot- great combo.
This coming vacation week I was supposed to go to Todos Santos in Baja because a classmate had offered up her house. Beach, waves, diving, guys.... yes!! Unfortunately the other two girls I was going with couldn´t get thier act together yesterday. I don´t think we´ll be going this week. Maybe I´ll take some art classes in town for the week. I´ve already circled about a dozen events in the local newspaper that can serve as my back up vacation.
Wow, its so wierd to type all this English, I even write my diary in Spanish now. It was great when Erika was here because she is pretty much fluent. I was the slow one at the table trying to grasp what everyone was saying and often turning to her for translation.
I really love this place and I can´t imagine leaving anytime soon. I just wish I had packed better clothes, any jewelry or some makeup. I didn´t know I´d be in such a town and want to look good. My mom sent down 4 skirts and some shirts with Erika. Continential lost her bag, but we got it the following night. Thank goodness; I feel like such a girl . I have never been so excited about new clothes in my life.
Ok, yeah I haven´t posted in a while. Semana Santa was a big deal down here. Hours and hours of processions and traditions. My favorite was the burning of Judas in the jardin. They hung about 15 paper mache figures, mostly men, but one witch too. One by one they were lit and they spun around shooting off sparks until they blew up into tiny peices and the crown cheered. Most of my pictures are on facebook, but I will try to figure some other way to make them accessible. It takes forever to load them onto the blog.