I've spent the entire day in bed, slightly bummed that I'm losing my voice and sounding like a croaky frog...but suddenly my day has turned around.
Its almost 9 PM and I just woke up from a 5 hour nap (yikes). I went to brush my teeth and came out to find Priscilla who asked "Como te sientes?!" I really did feel a little better, so I said "mejor" but....it came out as "crooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak" and we both shrieked. She said "PEOR!" and ran to the kitchen to make me some kind of remedy.
She brought me two sandwiches, one palta (avocado) and one egg (scrambled) accompanied by the most delicious honey and lemon tea I have ever had in my life. I'm currently on mug #2.
THEN I flicked on the TV to the best selection of movies yet. My Sister's Keeper, Shallow Hal, Remember the Titans, Across the Universe, something with Meg Ryan, and Miss Congeniality (the winner, always). In the sports section, no baseball but FOOTBALL! The Jets and the Dolphins. I've never been so happy to see those two teams!
The rest of my day...
I woke up late feeling pretty crumby but had another delicious breakfast of fruitcake and fruit.
Soon after, the entire family came over for lunch/to help make lunch:
Christian and Maura (Priscilla's brother-in-law and sister), Crazy Abuelita and Victor (Priscilla's mom and step-dad), Fernanda and Christiansito (Maura's kids), Benjamin and Estella (Balty's other cousins)
Added together, they are quite the crowd. They knew I wasn't feeling to hot so they didn't make me talk more than normal. THANK YOU.
We ate anticuchos, the delicious kabob-like things. They were good.
After lunch, Priscilla got some bad news. Her friend Pili who lives in Mexico and is her age...died. Victor told me that she was very overweight and had a heart condition. It was pretty sad but I think Priscilla is doing alright. Good thing the whole fam was here :)
Lately it seems like all I do is eat, because that's all I've really been talking about. No worries- there is usually a lot more to my days but lately it hasn't been super exciting. That's going to change soon! Lauren and I have looked at the calendar several times and are very aware of the fact that we have only a few (3 or 4) free weekends left! On the agenda we have:
Pablo Neruda's house (he's a famous poet)
horseback riding on the beach
somewhere in Argentina
Kim and Randy and the fam are coming!
Santiago
Peru and Machu Picchi
and more......
WOO!
I'm already feeling better thanks to this tea. Tomorrow we get to be back at the school teaching english, YAY!!!
Later,
Lesley
