This is definitely a week of ups and downs. While I'm still super excited to be accepted to grad school, there was a tragedy in my host family. For reasons unknown, the pet guinea pig "Alvin" was found dead in his cage Tuesday morning. However, this fact was kept secret from his owner, my six year old host brother Diego. Instead, we told him that the lid to Alvin's cage had been left open, and Alvin, sensing freedom, took off into the night and is now living with the rabbits in the nearby forest. Diego seemed sad at first, but he didn't mention him at all today, so I guess he's over the loss. He did ask if he could visit Alvin sometime. We told him it would be very hard to find him because the forest was so big.
I also started classes this week. So far, I've only had one, because one didn't meet on Tuesday, and another of my classes that was supposed to meet today was, unbeknownst to everyone except the professor, canceled. However, I enjoyed the one class I did have, and am looking forward to starting two more tomorrow.
Today was also my host brother's 21st birthday, so there was a bunch of family over and a big party. There's been at least one party every week so far. I could get used to this.
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