Today was a crazy day today because we had to leave early from school at ten o’clock because we had to go to the lake. So, I woke up and ate breakfast and then we all walked to school together. Once we got to school I read a story that was actually real, in Guatemala. There is a small man called el Sombreron who wears all black and wears a very large hat. He always brings a guitar with him and he only comes out at night, not in the morning. If he sees girls with long hair, he plays his guitar and plays melodies so that the girls like that song and then when the girls go into their house and get ready to sleep, he secretly enters the girls house and then enters the room where the girl is and carefully braids their hair so tight that they can’t untie it in the morning when they see it. So the girls only options are to change their hairstyle, or cut their hair off. The crazy part of the day was that there was an earthquake happening and I could feel the ground shaking. We all gathered around into a safe area, and stayed there until the earthquake finished. I was scared at first because I didn’t know what was going to happen because this was my first big earthquake I ever experienced and I was a little scared but then when I knew everyone was safe, I started to calm down a little. That was basically my day at school (I don’t know Tia and Aunt Patti’s). Then Sergio’s (our driver) son Danilo drove us all to Lago Atitlan. It took about two and a half hours and I was so tired after that. When we finally got to our destination we went to lunch and I had fried chicken and French fries. Once we were done with lunch we walked down to the lake and met our boat driver who was going to take us to our lake house. We have a different lake house this year and I think it’s nicer than last years house. We all have our separate houses in the same property, me mommy and Tia have one house, Mr. Michael John and Ms. Rachel have another, and Aunt Patti has one too. Another exciting part of the day is that I jumped in the freezing cold lake! It was scary at first but when I jumped I was cold and then I went back up on the dock and then I jumped again and once I got used to the water I didn’t want to get out because it felt warmer in the water then I got out of the water and it was super cold and then me and mommy walked to our house and I went right in the shower and took a shower. It was one of the nicest showers I had in Guatemala, it felt so good. Once I got out of the shower I got dressed and then we relaxed for a bit and then me, mommy, Tia and Mrs Patti walked to the restaurant we were going to called Isla Verde and then Mr. Michael John and Ms. Rachel came after because they went for drinks before we went to dinner. For an appetizer I tried something new, carrot soup which surprisingly tasted a tiny bit like El Paso. Then for the main meal I had chicken dipped in tomato sauce and for dessert I had a little bit of chocolate mousse because it had milk in it and I couldn’t eat it all. I really wanted to eat it the chocolate mousse because it was so good ! After dinner we walked home and I brushed my teeth and went to bed.

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