catch up

Aug 29
Leisurely got up and headed to flacso to check my mail. Also ate a raisin flavored yogurt for breakfast...que raro. (how weird). I chatted with some people then a friend and I headed to a café to chat over a café con leche y 3 media lunas. We witnessed 2 protests or parades. Then I attended class and rushed back to flacso to meet another friend (also to time myself because I have 30 minutes to get from the language class to a flacso class, it took me a bit over 30 minutes). I met up with my amiga and we headed to a place to get her some piercings. She pierced her ears two more times and then we went to a café as recommended by my lonely planet book. We chatted and then went our separate ways and now I am here. Waiting for dinner. Stefy has a friend over and I have been listening and occasionally adding to the conversation...its a start!

The media luna (small sweet croissants) count for today was 7. I need to find a way to cut down on things like this…ha.

Aug. 28
I skipped a day because it was so busy. I got up and had class at 11-2. I talked to the professor and he told me that I could write my final paper in English. I got every excited, but after I checked with my advisor here, my excitement was squashed. After that class I had to run to the bus and take it to another class that started at 2. I am enjoying my Spanish class (even though I am struggling a bit, since this is why I am not very good at Spanish, the grammatical part). I then came home and had a second to gather my thoughts and headed to the national museum of bellas artes. I met my friend from UO and we walked around the extensive art museum. Some of our favorites were the modern art pieces that we both agreed we could have made ourselves. Had a couple minutes of quite at the kitchen table before the storm came in. Everyone came to our house (Armando, stefy, gaston, jime, florencia, her boyfriend). This was a lot of people for the amount of space. I got help with my homework, and we waited for the dinner to cook. I also got a chance to skype with mom and nat, and my family here got to jump in as well. That was a funny experience. Two lives, cultures, and language collide. I ended up going to bed very late again after a wild tetris tournament with the gals.