The Dog Days

I realize that I haven't been updating this blog quite as much as I should, but now that I have settled into life here I think that posting everyday might become a wee bit repetitive. And besides, who really has time to read about my life every single day? So the past days have basically consisted of sleepless weekends and painfully slow school days. Two weekends ago was Mother's Day here, so the whole family headed to a town called Chacabuco, about an hour away. Unfortunately this was on a Sunday, and I had come home at 7am that morning. We left at 10am. I nearly died. I spent the rest of the week recovering from that trip (as in sleep through all my classes because I just couldn't possibly keep my eyes open anymore). School is passing pretty much the same as always, although yesterday I had a great class of chatting and joking with my classmates, but I don't think the teacher was at all impressed. Ooops. I try to stay out of the way and not be a distraction, but now that my spanish is better the other kids want to talk to me. And I'll do anything to make the time at school pass faster. 

Now for the big news of the post. We got a puppy. Well, it's actually Franco's (a birthday present) and his name is Bart (like from the Simpsons). And he's an evil, biting little weasel. So far we are not friends. Everyone else coos and spoils him, but I usually end up yelling profanities in English at him because once again he's gnawing on my backpack or my leg. The other member of the family who is not a Bart fan is Mimicha. She hates him and takes swats at hime whenever he ventures near enough. She also has started hanging out with Josefina and me upstairs in our room. Which was fine until the day she decided to hide in my closet. Josefina and I were sitting in our beds, chatting, when suddenly we starting hearing weird sounds coming from the direction of the bathroom and then the bathroom door shut all on it's own (the wind). We looked at each other, kind of freaked out, but chose to get over it and keep talking. Then we heard knocking and scratching coming from the same area and we were convinced that someone had come into the bathroom through the window. So Josefina started yelling from her dad and the whole family came running upstairs. Of course there was nothing in the bathroom, so they left and told us we were crazy. Not two minutes later I look over and there's a furry arm coming out from the bottom of my closet (which happens to be right beside the bathroom). I jumped up and yelled 'EL GATO' and proceeded to start pulling out one of my drawers. Franco and Norberto made it back to the room just in time to see Mimicha making a break for it back downstairs. So scary at the time, but now it makes a great story!

In other news, I am now going to the gym. Between field hockey, running and the gym I am finally getting my amount of activity up to a reasonable/normal level for me. I did a dance class with Josefina on Monday which I completely failed at, but it was a good work out and I'm going to go again because I've told myself I will learn to dance like the girls here. 

I made another cake!

It was Karen's birthday on Monday so we all got together for dinner.
Back row (left-right): Jenny, Lujan, Flor, Colo, Mari, Vicky
Front row: Josefina, Pachi, Karen, Milito, Me

Bart. What a rat.

Just chilling at school.