Halfway through with Ecuador

Hello! I am sorry about my empty promise to write again on Friday. The internet situation here is extremely frustrating. This past weekend we went to Ingapirca which is an Inca ruin about 2 hours away from Cuenca. It was interesting but honestly it was more boring. And cold. Saturday night I went to my first Ecuatoriano house party. It was my cousin's brother-in-law's 23rd bday. All in all it was a really good, fun experience. I was the only gringo and mostly everybody was super nice and wanted to talk to me, take pictures with me, etc. One guy, an apparent socialist, told me he thought I was an Cuencano. Most of the people were a little older than me except for my 16 yo host sister. I got a few dance lessons but definitely made a fool of myself. It was a good time for sure. Sunday I woke up and went to my first futbol game. I went with Teo (my host father) and Carlos (my host brother). The home team (Deportivo Cuenca) played the best team in the league and my family's favorite team, Emelec. It wasn't as wild and crazy as I imagined it would be, but still entertaining nonetheless. It was a pretty good weekend altogether. Sunday was one of the best I have felt mentally thus far. Today, though, was pretty terrible. Right as it seemed schoolwork was dying down, it picked right back up again today. Today was the worst set of classes yet, I didn't understand a lick. It felt/feels terrible. I know this is kind of boring, I'm sorry. I feel like I have tons of cool and interesting things to tell you but I am having a hard time remembering and clearing my mind. My mood is pretty down and sour right about now.

Anyway, I am still failing with putting pictures up. I have 300 or so and really want to but the internet connection is so terrible that it takes ages. I am really sorry I will keep trying. I need to get back to school work now. Hopefully I will have a little more entertaining blog net time. I miss you all. Hope everything is good on your hemisphere!