LAST DAY

I didn't sleep well because I had a stomachache all night long, probably from the empanada. I'm sure it was safe because it was bought in a restaurant and all, but it was super greasy and Z is so healthy that I guess my system isn't used to the fat! It was a weird morning because I kind of realized that this was the LAST DAY, the last morning to slap the snooze button at 6:20. Z made me that weird cranberry oatmeal soup and hurried me out of the house again because my leg is still in the brace; I walk fine but it does make things like stairs, going to the bathroom, and putting on shoes awkward because I can't bend my knee. I just want to be able to dance by Colombia. I made it to the bus in time and kind of studied; I was tired. At school I alternated between studying, looking for AM, procrastinating, eating a croissant, emailing Mom, sunbathing, and talking with one of my buddies; she game me a CD of Ecuatorian songs... score! I took my Survey exam; it wasn't too big of a deal. I was the last one out, so I looked for AM again and settled down in the computer lab to work on my nature project. I tried to get the guys around me to come and eat like three different times, but we ended up waiting for Andrew to print a paper, then we went to the cafeteria. Last time, with big Ben and Andrew. Weird mystery soup with some kind of meat that Ben thought might be stomach, beet salad, fish, RICE, watermelon juice, and TRES LECHES. We're all sick of rice, but I could never get sick of tres leches. After lunch I hurried on over to the bakery to buy some chocolate for Mom after checking that it would keep for almost three weeks. I sat with some kids for a while and went on over to class to present my final project. It was interesting that one of the girls got pulled out for mysterious reasons; she told us later on the bus that she basically got yelled at for wearing too-short skirts; they told her that it was fine in the university but on the streets it would be like asking for rape. It was a little suspicious because other girls wear skirts just as short and sometimes shorter, plus it was our last day (wouldn't this advice have been more helpful a little earlier?) plus the person who told on her supposedly was a girl from the U who isn't a buddy. Entertaning, to say the least. The bus dropped us off and we went our separate ways; I would have been up for doing something but most kids were going back to their houses to take naps so they could go out later. Considering that we have to be at the airport at 6 AM and the amount of sleep I've been getting, no party for me tonight. I'll save it for Saturday (my birthday!! And Audrey's too.) So tonight I'm going to bed early, taking a 5:40 cab, and on to Galapagos. I'll publish my schedule, too. A couple of things I didn't know about Galapagos: it was about as many people as North Ridgeville (slightly under 30,000) and two airports. The animals aren't scared of anything, goats have kind of taken over the island, we won't be allowed to scuba dive, there are basically small towns, internet access is spotty but available. So maybe you'll hear from me. Oh, and I can take the brace off to swim, thank goodness.