Well its the middle of November and today was the first day of finals....what the heck?! I don't remember having finals this early before. Is it just me or is that crazy early?! But hey i'll take what i can get...I mean it's this week and next week then its December. The first week of December is the first week on my second trimester here, but get this, we leave for Peru the second week of December...now if you have half a brain you are thinking what the fun?! Well exactly....one week of classes then a month long break...if you ask me that's called bad planning but like i said, i'm not going to complain. So I have to muddle through two weeks of minimal classes and finals, then pick a new set of classes, go to them once, then get on the bus at 3am and go to Buenos Aires to catch a plane to Peru....We will be there for a week then we fly back to BsAs, and from there Callie, Alex and I hop on a plane to Calafate in Patagonia, to see the giant glaciers, two days later we fly to Ushuaia "el fin del mundo". We will be there about 6 days i think....then we hop on the plane to BsAs to see my parental units, Callie flies back to the USA and we fly up to Misiones to see the giant waterfalls. I just thought i'd cover all my bases, you know? Go as far south as possible and then all the way to the top of the country....gotta get that variety though. :)
What else can I tell you about my life here....well i have become an excersize addict. Callie and i run 4-6 days a week, we do strengthening and toning exercises of all manner, and now we have started going to the Gym UAP (ok she went sometimes before without me, but anyways) to go gymnastics and stunting before our runs. Please, slap anyone that tells you doing a handstand is easy. They have either been practicing or there is something wrong with them if its easy...but anyways Callie and I went to do that today. I finally am starting to get the muscle memory so my form is vastly improving, which means i don't completely suck! It takes a lot of muscle work i'm not used to, but i like feeling sore....makes me feel like i accomplished something. I just wrote my mom practically an essay on this but seriously guys there is nothing better than waking up in the morning and jumping in front of the mirror and seeing all that hard work, sweat, and time put into working out paying off. Callie found a little meme thingy that i like "Work like an ox, sweat like a pig to look like a fox." Its kinda our inspiration for the hours of pain and cramps and blah blah...ok i'm rambling but its awesome. I never want to stop running ever again. I am literally getting anxiety about not being able to run on my month long travels... but i will figure it out.
Good good! We have to top ( or at least imitate) what callie and alex can do!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you're getting a travel extravaganza (a traveganza) during break! That will be so fun, and possibly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I'm jealous. Enjoy it for me. :) And yes - that school schedule is ridiculous. One week into the quarter...what are they thinking?!? How do you keep class momentum with that? Ugh.
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