Dont Waste Your Time

Dont waste your time abroad. One lesson that I've come to learn relatively quickly. Each day has a cost and if you want to get the most of your experience, your really have to let go of your home and fully immerse yourself in your new life... otherwise... its really not worth it. Why do anything if your only going to do it half-assed. And I must say, Im proud of myself for letting go so easily. Maybe its because I left, tired of Boulder, and ready for a change. I left knowing unknowing what I was walking into. Rotary in the United States makes your exchange sound so planned, so neat, and so gaurded, and really, its anything but. Obviously you have to be careful and maybe even pretend that your going to follow the four D's and one S but really that all goes to shit once you step off the plane. Just keep in mind that your wherever you land to represent your country so make sure you do that well...as well as yourself. Dont hold back, dont ever say no (within reason obviously) and never put your foot down on things you've never tried. Trust me, at the beginning a year sounds like a long time, but really, it flies by. Ive been here two months already and it feels like I just stepped of the plane in Bahia Blanca.
I feel like I have wasted time, but really, there hasn't been a lot of opportunites that I haven't taken. More like I just need to apply myself and not wait for things to come to be, but for me to go to them. Thats another good peice of advice for future exchangers...look for adventure, dont wait for it to find you.

My day:
My day normally starts off the same, with my cell phone alarm going off at 6 am followed by 4 or 5 presses of the snooze button, the first hour of my days in Argentina identical to those in Boulder. At 650 I normally drag myself out of bed and stand up, in the middle of room, disoriented and wondering...so what if I skip school today... 30 % of the time, I decide...to hell with school, I dont learn there anyways, the other 70%- I really want to see my friends so I go. I then move to slowly to get dressed, brush my teeth, and leave, late, at 710 or 715 to get to class at 730, which I never end up doing. I go to class, school finishes at 1. After class I normally go to a friends house to eat or lounge around and tan and swim in their pools, or go home to eat. Mondays and Wednesdays we have gym at 330 and Tuesdays and Thursdays we have Italian, which is probably the most pointless class I have ever been in, seeing as I'm still woring on Spanish, encima they put me with my classmates...in Italian level 2. Luckly I dont actually get graded...
Since school gets out tomorrow (Friday the 5th of December) the water wars have started. My school is a biulding that actually is two different schools. After class the last few days there are huge water fights between the two, water baloons, buckets, hoses, the whole nine yards.
Today my host moms friend, Carlos Tetamanti came from the town he lives in to spend the weekend with us. What a person. I met him today and I must say he is one funny man. As well my host sister from Buenos Aires is here for 10 days or so, so its good to have a full house. I like the peaceful quiet of two women, my host mom and myself, but all together we have a lot of fun.
Tomorrow, as I have said before, school gets out, so it should be a good weekend. Lots of celebration. Im a little worried about summer. And being lonely but Im sure it will all work out just fine. I have a lot of un solid summer plans that I really hope will come true, the majority involving some type of laid back exploration of Argentina, a tent, and a bathing suit.

Chau