Hola querida blog!

jajaja so it's been too long since I updated this.

Life is really great right now, I got over my homesick slump that I was in for a while and am feeling really great about being here right now, I'm realizing how much I've grown and how independent I am now, it might be very difficult to adjust back to life at home.

I was talking to Colby (as always) the other night at a restuarant and I was telling him how I didn't get my license until I was in college and my mom basically drove me around everywhere I needed to go up until that point (he got his license when he was 16 and started working before that). And he was telling me how he can't even imagine me being a person to be driven anywhere, said I appeared very independent...which is true, I'm so independent now, I can't really believe I'm here and that I've made it this far and I'm having fun. I thought I would be miserable with my familia and don't get me wrong I get so homesick sometimes and with some situations I wish I could just magically apparate(harry potter reference) home to be there for certain things. But I can do it, I can be on my own and things don't fall apart when I'm not there. The other day my mom told me that Robert and Andrew took care of the kids while the mujeres went out for a chicana play, and I was like, THAT'S GREAT! See, things run smoothly with out me needing to be there, others can do the same thing that auntie crystal does and it's fine! jajaa I'm so silly

So update....this weekend let's see. Thursday I took it easy. I called my bro's apt to talk to his gf really quick and ended up talking with her mom for like 30 minutes and found out that my bro and his gf broke up and that he's moved back home. Pretty big deal, for those who don't know, they've been together for 5 years and she's like familia to me too. So yeah I was pretty sad about that, but Thursday night I met my friend Elizabeth for helado and she kindly listened to me and was very great about checking in on me and how I'm feeling. It was great that she knew that you know, despite the fact that I love to have a tough exterior, she told me, "you really don't have to be as tough as you appear to be". I'm glad she told me that...I need to let things out sometime and not freak about about things on my own and internalize things.

So after that, she needed to go back home and write a paper, and I met a few great friends at a hookah bar and just chilled there. Had some vino and went home relatively early (2 de la mañana) and when I got home Rossana was still awake. jaja ooo yeah, thursday afternoon I got my parcial back and got two 10's a perfecto! woo!

Friday,I ran errands, took my laundry, got some fotocopias at la UBA, did some readings at a biblioteca, it was rather a productive day. My lavadera girl was nice too me too, commented on my necklace. So I met Colby that night at my street corner (he lives a block away) and we headed to Godoy Cruz for our weekend ritual in seek of a good mexican restaurant. jaja not too great this week, we met Katy and Sara Loving there and we realized it was barely 10 and too early to head to our gay bar that Colby loves. So we went to another restaurant and chilled, then headed to the bar at midnight paid our entrada of just 25 pesos for open bar. Killer. That's all I have to say, I missed a bus to our weekend trip because of this bar. jajaa

Saturday, yesterday...too much I was super hungover all day...jajaja Colby and I hung out at cafes trying to study, didn't really work...we later ate armenian food with some good folk and then headed to Avantt, possibly my fav place here! I hadn't been there since march, it was killing me, but Colby was realy wanting to check it out so I was grateful. It also helped that I knew Zelmar was going to be there..jaja thanks Facebook! We got in line and we were at the door when I saw him walk up to the line with some of his friends ah I almost died. I spent the early part of the night trying to not be seen by him because I'm too shy, but around 2:30 they finally opened the downstairs part and me and my friends planted ourselves right in front of him. He came over and said hi and was really surprised to see me. Asked me how I decided to go on that night, and it was totally a coincidence that we chose that night, Colby decided early he wanted to try Avantt this weekend. Yeah, he was also telling me that he saw my facebook and that it was great that I was getting to know other parts of Argentina. He offered me some of his beer and was just super sweet! ah! too cute

omg and then there were two cross dressers, they were hot, these guys pulled off these outfits amazingly! It was great! and one of my friends Doug went up to them and started talking to them. We thought he was drunk and didn't know they were guys, so we sat back and just laughed off to the side for a long time. Eventually he came back, said he knew from the beginning but just wanted to chat and dance. jajajaj it was great. I LOVE this place! I love Avantt, its magical, all the amazing music I love, MGMT, FRranz, The Strokes, The White Stripes, plus all kinds of 80's punk mixed in there...its beautiful.

So at the end of the night Colby and I didn't have any money or monedas to take the colectivo, so we walked from the centro all the way back home. Some more than 30 blocks. jaja but it was great, we got to see the obelisco at night and all the stands they set up for the festivities today. It's 25 de Mayo, in 1810 the Revolución started and the process of liberation from Spain had begun. It's gonna be an exciting day, we'll head back to the obelisco and enjoy some of the festivities, plus there'll probably be tons of Che flags everywhere! GAH!!! I LOVE this place!

Seriously, I couldn't have picked a better city to study in...I'm attached to this place, it's great. Plus, I've made some great friends. Colby and I are like an old married couple, we've seen each other at our best and our worst, I dont want to imagine living more than a block away from him...which is going to be the sad truth in a few months.

But alas, that's far away. Now, to disfrutar the tiempo I have left!