Happy Birthday....

I just got back from a really interesting day!
This morning was just normal...I had breakfast, did some homework, hung out with my sister....the usual. (AH! Its kind of exciting that I actually HAVE a usual routine now!)
Then I went to school a little early because we were having individual meetings with the ISA directors just to make sure everything is going ok with our families and school, etc. So we did that and then went to Ethics class. Our prof was kind of explaining that we were each going to do something experiencial that kind of pertained to our majors. He was speaking in Spanish so I was kind of half-understanding. And then he asked me if I was busy tonight and he said that MY experience was going to be going to his grandmother's 80th birthday dinner! I was kind of taken aback! I didn't really know how that would pertain to Ethics class, but I went to meet him after class and we went to the dinner. (Bethany came along too because it was in the neighborhood where we both live.) He is a second generation Chinese-Peruvian (I don't know how else to say that...:) His grandparents immigrated here from China and they had 12 children and all of those children have married people from all over the place. It was such an incredibly varied group of people. The point of me going was to see the racial diversity in his family because that is the next topic we are discussing in class. It was really incredible because about half of the family looks Chinese but there were also lots of people who look Hispanic and White. It was just really interesting to see and a lot of the people I met were really really nice. They are all just so welcoming and everyone kisses everyone else on the cheek to greet them. I was so surprised because they all acted like it was so natural that there were two random girls at their family gathering. Nobody seemed to wonder where we came from....it was just kind of a "more-the-merrier" attitude. Which seems to be really common here and is something I really love! :)
Anyways, it was a really fun time and I'm glad I got to go!
Tomorrow we are leaving for a weekend trip to Ica, Paracas and Nazca. I'll tell you all about it when I get back!