These three months have been so great in so many ways and in some ways I felt a bit lost in the insane pace I've been keeping. When I thought about coming to Chile I pictured having time to write, being away from my life. But that hasn't been the case. I've been keeping a written journal, although I'm behind on it, but I really wanted to be ( Read more... )

I am sitting in a cafe, drinking coke and soaking in the wifi;) lol, I am so starved for it, a half our ago I was in the lush grounds surrounding the home of the founder of Viña. It is absolutely beautiful and I need to go there and picnic before it gets too cold. I wanted to take pictures but my camera is on the fritz. I am going to Santiago ( Read more... )

So I've been in Chile for almost three weeks! I can hardly believe it... my Spanish has not improved much yet. It has been 7 yrs since I studied it and I never did a lot of speaking. It was all grammar and reading, so my poor family in Quilpue has to suffer through my inability to understand practically everything. I catch words here and there ( Read more... )

My flight leaves late Sunday afternoon... And I feel like there are still a million things I need to do. I've been trying to organize everything, get rid of things I don't need or use, but I'm not totally finished. Tomorrow I need to pick up a few things, mostly toiletries. I started packing and my pants alone have taken up a ton of room. ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here all dressed up, wearing make-up and delaying my departure for a party. I would rather stay home and watch movies... This whole month has been insanity. The first half spent scrambling to get my requirements for my visa together, which has been a bit of a headache/wild goose chase, which I will not get too much into. Suffice it ( Read more... )

So I got the internship position! I can hardly believe it... all of last week I was convinced that I was out of the running because she had said she would contact me at the end of the previous week and didn't. So of course I assume the worst. I was thinking of alternate plans... maybe I'd just do an immersion program and spend 3 months with Tia ( Read more... )

I had a very interesting weekend... Uncle John and Aunt Magda came in town with Diego and Nena, so I got to hang out with my chiqui, who had just told me the week before that she is seriously considering spending a semester in London! So when I got home Friday night and found that she and Diego were still up, we talked about the program she's ( Read more... )

I just finished reading Evening and was actually disappointed. I'm notorious for reading novels after I've see the film adaptations, but usually I am happy with the book... usually I love how the novel draws out the characters further than a film can. But this is a rare case. And here, I will warn you that if you want to read the novel or see ( Read more... )

I am totally exhausted... my limbs are so heavy after spending the evening into the morning playing Wii Sports with my cousins and Sean and Pat. For the most part I'm rubbish, but it's fantastic exercise ( Read more... )

I always think packing is going to be much faster than it actually is.... I should have been in bed 3 hrs ago as I'm waking up at 5ish to get to the train station for my train to Chicago. Meg and I are going to see Nickel Creek and then I'm going with her to her friend's wedding reception in Minnesota... originally I was thinking I would go to the ( Read more... )