October 16

Friday night I decided not to go out so instead I talked to Royce and went to bed. I slept for almost twelve hours. I must have been tired. I woke up on Saturday and lazily got ready for the soccer game. Getting there ended up being a little stressful because I couldn´t get hold of Lauren so I had to go to the internet cafe to look at the email for directions and then get on the subway which ended up taking much longer than anticipated. And in my silly head I thought that maybe if I was late they would leave without me and I wouldn´t be able to go so I took a taxi the rest of the way. I then proceeded to wait on the corner with the group for almost an hour while we waited for the other people who were late... silly me. I spent all the money I´d taken with me: 10.75 pesos on that silly taxi for no reason. Oh well. The soccer game was very fun though. The second half wasn´t the greatest thing because Arg. was two up over Chile, so they basically just tried to keep the ball away from them for 45 minutes. Sigh. Oh well. It was cool to see all the people in the stadium though. They are crazy about their soccer. The opposing team was sequestered in one section of the stadium with about 15 police men at each entrance... no one was getting in there. When we were waiting on the street corner, a caravan of opposing fans went by, chilean flags haning out the windows, and they were accomplanied by lights and sirens, policemen on motorbikes with HUGH FREAKING RIFLES!!! There were BIG guns involved and at that point I was less excited to go... though I obviously went anyway.

Anyway, after the game I went back to Laurens house because her family wasn´t in the house all weekend and she was having a sleep over! It was so fun and perfect. We watched 10 Things I Hate About You and Moulin Rouge and talked and drank Mate and ate cookies and chocolate and ice cream... it was unhealthy and delicious and perfect. I slept on the couch and in the morning everyone else left so Lauren and I made PANCAKES and watched Eddie Izzard on youtube. We then proceeded to spend the entire day watching tv, drinking mate, and eating the rest of the ice cream. Sunday pretty much didn´t exist. It was wonderful. Luckily, Monday was dia de la Raza... which Royce told me is like their columbus day... but regardless, we didn´t have class. So after I woke up I went to the parks to meet Lauren and William and drink more mate (I´m really starting to like this stuff, it´s so wonderfully social). Plus, the hamburgers at the stand in the park are pretty much the best I´ve ever had... and they don´t put anything on them. It´s just meat and bread. Unfortunately while we were waiting for burgers, it started to rain so we changed tactics and went back to my house to watch a movie: Amoresperros, which means love is dogs only all squished together. It was good. If long and sad. We also played a little ping pong on the temporary table in my living room and ate empanadas. It was grand. It was basically the most relaxing weekend I´ve had since I got here. I didn´t do one bit of homework. And I was happy almost the entire weekend. Quite a feat.

On sunday night I had a really crazy dream in which I had an identical twin who had lost her memory and couldn´t remember who I was. But I still loved her. And when I looked at her I saw my face but knew she was a different person. And I felt like I could see myself from someone elses point of view. I watched how my hair moved and actually looked when I wasn´t looking in the mirror. It was crazy. I´m not sure what to think about it.

Royce got my letter yesterday. It took ten days. :D But we are pretty sure they lost his package that he sent me as it´s been over a month and a half.

Besos!