Sunday, October 2, 2011

My Routine

            I have been living in Salta, Argentina for 6 weeks. I love everything about it! I can really tell that I have really started the AFS experience. Which means, the ups and downs, whip lash, bipolarness that comes with everything. But I was prepared... it is getting better. I have starting somewhat of a routine and thought I'd share with you what I do in a regular week :)

Monday- I get up for school at 7am and get to school around 8am. School gets out at 1pm and I go back to my house to eat lunch. It depends, but we normally have lunch with the whole family. Then I leave the house at 3pm, usually take the bus (YES and actual city bus, its very easy), and go to swim practice. We swim from 3:30-5:30. 2 whole hours! It feels great! :D We swim about 3-4 miles per practice... I have never swam this much ever. At 6, I take the bus home, and relax!!! Normally try to sleep a bit if I can. My parents get home from work at 9:20ish, and we usually eat dinner at 10pm.. which is early.

Tuesday- 7am, school. At 1pm, I stay at school and eat lunch with friends because at 2:30 I have "gym". "Gym" is nothing like gym in the States. They don't normally start doing anything until 15 min. after it was supposed to start haha It's on Latin American time. Right now during gym class, we are working on a dance. In late Oct., on family day (another holiday), some of the girls are going to perform a dance. I love it! :) It's mostly Reggaeton, but were also dancing to the pussycat dolls "when I grow up". Its going to be amazing and I am VERy exited! Don't worry, I will put up a video of the performance on my blog. After gym at 3:30pm, I go home on the bus. Starting this week I will hopefully be starting a dance class... which will start around 7pm. I have always loved to dance, but dance classes at home are expensive, and here not so much. I'm happy to be able to try something I might not be able to do at home.

Wednesday- Same as Monday!!!

Thursday- Same as Tuesday!!!

Friday- Same as Monday, but I can go out.

Saturday- My family allows me to go out once a weekend, so I normally go out Sat. Don't worry, Im a good girl :D haha

Sunday- This is the day you relax with the family. Sometimes we go do something like visit the Reservoir, or sometimes we just rest and relax. :D Most of the time we have an asado. (Today were having left over asado because we had friends over last night.)

(This is the Reservoir we visited last Sunday :) Beautiful and a lot of fun!) 

I am very exited for next weekend! :D Im not sure what I'm going to do yet... I have to choose between going to visit a neighboring province with my parents, or participating in the swimming competition. I REALLy want to swim :) The event is here in Salta at my club. Four other provinces are coming to compete :) There is another competition at the end of Oct. I'm so exited I get to travel with my team. If I do compete next weekend, I will be swimming the 50 FREE, 50 BACK, 50 BREAST, 50 FLY, and 100 FREE, and possibly 100 BACK. 

I LOVE SALTA!!! :D It is a beautiful city. My brain still can't comprehend that I have 10 more months here. I wonder how I will feel in a year... different? changed? I wonder what 10 months even feels like! Will it feel like it went by really quickly? IDK, but I have 10 months until I figure it out :) 

Oh yeah... While it is getting colder in CT, it is getting HOT here. It is only spring and during the day is gets up to 90 degrees...! Plus, the sun feels a lot stronger here because of the high altitude. It still gets cold at night, but not as much as before. People keep telling me that this is nothing, weight until December (Summer)! The worse part is in school, we have to wear ALL of our uniform. Knee high socks pulled up all the way, And all of the layers! Plus, we can't role up the sleeves either. I can already tell this could be the death of me!!!

Chau!

1 comment:

  1. Lydia - this sounds like you are having a great experience. Love to read about all the fun you are having. And the photos are beautiful! Keep those posts coming!

    Barbara

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