My official name has now been changed to Abuelita Kate - or Grandma Kate, as I have now passed onto the age of 23... so old! I'm happy to say that my new family down here including my host family, the teachers, the school, and my group definitely gave me one awesome birthday down in Guatemala to remember forever.
The day started out by icing my own cakes that I made- because yes, I love making cakes, and I also just wanted some good old fashioned American style cakes on my bday. I baked a chocolate and a funfetti cake Wednesday night and went to school early to ice them, although I needed a little help with my bum arm. My former teacher Glenda gave me a bracelet for my birthday, Marta (another teacher) gave me a scarf, Sury gave me a woven Guatemalan purse, and Amy made me a crown. We served up the cakes for the snack during classes and after a round of the Spanish version of the Happy Birthday song, the piece of crap candles had burned all the way down into the cake which was pretty funny. If I haven't mentioned this before, there are more students that study at our school, and most of them live in the school itself. These others that I do not know nor do they know me, my name, or that it was my birthday decided to swoop in and take/eat mass amounts of my birthday cake =( I finally put a limit on the cake so I could take some home to my host family. They liked the cake but thought it was dry since they usually have a flan-type layer or tres leches in the cakes here that make it taste somewhat soggy in my opinion.
The afternoon consisted of chillin around the town, walking, and taste testing some pizza that was supposedly the best in town. Much to our dismay, the pizza tasted sweet and the crust instantly disintigrated in our mouths- not a pleasurable taste. We returned back to the school at 4pm for a "surprise," which consisted of a Kate look-a-like pinata in the garden for me to break open compliments of my current teacher Johanna, organization by Lauren, and the rest of the group. I struggled big time to break it open with only one good arm and a blindfold. After many attempts, I finally broke it open, and everyone rushed over to grab the candy spread across the lawn. It was a pretty good time, and my first pinata for as long as I can remember.
The whole group came over to my host fams house for a Dominos Pizza dinner after we nixed the other pizza place in town. I received many liters of beer for gifts, some candy, some wine, and some other unmentionable gag gifts. The pizza was really good, although we specifically ordered certain toppings and for some reason I think the pizza makers decided to test their creativity by creating 8 new topping combinations as we had one mushroom and tomatoes and the 7 other pizzas with equally random toppings. Either way, pizza is amazing, and after stuffing ourselves and drinking we headed to La Parranda for a completely amazing night of dancing even though I wore my sling and had a difficult time dancing with one arm. We stayed out til 1am, and when I got home my mom, sister, and I dove into the pizza leftovers to finish off the night. My mom also proceeded to drink the rest of someones warm beer because she didn't want it to go to waste- she's always thinking! Overall, my birthday here was awesome- and thanks to everyone for sending me birthday wishes via email and/or facebook. It was so great to hear from all of you. XOXOXO!
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i know that this doesnt apply to your birthday but i just wanted to say that i hope the hurricane doesnt hit where you are and i hope you are safe. were thinking about you and we will keep an eye on the path of the hurricane.
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