Two subjects

Ok so I want to talk about two subjects, and since I have recently started feeling really unmotivated to write here. Instead of writing 2 separate posts, I'm going to right one very long post, right here, right now. :)

1) School:

This past week, after break, has gone by really quickly and has been super fun. However, after that 5 day weekend, I feel kind of done with school. If I were to just stop going to school, I would still have a life because all of my friends are outside of my school. I have "friends" at my school, but we never hang out after school. There are literally 3 girls I hang out with outside of school. Don't worry, I'm going to quit school, one because I will be sent home if I do. And two, it's part of the experience, and even though I'm not having very much fun there anymore, I still really love my classmates.

Another reason why school isn't very fun is because NOBODY helps me anymore, my 3 best friends at school do, and they actually TELL me about stuff. Everyone just expects me to know about tests and projects, just because the teacher told the entire class about it, one time. We had a group project in health, I knew about it because my friend had told me about it. So I went to the work meeting, and the other people were surprised that I came because they thought that I didn't know about it. THEN WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT. I actually want to get credit here!  And then there was another project that I had absolutely no idea about until my friend told me about it (she was in a different group) the day of the presentations. Then my partners ask me why I didn't do anything, and they heard my response they said that they were going to tell me about it the day before but I wasn't there (for family reasons). Then after the presentation (which I didn't participate in) my partners told me that I wouldn't get a chance to make it up. I mean I shouldn't be blaming any of this on them, because it is MY responsibility to know about these things. But they can't expected me to know everything that everyone else does just because I've been here for 4 months. They know where I'm at with my Spanish, and I need help with these things. I think that they think that I don't try, and that I don't care if I get credit. Oh how little they know about me...

2) Life:

My life outside of school has been absolutely amazing. Firstly, I met the majority of my friends at the English school where I kind of help with (it's really complicated what I do there). I go there 3 times a week and I go to different classrooms, so I'm literally friends with the entire upperclassmen from that school. Then there is the separate friday classes that I go to where all they do is speak in english. I have met so many people there because literally EVERYONE goes/knows of people who go to the english school (Asicana is its name). Then I have my Superstars class (IT'S STILL AMAZING) which I've met people there to. I am so happy where I am with my social life, and my family life is really good as well. The only thing that would make this better, is a best friend exchange student. But hey, it's very possible that that won't happen. So I'm perfectly content with living my last 7 months the way things are right now (social life wise).

AND DONE. :D....for now.

5 day weekend

So it's been a little while since I've updated this blog, so I thought that I should post :)

Last weekend we had a 4 day weekend because Thursday was the national flag day. However, because none of the teachers for my class were there, my class also got Wednesday off, so it was really a 5 day weekend. Anyways, that Thursday was also the grandma's, and an uncle's birthday. So the entire family came over, and we had this huge double birthday party with everyone one my host mom's side of the family. Then of course I took a picture with the Argentine flag! It was great, they had kareoke and I sang 5 times! It was great!

Then on friday my host sister and I had a pajama party (it was just a sleepover, just with guys there until 6 in the morning) with some friends. That was incredible! It was definitely the funnest get together since being here. We talked, watched movies, sang/played the guitar, and ate. I had so much fun!

Then Saturday my host sister and I just watched movies in bed on a projector the entire day, that was so relaxing! I was so tired, but couldn't go to sleep so that was the second best thing. Then Sunday I went shopping at wait for it...wait for it...A THRIFT SHOP. And I found a pair of ugg like boots for 80 pesos, which is less than 20 dollars.

Over all I think this was a pretty fun weekend, and i hope that they keep on coming!

Rain

So yesterday was a little crazy. First, when I was in school, it started raining, and not only just a little bit, but a lot. So it kept going for a while, and when school had ended, I looked outside and found that it was flooding! Like really flooding, the streets were completely filled with water and water was flowing on to the sidewalks. I mus say, I was a bit scared about getting home. At first I was like, "oh this will be fine! I only live like 4 blocks away!" but then I realized that to get home, I needed to cross streets, which were completely filled with water. I don't know why I was scared, but it seemed like I would be stuck at school with no money to buy food until the streets were drained. Like the water was somehow poisonous or something. Then my host sister, one of her friends, and I decided to just wade through the water, so we took off our shoes and socks and started walking through the water to our house. I must say it was actually kind of fun! I mean it was really cold, but still kind of fun. Then later that day, when the water had finally gone away (it was surprising how quickly it went) I went to my dance, singing, and acting class (it's called Superstars) for 4 hours, then after that I went to the english school for this conversation class thingy. That was really fun! There is only one rule, no spanish in the classroom. I had so much fun there! At first the teacher just told them that I was another student, but then later we told them who I am. They had figured out that I'm not from there, because of my english skills. But seriously they all talk really well in englis, I feel like they talk just as well as I do. But still they would tell that I was from an english speaking country. Then once the class ended, I walked with this girl to her bus stop, and I was surprised how easy it was to talk to her. If you know me you will know that when I meet new people, I have a hard time thinking of things to say. Well with her it was so easy, I just talked, in Spanish of course!

