Chocolate Day

So after blogging yesterday I had more or less finshed with all mandatory homwork, so I grabbed my knitting and sat down to watch some NCIS on the computer... except CBS doesn't service Ecuador. Not to be denied my few minutes of American relaxation, I transferred over to Pandora... only to find that they don't service ANYWHERE outside the US. I attempted to look up Tiva videos on youtube, but it was super slow. So that's how I ended my night. Morning was the same, taxi batida and PB&J... Z had saved me some cake from the night before, but somehow I had enough self-control to save it for the evening. I took a different route to the bus, which still goes a different way so we're not falling down a mountain every morning. I went straight to the library... I had planned to go to the bakery to study and eat sweets, but since I knew I had the chocolate cake waiting for me I purposely didn't bring any money. After writing a couple of diarios I began my final project (powerpoint) for Nature and Culture, which is going to be awesome so I'll translate it into inglés for you. After getting frustrated with the internet I wandered outside to "read," but Margoh and Abby found me so we went to the bakery; Margoh paid for me because I had covered her for the banana boat at the beach. Nutella criossant, yes. On our way back we met Alana, who has gotten sick... a lot of the kids seem to be coming down with something. Between travelling, the altitude, weird food, and egregious amounts of work, I never feel particularly great, but I've been lucky so far (especially since I still believe that travellers' diarrhea is still a myth). I went on over to my Survey class, which was actually really cool because we've gotten into the more feminist-y writers, and it's interesting to hear what Andrew (as the only guy in our 4-person class) has to say about it. We got our tests (midterm) back, too, and I'm happy. Margoh and I went to have lunch at La Pirámide, which means crepes. Mine was some kind of vegetarian thing. I had a little time after to check email and read, then I had Nature class (don't think I'm being antisocial; I talk with people a lot in-between classes...) which was fun, even though I had to present. Milan begged me to take him to the bakery, so I did, even though I gave him a hard time the whole way because I was psychotically convinced that we were going to miss the bus. We didn't. The bus made a different stop on the way back that was actually closer to my house. The only problem was that one girl was really confused, and I had to give her directions back to the normal stop. Exciting. Z was at the doctor's when I came back and the cake was just kind of sitting on the table, so I ate it, of course. I did homework fairly diligently. I'm getting lulled into a false sense of security because all of my immediate homework is done, although I have some essays coming up. Only 7 more days of school! Mom said that to switch my flight would take $200, but I'm not too worried because I found some travel books and plan to spend some days at museums and stuff; I'll learn how to take the bus. Dinner was lentil soup, beef, some kind of huge corn I didn't like, salad, apple. Z was busy because she was making an orange cake for Enrique's birthday tomorrow, plus she needed to ice her hand because she fell on her way back from the doctor's. I skyped Grace, and that was pretty fun. I miss my chicks on six! Afterward I contemplated my future. I don't know how apparent it seems from reading this blog, but Ecuador seems to give me good opportunitied to mess up any plans I've ever had. I've kind of given up my biology idea, but now I'm thinking of not going to Madrid and/or graduating early, taking two jobs next semester, reading every book in the classics section in the NR library, making panda bread, becoming a writer that writes about social situations but is read by only rich people who have the time and money to think deeply about allusions and literary symbols... I don't know. Anyway, I contemplated my life,took a shower, did more homework, and Z's gone to bed. Me too.
Fun facts: I don't know the work for "random" in Spanish and the true equivalent for "awkward" doesn't exists. I swear my windows are paper-thin; I can hear everything. The song "Firework" is super popular here. I'm going to miss Ecuadorian radio. I'm excited to go home. There's a mountain lion loose in Conneticut (Grace).