Un poquito awkward

Today I got to sleep in again. But when I say sleep in it means to sleep as long as the dogs outside, the birds, the sun, and my mom's car will let me. haha but I have no complaints when I don't have class til 2:30!
I slept in, went for a run and was pleasantly surprised that pretty much all the water from yesterday was gone. I have no idea how it all evaporated that fast- but I'm not questioning it!
Today class was about the history of argentina, and it was so interesting! We had a different teacher than usual and he was amazing. He used a powerpoint that was really helpful to be able to read what he was saying and go from there. He also spoke english, of course not to us, but it was really helpful for him to explain difficult spanish words  that he used in english.  He started from Argentina's independence and covered everything up to now. I have to pay attention to everything here or I wont understand it, and I really enjoyed listening to him talk! I loved learning why Argentina is the way it is, and how it got here. Very cool.

After class Taylor, Esther and I met with Karen and Marco again. I love our Wednesday meetings, not only because she brings sweets, but because I get challenged to use my spanish and not just listen. A lot of this time I fall into the trap of just listening and not talking much because its easer to understand than it is to talk, but with them I cant do that! They ask us questions and we talk about certain versus that make me use my spanish. Very helpful. I love Wednesdays also because they help me refocus and remind me why I'm here. I get so caught you in everything going on that I forget sometimes that I'm not here for me, but I'm here for Him. 

I got home and my family was no where to be found. I waited until 10:10 and then just ate something from the fridge. Of course 5 minutes after I finish my mom walks in and invites me to Billy's birthday party (her boyfriend). Por qué no?!
I went with her to the party and walked into a room with about 20 adults and 3 teenagers sitting in a circle talking. The first 5 minutes were incredibly awkward as my mom said hi to everyone and I kissed as many pepole as possible and then stood on the wall haha
I decided that whatever I did was going to be awkward so I just sucked it up and went over to the teenagers and asked if I could come talk to them. They were really nice and let me hang around them the whole night. One spoke english which was amazingly helpful because they all spoke so fast! Right when I was starting to get a little confident in my spanish, I go back to square one. I could barely hear them over everyone and reverted to my english speaking friend way too much!  Despite the rough start, they were great and it turned out to be a great night filled with many many awkward moments. If I've learned anything down here though, it is that things are going to be awkward, but they will pass. Cést la vie.

We just got home at 2:00. In the morning. I'm going to say it again: this culture is crazy. But I love it.

(I feel like pictures are always fun so this is a picture of a dog that walked Taylor and I home. If I lived here I would be the crazy dog lady who would have 20 stray dogs that I took in off the street!)