Salsa, please.

New volunteers arrived at Rayito de Luz today. It was nice to see some new faces but I was definitely missing Arielle, who by now is back in Texas. The kids at Rayito were a little crazy today. There were kids fighting, pulling each others hair, kicking each other, it was probably not the best first impression for the new volunteers. We read books, colored pictures, played karate, in general a good day.

We headed back to Maximo and me and another volunteer who had been there for a while explained what goes on each day at Rayito. I met one of my roommates at Maximo and we headed home. All the roommates wanted to have a quick dinner before salsa class at 6. We inhaled our food and got dressed. We knew we would be headed to a bar after with some friends so we changed out of our work clothes and threw on some nicer clothes.

Arriving to salsa class a bit late made things a little difficult. The steps were definitely harder this week and the random spins were hard to anticipate. We did our best but tended to stumble a bit more than we meant to. After the break, we had to grab a partner. My friend Richard and I decided to try it. Richard was very into practicing and getting every move just right. After a lot of trial and error, we srtarted to get the moves down. We felt so proud since neither of us has much experience with dancing. It was nice to dance with someone who was at the same level as me.

After class, we headed down to the main bar street. After some searching, we found a pretty cheap bar. Some friends from class joined us and we all had a nice time laughing and talking. Our group of seven has become very comfortable with one another in the past week. After people finished up at the cheap, boring bar, we headed next door to the louder, lit up bar. I wanted to go there because they had food, and after salsa, boy was I hungry! After a lot of singing and laughing, we grabbed a cab and headed home. Even though it felt extremely late, we only got in at about 11:00! It was a jam packed day and I loved every minute, even the kids pulling each other's hair.