Oh Luzzz...

My first class today was actually spent at the police station downtown so that the group of us could register our visas. Wasn't as big of a disaster as I expected- WOO! We took a micro from campus to the station and THAT was a joke: there were 20 gringos packed onto this already packed bus! I hate traveling in groups, and a lot of times I cannot STAND Luz, my professor/director, so Sam was laughing at me the whole way since steam was practically coming out my ears.
At the station we had to pay 800 pesos, like, less than 2 dollars, to assure we wouldn't get deported. Cool. So I'm all set to live here for the next 4 months. Since my visa lasts for 210 days, i should just figure out how to stay here longer! If only if only if only....

From the station we walked back downtown and decided to kill some time there before our next class at two, which turned out to be at three.

Hanging out downtown was fun, we window shopped. We ended up walking all the way back towards campus and ate at a place called Cafe Neruda near the Plaza Peru. I had some funny tasting but yummy soup and the freshest apple and orange I've ever eaten. After that some of us got a cerveza at another place in la Plaza Peru and then headed over to campus at about 5 to two. Well class was changed to 3 for some odd reason. Other people headed back to 30xpress, this empanada place by campus, and threw back a couple more pints. I must say they were quite giggly in class. Anyway we watched a movie in spanish and answered some questions about the people in it. This professor was just as hard to understand as the guy on Monday, unfortunately :(

Funny moment: The profe was asking us how much we knew about downtown and she said "Saben ustedes los bares?" and its quiet when Al says loudly "Me gustan." We all just burst out laughing.

After that people went to another place to drink moooore beer. I don't know how people want to spend that kind of money every day. I'll save my money for the cover charge to the discoteque and maybe a few drinks. I want to travel and get souvineers damnit! I don't want to waste money on alcohol.

I ventured home alone, el micro 56, and surprisingly made it again. (Soon I'm going to be a pro at riding the micros and colectivos).

I looooove chatting with my mom when I get home from class. She always wants to hear about my whole day and if I need help with my homework! Today we talked about relationships. Shes very curious about my relationship with my family back home because I keep stressing how outrageously different it is than family relationships here in Chile. She told me some pretty personal stuff about her history and I was flattered she shared it with me. After she told me about some blood sugar problems and how she cant exercise much anymore, she brought down her old Zumba DVDs and we did Zumba together for like an hour! It was so random! The funniest part was that when we were done attempting to Zumba/salsa/dance, I ran to get my dictionary so that I could look up the words "uncoordinated," "klutz," and "two left feet" haha.

Then my dad came home and told me how he talked to my real mom for a while on facebook chat today. Hm. Wonder how that went.

I'm going to relax tonight since I have class from fucking 9am to 3pm tomorrow. Yeah. SUCKS. I have a class from 9 to 12 and then one from 12 to 3. I'm going to kill the idiot that made these schedules.
About my schedule, here it is:
Mondays - Class 11 to 2
Tuesdays - Class 10 to 12
Wednesdays - Class 10 to 12 and 3 to 5
Thursdays - Class 9am to 3pm
Fridays - LIBRE! (free!)

I can't wait to go to Santiago to see Sean! (I met him in my Latin American History class first semester, freshman year. He had wanted to move to Spain after he graduated in December, but moved to Santiago, Chile instead!) Lizzie and I for sure cannot wait to see a familiar face, AND see him because its been a looong time! Santiago is going to be so much fun, I already know. Its much bigger than Conce and I think the music scene will for sure be present.
This weekend Sean is going to Argentina because he has a tourist visa and has to leave the country ever.... 30 days? 60? I'm not sure. Either way he's forced to leave the country and I'm jealous, ha.

Well, I'm going to watch a pretty sweet telenovela with my mama now. I think this ones called "Donde estas Elisa?". Its veeeeery interesting. Here's a synopsis and it might be badly translated: "The plot of the novel revolves around the abduction of Eliza, the daughter of the marriage of Raymond Dominguez (Francisco Melo) and Francisca Correa (Sigrid Alegría). Donde esta Elisa is an authentic family drama and crime fiction." Yeah I can't find a better description. Anyway, its amazing. Theres like this girl who is seeing her uncle and another girl is seeing this guy whos secretly gay and dating HER DAD. Or maybe thats another telenovela. There are soo many haha.

Hasta luego