Kitchen Shower

Well last night I was informed of a "Kitchen Shower". I had no clue what this was, being that I was listening for Spanish words and couldn't find any word in my noggin' that sounded like "kitchen", I had no clue what I was getting myself in to. I knew some relative was getting married so I figured it would be like a wedding shower, until I heard someone say that tomorrow was "the big day". O no, I am not going to a bachlorette party for someone I do not know. Can you say awkward? But when the time came I got in the truck and off we went, I mean how bad could this be?

We arrived and before I saw anything I heard what seemed to be about 87 women talking, in Spanish. We were greeted by the little girl who lives upstairs, she continued to put plastic spoons attached to strings around our necks and my sister explained that it was a game and you could not cross your legs, arms, or anything else or your spoon would  be taken away. I ended up going back to the house right away to get cups but on return I sat down, crossed my legs, and got my spoon taken away. Dang it. I forgot already.

As the night progressed we ate some small snack foods, some drinks that were way too strong, and lots of talking and me standing awkwardly looking at everyone. As I observed this party I noticed ever girl was extremely dressed up. I estimate that everyone under 30 had 4 inch heels on and was wearing something fashion forward, the older the woman, the shorter the heel. Also most of the older women were wearing skirt or pant suites. So this was a classy event. And there I was, wearing the same sweaty clothes I had on all day, my ripped jeans (yes I paid extra for the holes), and worst of all...tennis shoes (similar to Keds). How embarrassing. No one at home told me to change but when I saw Ani and Meli 2 seconds before we were leaving I knew I should have turned back right then and there.

Besides sticking out like a sore thumb, everything else was great. Everyone said hello and good-bye to me at their respected times and I even had a little chat with an older woman. She asked the usual questions and even told me to be safe on my next trip. The food was great and everything I had was something new and weird looking. We played a few games which resembled the ones from the States like a cross word puzzle, make a wedding dress out of TP, acting out words, and a memory game.

As the night died down Ani, Meli, and I had to go drop off someone in the deep South of Quito. I was up for the ride mostly because I didn't want to sit home. I took about 2 hours to drop this woman off and we got home around 10 and I went to bed, and slept for 10 hours.

Today Ani asked me if I wanted to go get my nails done for $3. Umm... YES?! So we went and picked up Shanna and went to the spa. Shanna and I both got our nails and toenails done for $9.50, each person. What a deal, I think I'll be back. During out little spa day I see Shanna sitting next to me looking like something was wrong, but when I asked her she said nothing. A little later she asked me to ask for some water and her lips and face were very pale. I tried to get her to lay down but the small glass of water cleared everything right up. I can't believe this girl almost fainted on me! We're not really sure what caused it but she said she was just hot.

Later in the day I walked to Shanna's house for the first time and played with her dog Nacho then walked home. Tonight it's looking like I'll be doing lots of homework and writing my first Spanish paper in Ecuador and also waiting up until Ben gets off of work to talk to him.