Easing in, slowly but surely

Okay, well apparently I should not have said I would stick to a certain day to update the blog.
I am beginning to ease into work a little more, at times. I still don´t have the confidence I would like but I keep reminding myself that I have only been in pediatrics for a month. Most days I see about 4-5 kids and since writing up the evaluations takes awhile, this is alright.
Last weekend, I went to the River on Saturday with Gaby, Juan Francisco, and some friends. It was pretty. That night, we went to the bar and met some Americans who were studying in Quito. They had come for the weekend to go rafting. Then we went to La Gallera, the discoteca. The music went from American-reggaeton to salsa. It was good to finally see the famous (for here) discoteca.
The next morning I spent with Gaby´s friend Omar. He is Juan Francisco´s godfather. He took me to mass (he has a car, which is rare) in a city about 20 minutes away. The first 20 minutes were in Kichwa, an indigenous language spoken by many of the people here. After that, the rest was in spanish. For some reason, unkown to me as of now, not everyone goes to communion. I have noticed this at other spanish masses I have been to as well, I just don´t know the reason.
Afterwards, we ate maito, which is fish that has been cooked in a banana leaf. It was served with yuca. It was very good and I am getting more used to eating the fish here, as they are cooked and served whole: head, fins, and bones included. Then I visited a less than spectacular zoo.
Omar was telling me I need to try cuy (gineau pig) and gusano, which I couldn´t understand what it was from the description. So on the way home we stopped so I could see. Giant maggot caterpillar guys that I picked up pre-cooking. They are like shrimp, he says....right.
A new PT student started at work this week and a PT who works in the schools will be coming to observe in the afternoons. They both seem very nice. There is currently one full time PT and Nicole who is the director at PediHabilidad.
March 8th is International Day of the Woman so we went out that night to celebrate with friends. We were given 2 roses at work as this day is quite important in a country with machismo.