So like I said, that day was a bit crazy! But it was also really fun! And you know what? Those types of days have been coming WAY more frequently than before...This is experience is definitely going to be AMAZING!

WHAT?

This past week has been really busy, fun, and tiring. This week I started this really fun class. It's jazz dance, singing and acting. I love it so much. Everything about that class is amazing, the people, the cost (it's pretty cheap), the material, and just the class its self. And I met this pretty amazing guy who speaks fluent english, but it's not what you think becasue....HE'S GAY! He hasn't said anything about it, but it's really obvious, because guys just don't act like that. He reminds me of a guy friend I have back home because he is so out there and crazy. He is the first gay guy I've met here, and it's very possible that I won't meet another openly gay guy again here, because people are still working through the whole accepting process of gay people.

A New Life

This past week has been crazy. So much has happened and I find myself in a completely new life than the one I was living a week ago. Last tuesday morning, I had a fight with my host sister and left the house for school without her because she wouldn't get up for school until the time that we had to leave. So I asked her mom what I should do, she said that I should go to school. So I did, and my host sister got mad at me because of that. Then after school, when we were waiting for the bus. She turned around and asked me if I was going to ask AFS to change families. I was absolutely surprised by this question, and instead of answering I asked her if she wanted me too and she said yes. Then immediately asked the volunteer who is supposed to be my friend and someone whom I can talk to and someone to help with any problems if she could talk that same day. So then when we talked, she said that my host parents had called her the previous week asking her if she could talk to them, but she had told them that she couldn't that week and that she would let them know for the next week (now I understand why they called her and so did she). Then after we talked she came over to my house and talked with my host parents, and they told her that they wanted me to change families. So then yesterday (Friday), I changed families and now I'm in a household with a 15 year old sister who likes almost everything that I like, it's amazing, I feel like I could talk to her for hours. I also feel like part of the family too, because when I arrived the dad walked me through my chores and how things are run here, and all of that. They have hosted 5 exchange students so they know how to be patient with me if I mess up or don't understand something. I now have 5 siblings, one girl lives with her grandma, another girl lives with her boyfriend, and a boy lives with his girlfriend. So there is just me, one girl, one boy, the mom, and the dad. I feel like this is really the perfect fit, I'm really comfortable here. And also, since I don't live with her anymore, my old host sister and I are actually pretty good friends. I guess all it took was for us to not be living together.

Birthday

So Friday was my birthday and it was really fun. I didn't think it would be which is part of what made it to so fun. So first I was pretty sure that everyone had forgotten at school, even though the previous day my friends and I were talking about it. So my host sister and I walk into the classroom and nobody even wishes me a happy birthday, or even said hi like they always do. They were completely ignoring me. Then after the first break, my friend tells me that we have an off period because the teacher is absent (I'm an exchange student, it's pretty hard to be suspicious of these things when I'm barely grasping it myself). So then 15 minutes later when we go upstairs, the lights in the classroom are turned off, and I'm walking pretty slowly like I normally do so everyone is ahead of me. Then when I get to the classroom, I here "SURPRISE" (in Spanish) and they start singing happy birthday to me, and theres a cake with candles and all of this. And I'm just standing there with the biggest smile on my face ever. Then after that everyone wishes me a happy birthday and we eat cake (One of my classmates made it and it was delicious) and just chat until the next class period. Nobody has ever thrown me a surprise party before! It was amazing! Then later when I got home my host mom had bought this delicious chocolate cake, it was chocolate cake with dulce de leche (kind of like caramel) with a hardened chocolate layer on top and on the sides. Man was it good, I ate way to much for someone who was sick. But hey it was my birthday, and I'm gonna eat surgery stuff on my birthday :) . Then that night I went out to eat with my friends and then went partying and a friends house. That was fun but staying up all night when your sick isn't great and I had absolutely no energy. So then the next day I was just sick and I was in bed all day. But you know what? it was totally worth it :)