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Ok so this is getting dangerous... I'm really starting to enjoy blogging. Yikes. I watched this Grey's Anatomy episode yesterday where this chick got all obsessed with blogging and it consumed her life. I think I like sharing my thoughts too much. Maybe I should try for a talk show when I'm older. It can't be that hard to get one right? ;) Ha... ok anyway....
Mosquitos… that’s been my biggest problem lately. They are everywhere! My legs are covered in bites because I decide to follow my heart (or rather the temperature) and wear shorts instead of the typical Dominican skinny jean. And of course those little blood suckers can smell fresh meat from a mile away… or maybe they can just see the luminescence of my white skin. One or the other. Probably both. Hah, although, I am making decent progress on my tan these days… that’s what wearing shorts and a tank top gets you! It’s a give and take kinda thing; get tan and look good, but also look horrible because I have thousands of very large red dots all over the place and extreme scratch marks all over my legs. And for those of you who know me well and know my erm… condition haha, you know that when I scratch I mean business! I feel like if I were to get chicken pox now I would really need to wear those oven mits to keep from scratching… although I guess I’m old enough where I know that they can be taken off? Haha… ok enough ranting onto the news!
Well! First off I am very excited to say that I believe Jenna, my roommate from Luther, will be coming to visit me for five or so days in mid March! I’m very very pumped about this and cannot wait to see her! I even asked the ISA staff if I could possibly miss one of the days of school to spend with her and they said it was ok! But shhh… I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone, so keep it quiet everyone. Yeah, smart thinking on my part throwing it out there on the internet for all to see. Oh well! Anyway, yes this makes me very happy and very very excited! Yay Jenna! She’s going to stay with me in my room and I’m so excited to show her everything and have her try my mom’s awesome cooking! Haha I feel like I always rave about the food on here, but seriously it’s so good I can’t help myself!
Secondly, I am really starting to love my family. My mom here told me to tell Jenna that I have a family here and she can always stay with “my family”. It was very sweet. Bienvenida and I also had a long conversation today about life and love over lunch (wow there’s a huge alliteration/tounge twister!) which was very nice. I learned about how her and my host dad met and she gave me some good advice. Ha she said I was on the right track in my life because I was in school and I was working toward my future… let’s hope so! Not too much has been going on in my life lately besides school and my family… although my host uncle has kidney stones right now so that is quite the bummer and my family has been going to visit him a lot lately so I’ve been home alone some. This is very unusual because Bienvenida almost never leaves the house and if she does usually my dad or sister are home. Luicito left for school on Sunday so the house is a little more empty; no more awesome drawings lying around nor any of his friends. It’s quieter now.
Oh, something I forgot to mention… YAYYYY PACKERS!! I got to watch the game at TGI Fridays and that was quite the experience! Haha they had the game playing on 4 screens but had the commentary, clearly, in Spanish. I mean, it wasn’t too difficult to understand- incompleto, Aaaarn Rogerrrs, etc- but I was bummed I didn’t get to see all of the commercials. Though, I heard from Erin that they weren’t even that good so that’s ok. And the BEPeas were in English so that was good. Haha. I went with a bunch of other ISA kids and we sat up at the bar. They had two small statues that sat on the bar and they were of Clinton and Nixon. Haha it’s always funny to see the impressions people have of America. Clearly Clinton and Nixon are the best representations of our country. Ha. I also ate some wings while there, and of course, used my hands. Well apparently people eat wings with forks and knives here (something I still cannot believe nor even understand how it is possible) and all of the Dominicans around us kind of looked at me with disgust. My waiter brought me like 10 more napkins and hand wipes. I got the hint, but I still used my hands! (: So much for assimilation! I also ate the celery sticks which is for sure poo poo’ed here as it probably is in the U.S. as well seeing as it is a garnish, but hey, I wanted my money’s worth!
Well not much else to report, this Sunday we are going horseback riding through the mountains in Jarabacoa and then we are going to La Vega for Carnival! I am very excited to experience Carnival, and La Vega has the biggest celebration in all of the DR! It should be really fun, but I’m a little nervous because people go after you with sticks and whips. I’m not sure I’m ready to be whipped by some crazy Dominican in a pig mask. Vamos a ver. Welllll I believe that’s it for now, I’ll for sure give an update post-Carnival trip!
XOXO,
Chisme Chica
Haha wow I hope someone understands that and gets my reference. My best bet is on Shannon. Pull through for me little guy! Or maybe Durnin with her impeccable Spanish skills. Hopefully someone.
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