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Here is a small part of the parked bus change on one of the streets in San Telmo This big ole house I live in is quiet. Everyone is out doing their own thing and I am left here with Alices trusty Italian Mac iBook G4.
(One thing about this Italian Mac....it has some crAzy buttons on it....for instance...this...ยง....along with crazy buttons, I dont know where some of my American buttons are like the apostraphe. Please, I know many of you brood over my mispellings and unintended word use....do not dwell on my extremely faulty punctuation. You know what they say....."When in Rome..." (ha! Alice is from Rome...this computer is from Rome...get it?)
Another little side note: Whenever I hear either myself say the expression "When in Rome..." , which is surprisingly a lot, or when someone else uses it I cant help but think of my Father. Sometimes he goes to embarressing lengths to be like locals.)
So I am here. Alone. Feeling lonely. I came home to an empty house which is not common when you live with 6 other little ragamuffins. No one came home until 8:30 and that was a quick pop-in. Jennie told me that everyone had gone to get the rental car (the house, minus me, are going on a
road trip tomorrow) and then were taking Jennie and Alice to a concert. After that they were going to play a little go carting.
I cant help but feel a little rejected and lonely....right now in my head I can hear Melanie saying "awwww, are you getting friend jealous?". Meaning sometimes I irrationaly get jealous of what other people do and the relationships they form without me. Yes. I am getting a little friend jealous. I cant help it. Its how I work.
Everyone is leaving tomorrow. Part of me is sad. I chose not to go. It is going to be an expensive trip and I got a little sweet Erica coming to visit me soon and need all the energy and money to have a good time with mi amiga. WHOOP WHOOP ERICA IS COMING TO TOWN!!! I have never had a visitor like this. It is one exciting idea. Also having everyone out of the house means that I can invite F2 over (the man/boy) and make him dinner. That will be tomorrow though...I have to sit it out first. Be patient. Occupy myself. This should be a good experiment. I am making him a
chicken dish my Pop sent me...its his signature and Im certain a sure way to wooooooooo F2.
This lonliness has me thinking and questioning. Am I ready to make the big dive? This apartment has been a nice soft fall....down blankets, pillows, cotton candy, and moreno wool. I have had friends surrounding me at all times, people to talk to and do things with. Am I ready to cut away at that support system. I am about to move in with just one person and with in the next two weeks almost everyone is moving on with their lives and out of this country.
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WAIT A MINUTE DID I JUST SAY I AM ABOUT TO MOVE IN WITH JUST ONE PERSON?.........
I did. I got the apartment I wanted. The one I wrote about the other day. All of yesterday I kept yelling it. I think that is how most people woke up yesterday...sorry gang. I am so excited about the apartment (other than not having all my friends around). I feel like with this move I will be making something permanent. I have gone into fantasy house mode. I am thinking about my new bedroom....oh
how I am going to sweep and sweep and sweep the wood floor in my new room when I move in....I will sweep it because it will probably need it but also because I will be able to. I am dreaming of the blankets that I will layer my bed with, where my speakers that Erica is bringing me will sit. I am thinking about all of my clothes in the closet I have and how I am going to color coordinate them when I put them away. Not because I am anal retentive or organized. I know that they will all be on the floor within a week (which is a great reason to sweep the floor so much on the first day). I will color coordinate them because it will be fun and because most of what I have is black and so it will be easy. I also dream of plants, which I have never wanted ownership or responsibily for, and about how I need to find something cute to put my toothbrush in.
I cant wait to take pictures of the place so you can all see it. I did do a sketch of the
apartment the other day...you will see that here in this blog. I have labeled the sketch so that you will not be confused with possible other sketches of apartments, or anything else for that matter, that I may or may not have drawn.
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Yesterday was a holiday. Everyone, mostly tourists, called it "Independence Day". When I asked a student today he said that it was not "Independence Day" because that is on the 9th of July. He said that yesterday was the day of the revolution. So there you have it. I love that Argentina celebrates its revolution.
Along with locuro (it may be spelled locoro) which is a stew they traditionaly eat on May 25th and churros filled with dulce de leche there was a demonstration. I did not go. What was striking about this demonstration was all of the people who were shipped in from all over the country to support the current President. It is a beautiful idea to think of all of these people cheering on the president. An even more beautiful idea when you realize that they were paid to do so. CREEPY!! Walking around San Telmo was eerie
my apartment
well..this isnt a picture of my apartment but its a picture of the lay out. because the streets were dead but filled filled filled as far as they eye could see with parked school buses (the people were brought in on them)
Jennie and I decided to opt out on the demo and to go to a very nice French restaurant in our hood. It was spendy, in pesos. But I walked out patting my belly and laughing. I spent 13 dollars!! The outting was just what the doctor ordered. I have been increasingly only good company one on one with people and I enjoy Jennie. We laughed soooo much. I have included some pictures from that.
Feast your eyes lovies.
Paz in el orient medio.
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Glad to hear you have the apt.! Like the visual aids.