Children, Mexican Food, and Anticipation

Yesterday in gym class we played this odd game that's a little like dodgeball but not.. It's kind of hard to explain. But really fun for a small number of people. We played outside, since the sun was shining!
When our classmates got bored Emily and I passed a volleyball back and forth. Which was fun. Until a small child decided to steal the ball. So I chased after him, caught him and he was freaked out and dropped the ball. I told him not to steal our ball and Emily and I went back to playing. All was good until the kid came back and stole it again. This time he ran into the elementary school and disappeared. ARGH. So we lost one of the school's balls to a kid half my height. Do we honestly look that foreign?
So I hate children. When you don't speak the same language as them they get really annoying really quickly. I noticed this on the bus as well. Whereas usually I would love kids, I find myself wishing they could just turn around, sit straight, and be quiet on the way to school.

Yesterday I also went to a Rotary meeting. Usually they're on Mondays but this week was a joint meeting. It was kind of boring. And I felt like a bad exchange student because here I am, 6 months into the exchange, and I still don't speak enough Turkish to follow everything. So there I was, wallowing in self-pity (I know, bad Maeghan!) and this one guy decided to talk to me. He told me what was going on and summed up what the speaker was saying. It was very nice of him. I really appreciated it.

After the meeting my Rotary club president and her husband drove me home. Somehow the conversation ended up on Mexican food and our mutual love for it (maybe we passed a restaraunt?). So Aslı has invited me for a sleepover at her house and we can eat Mexican. I'm going to make fajitas again. Hopefully they turn out as well as last time!

Tomorrow morning my new host family is picking me up. I'm very excited but also nervous. I know it will be good, it's just that I'm really lucky to have such a great host family already. Lots of students here have had problems with families so I'm extra greatful to Melek and Güner for taking such good care of me. Here's to a new chapter in my exchange- my next blog will be written on a different continent!

Love,
-Maeghan