homesick ... but feeling more at home

On Sunday (Domingo) I woke up and wanted nothing more than walking down stairs in MY house and using MY bathroom, and eating MY cereal, and sitting at our kitchen counter, and talking to My mom and My dad and MY siblings and then lounging on our couch and watching Tv!! I knew it wasnt really possible though and I got up and went on with my day.


Edgardo was sitting at the kitchen table fixing an a cord on a radio and he showed me how to make coffee and gave me media lunes and dough nuts to eat! I was feeling a little more at home already. We talked about Chile and soccer :) Then I proceed to unpack my stuff and talk to my family and ben on Skype for a bit! :) Norma was getting groceries and soon it was time for lunch... we had ravioli and bread and peaches :)

Then I went with Noel down to the River to meet her friends at the Park! They were sun bathing and just talking! There were about 3 or 4 people who were playing with Boomberangs! It looked really dangerous (i sound like paula!;) but it was cool. Eveyone and there Dog was at the park... plus several stray ones. We sat in the park and talked and drank Mate or Mata its just like tea and the "tea" part looks like pot! Lucia told me many times ppl in the air port think it is pot! haah! But it was DELICIOUS!!

I accidently used the male bathroom... AWKWARD!! But Noel and I got a good laugh out of it! :)

Then Noel and I and Erik (nick name Flaco or Skinny) walked back to our house and said hi to the family. Then Noel and Norma and I went to the mall... of course we had to stop and have some cafe first!! :) Its just sooo laid back here! Then we continued to work our way around the mall... I missed my mom and my shopping days at this point.

The mall was really Cool! It used to be an old train station, so It was built around all the old brick-walls and arches and such! It was really cool! Then in the mall was a walmart sort of place where I got school supplies and they got groceries! Im slowly learning the names of food and such!! :) They have these cookie things call Alfehores (idk on the spelling) and they are DELICIOUS!! Gritias are the name for cookies and hot chocolate is called "RayMo" in Rosario, but something else in BA! Haha!!

We got home about 10 and FINALLY AT SUPPER! I was starving to say the least! :) We had pizza with tomatoes and cheese, onions and cheese, and ham and cheese... Ham seems to be a staple ... they call ham and cheese jamón y queso... im getting sick of it! ;)

Ive noticed something else that is VERY different about our two cultures. Here EVERYONE seems to travel! They go to al Argentina's best attraction... wine country, the snowy part of the country and even the part with the Waterfalls... the land here is very VERY diverse!! However when they ask me where I have been in the Sates they are surprised to find I really haven't been out of the mid west at all, especially since I live close. So i think maybe it is a cultural thing... for instance I know people in Chicago who have lived there all their lives, but have never been in the sears tower, but here is it different... i dont really know :)

Today, Monday, I rode the bus to school after missing the first one by literally 3 seconds. Riding the bus is becoming more normal and Im learning my way around! :) At school they gave us a small tour and handed out the syllabus and such...its weird but Im really REALLY excited to FINALLY start school!! :)

And not to rub it in but its supposed to be like in the hi 80s almost 90s this week! :)