This morning it was like I was floating in a cloud...so tired and blurry-eyed...
wait...
I WAS IN A CLOUD.
The entire city of Vina was in a fog this morning until about 11. I look out my window and couldn't see past the neighboring building! Foghorns were blasting all night and continued to distract me from paying attention in class.
Class was insightful and interesting. I walked home afterwards but thanks to Carlos's new class that starts inconveniently at 2 PM, I couldn't eat lunch with the family and had to wait until after class at 4 PM. This late lunch idea is not my thing. I'm starving by noon and half-dead by 4. Also, I don't think I've had a single sip of pure water in three days. That can't be good.
I took a late night trip across town to Lauren's tonight, in search for something to do. It was nice- but a dumb idea to leave her house so late at night. Well, it wasn't really that late but it sure is difficult to find a bus at 11 PM.
I think the main difference between living here and living at home is that here, I have to completely think EVERYTHING through before doing it. For example, here is my thought process before going to Lauren's house:
Do I have enough change to catch a colectivo? Yes, 350 pesos to get to Alvarez.
Okay, from there I need 120 pesos for the bus to Lauren's apartment. Got it.
Where are my keys?
I need money to get home. Is my cell phone charged? Where is my student buss pass? Should I even go to Lauren's this late at night? Yes.
I should tell Priscilla what time I'll be back. Now I have to say it in Spanish.
Then, I have to communicate with a colectivo driver, a bus driver, and the security guard at the apartment complex. All of the above require thought.
No wonder Chileans have an odd sense of time. There are so many steps to be taken before you can make it from point A to point B!
The money, the language, transportation,...its all a task. I think the hardest part about returning to the US is going to be the transition back into the easiness of...everything. I never fully realized how convenient and easy we have it.
ennnnn fin.
Until tomorrow,
Lesley
