I miss . . .

¡Buenas!
Well, since I officially have 1 WEEK left here in Buenos Aires, I thought I'd share a few things I miss from home!

Well, many of these go without saying, but Imma say them anyway

-My Mom & Dad

-My brobros

-My friends, both Gordon and others

-My Yiayia & Papou

-My pupster, Haley

-Bagels

-Rudy

-The smell of fresh cut grass (as long as I’m not the one cutting it)

-A fresh pot of coffee every morning (as opposed to day old coffee)

-Random trips to Target

-Scrambled eggs for breakfast

-The smell of saw dust as my dad does some handy work in the driveway

-My Bob-o-pedic bed!

-Space (there's not too much of that in this city)

-New York pizza

-The rest of my wardrobe

-Forever21 and all it’s glory

-Spicy food

-US money (although I sure won’t have much of it when I get back)

-New Hope and East Gloucester Community Church

-Orange juice

-Milk that needs to be refrigerated

-The beach

-BBQs

-Moe’s Southwest Grill

-Making guacamole

-American TV

-My cell phone (yeah, I’m materialistic)

-My vibram five fingers

-Taco Bell (unashamedly)

-Netflix and Hulu

-My pearl earrings (in true Garden City girl form)

-Watching the Yankees!

-American boys

-My hair straightener/curling iron

-My wide selection of sweatshirts

-Windham

-Manicures & pedicures at Donna’s

-CVS

-Chips and Salsa

-Being barefoot in the house

-Fresh air

-The English language!

-American radio

-My jewelry 

I'm sure there are hundreds more I could list, but that'll suffice for now!

This weekend calls for a 100% chance of paper writing :/ but, once I finish this last paper I'm (basically) home free! I head home at 4pm on Friday and arrive around 10am on Saturday!

Can't wait!!

Besos, 

-C

Just for Kicks and Giggles

Whenever Someone Talked to Me for the First Month

When I Set my Clocks to 12HR Time Rather Than 24HR Time

Applying for My Visa

When I Found Out Netflix and Hulu Didn't Work Due to Restrictions

When I Thought I Got on the Wrong Bus and Had a Mini Panic Attack

Successfully Navigating Public Transportation For the First Time

Hope you enjoyed those :)

-C

two...WEEKS?!!!!

It strangely feels like not too long ago that I was telling people I "only" had 2 months left here in Buenos Aires. Now I ONLY have two WEEKS left! Whoa!

In precisely two weeks from today, I will be landing in Newark, New Jersey after having traveled for 17 hours! (can't really say I'm looking forward to sitting in an airplane for that long again!)

Today also marks 4 months! I have been in Argentina for 4 MONTHS! How crazy!? How did that even happen?

This experience has been so many things! -- incredible, challenging, authentic, bizarre, priceless, intense, ... the list goes on!!

I'm super eager and anxious to get home and see friends and family who I miss so so dearly, but on the other hand, I'm not quite sure how I feel about leaving this place which has really caused me to 'see' differently!

Well, I'm striving to finish strong - I still have plenty left to do in the short amount of time that remains -- namely, papers to write! So prayers that I would be able to get everything done that I need to!

Thanks again for following my South American sojourn!

besos y abrazos,
-C

Where did the time go?

Time seems to really be flying now. I suppose most of that is due to the fact that I have SO much to do in what seems like so little time! I have about 3 1/2 weeks left here in Buenos Aires and I don't quite know how I'm going to get everything done! Possibly a lot of focus, determination, and motivation -- all of which I seem to be running low on these days!

This weekend was one of the more relaxing weekends I've had in a long time!! Thank God! Thursday, Bot and I headed to Casa Bar (an American style bar smack in the middle of Buenos Aires) to watch the Celtics-Heat game. Despite spending an $40(pesos not dollars) cover, we got the last seats we could find at the bar and waited for my friend Annie to show up! It ended up being a really great night, I got to watch a few minutes of the Yankee game (before the switched it over to basketball) and we consumed copious amounts of wings, something that is not all too common down here!

Friday, Bot and I headed back into Barrio Chino (Chinatown) for some delicious Chinese food! So delicious! I can't get enough of it. And I've also discovered dried/candied grapefruit peels (which are better than they sound). I've already started looking up recipes to make them for myself when I get back home!

Saturday, I headed to the Recoleta market to do some souvenir shopping. It was nice to just walk around and check out all the vendors selling their handicrafts! Later that night, I headed over to Annie's house to hang out and watch a movie! Believe it or not, she found a bottle of wine for $8 pesos - that's less than 2 American dollars!!!! We laughed a bunch and got a kick out of watching "Something Borrowed".

Sunday, I headed to the market in San Telmo to do more souvenir shopping! Even with two days of souvenir shopping, I'm still not done! But, I've made an impressive dent in the number of souvenirs I have to bring back! Bot and I of course headed to church that night, at the Methodist church.

Now, a week of homework and papers! Hopefully on Thursday some of us are going to head to Siga La Vaca (buffet style BBQ) for dinner and Friday we had to a Milonga with our Tango class to get some practice. We'll see what the rest of this weekend brings -- I'm sensing lots of homework!

Although I'm fairly content here in Bs.As., I'm definitely anxiously awaiting to get on my flight home! My heart hurts every time I think about getting home to see my friends and family! Oh what a glorious reunion it will be :) My expectations for this summer are SKY HIGH and I only hope my summer can live up to my expectations!
¡Vamos a ver!

Until July 7th,
-C