another week gone by

another week has gone by, and i don't even know what i did to make it go by so quickly! this upcoming week is going to be the first semi-stressful week i've had since i got here: i have an oral final exam in history tomorrow, a meeting to get my student visa in the morning, a spanish essay due wednesday for our 'midterm', and then two more essays due by wednesday as well. next weekend is our final excursion to san rafael to go white water rafting (via ifsa-butler), so i need to get my stuff ready for that! i'm looking forward to this week...i haven't really had much schoolwork to do here, but i think i'll welcome the few days of stress, although the thought of writing collectively 20 or so pages in spanish isn't my idea of fun....

one of the best parts of my week was bonding more with my host brothers. i was working on one of my papers when julí came up to me and asked what i was doing. i broke out the photobooth application and we fooled around, taking silly pictures for an hour, until my host brothers got into a fight because they thought the other one was hogging the camera more. they are also super interested in lacrosse (little bros in the making), so my next goal for this week is to break out the sticks.


other than that, this week was just like any other one. i woke up early on thursday and went shopping for gifts downtown. friday we played soccer in the park for a few hours and yesterday, we organized a frisbee game. needless to say my legs are a little tired, although i have new sneakers now! it has been so nice out this week...not too hot, and not too cold. it gets chillier at night but for the most part, it's great walking weather, so i've been trying to get more exercise and walk places. it's a great way to explore the city too!

commence photobooth shoot...