We have kept pretty busy since the last time I posted. Since we don't have much time left here (5 days to be exact) it is pretty important that we do everything onnnne last time.
Friday we went to the beach from 11 until 6. It was great. We all got pretty toasty/burned to a crisp but I think the ultraviolet red color that was covering most of my body is slowly turning into brown.
Saturday I woke up early and relaxed for a while and then went to Balti's soccer game with him and his 15 year old aunt, Valentina. It was hilarious. Let's just say that Balti isn't the star of the team...and if he touches the ball its because someone was off target and accidentally punted one into Balti's hands. Ooops! Hand ball! He refused to take off his long pants even though it was about 1000 degrees out and I was even burning to a crisp on the sidelines. In the end, his team lost 6-0 but he was happy.....to leave and go home :) Later that day I enjoyed the house to myself for a while as the fam went to the airport.
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| Balti :) |
Later that night I went to Lauren's casa to celebrate Christmas with her family. I was a special invite and was very happy to have been able to be there- it was lots of fun. We played Christmas music, ate anticuchos, drank drinks with ice cubes (!!!), and had a little gift exchange. I think I saw Glady tear up once of twice- she's going to be a mess when we all leave.
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| Lauren's family + me |
Sunday, yesterday, we got up early after a late night of Christmas partying and went kayaking in Quintero with Lauren's dad- Cesar. He has a new tour company and I think this was like a practice run. We went with Nicole, Simone, Corie, Liz, Brenna (Liz's friend), and Simone's friend. After cruising the coast of Quintero for a while and after I screamed a few times from seeing a random sea-lion pop its head from under the water, we reached land again and went to lunch. After lunch we headed back to Vina where Lauren and I relaxed for a while, watched an Enron documentary (how dorky!) and learned about WikiLeaks.
Its pretty bad- I feel totally out of the loop on what's happening in America right now. I guess there is nothing to worry about...I will probably get over that after about a week back in the states.
Today I'm writing papers (I should be writing right now) and hope to turn them in after lunch. Then....I'm totally free!
Later,
Lesley
