Spring Fever

Spring is right around the corner here! The first official day of spring is this Wednesday! For the teenagers in my town this is a big event! Something that they have been looking forward to for a long time now! In class the past week they've been making signs that say PRIMAVERA (which is Spring in Spanish) and other signs along those lines. To celebrate the beginning of spring, we don't have school Wednesday! Thus every year all the students head to Claromeco, a beach town near by. It is about a 40 minute drive and many families here in Tres Arroyos own homes their, like my family. They leave on Friday afternoon and normally stay till Wednesday, missing two unexcused days of school plus the one we get off. There in Claromeco, they celebrate spring by going out to the club on the beach in the afternoons. Afterwards they come home and eat dinner and then go back out to the disco until 6 in the morning, and follow the similar routine the entire stay there. Normally kids all stay together in a house without parent supervision. However, I was told by Rotary that I was forbidden to go unless I was staying with a parent. The spring festivities can get a little crazy at times I've been told, so I understand the rule. My parents offered to take me for the weekend but during the week I would have to stay home because they have to work. They were talking about going yesterday but didn't end up going. I was told last night that if I was feeling up to it we would go today!
  Yesterday I had my first doctor's experience here. I in passing mentioned that my stomach hurt do to the major switch in foods I think and instantly they told me they would take me to the doctor's office along with my little sister who has a cough. She has had a cough pretty much since I've gotten here. My parents initially gave her 'natural' medicine but since it hasn't been working they are going back to the doctors to get stronger medicine.I feel so bad for her, she coughs all night and has a hard time sleeping sometimes. Many people here are very big into natural medicines.
  For my doctors visit she pressed around on my stomach and gave my mom a list of foods for me to eat. I'm not suppose to drink any milk for a day. I'm suppose to eat white food (rice, spaghetti) not fruits and vegetables except I'm allowed to eat apples. I'm only suppose to drink water or seven up. Last night my family had planned to go to my mother's cousin's house for dinner but gave me the option of going and not eating while I was there or my mom making me a meal before they left and I could stay home and rest. My mom said it didn't matter to her which way I decided, so I went with they staying home option. I ended up going to bed almost before they left the house! My meal is what I'm pretty sure is intended for babies. It was corn starch and cheese! Here they don't have baby food like back home. Instead they make food for babies <---- this is a picture of my meal last night!