New Classes Again

I signed up for 12 weeks of classes, 3 hours a day. That's a lot of class. For next week, I chose to take literature (helping to make a quorum so it will be offered) and two hours of grammar. I also signed up to take cooking a few afternoons during the week (starting Monday and then we'll see). Doing the 12 week program is a big commitment, especially because you are only officially allowed one week off during that time (and the school itself runs through the winter holidays, except two days off on Christmas and New Year's Day), but it is also a good deal.
Peter will continue to take 4 classes a day next week and I believe the week after, and then will decide.
My classmates will shift a little also and include a guy from Holland and a guy from South Korea.

In other news, we are thinking of throwing a small Hanuka party! We would make latkes, buy donuts, light candles (at the Christmas kiosks, I found small candles used for the posadas that are exactly the same as Hanuka candles!), play dreidel (they also sell tops for kids that have "win all" and other instructions on the sides), drink margaritas ...oh, is that not a Hanuka tradition (yet)? When I have told my new acquaintances here that I'm Jewish, they have been very interested and I think they'd enjoy the experience like I look forward to seeing the posadas and how Christmas is celebrated here.

Speaking of which, little Alex and I surprised Peter by decorating our apartment with some xmas decorations I got at the Christmas market kiosks. Alex was very proud of his choices of placement. He also mistook my instructions about the surprise ("Don't tell Peter" though, really, he probably could have said anything he wanted and Peter would not have really understood even as his Spanish improves immensely), and thought we were also going to jump out and yell surprise as part of it, but I have assured him that we will do that another time.

Last night one of my teachers gave part one of a lecture on the Economy of Mexico. It was interesting, and I plan to attend part 2 next week.